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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 10, 2012Hempstead County, Howard County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2012, 4:53 PM CDT for Hempstead County, Howard County, Arkansas. It was in force for 52 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 10, 2012, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 10, 5:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Nashville, AR	HAIL GREW TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS BEFORE EXITING NASHVILLE.
Apr 10, 5:01 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Nashville, AR
Apr 10, 5:08 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 Sw Nashville, AR	QUARTER SIZE HAIL FALLING BETWEEN NASHVILLE AND MINERAL SPRINGS.
Apr 10, 5:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Ozan, AR

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 7 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 357 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1193 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

552 
WUUS54 KSHV 102153
SVRSHV
ARC057-061-102245-
/O.NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0108.120410T2153Z-120410T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
453 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HEMPSTEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NASHVILLE...MINERAL SPRINGS...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  CENTER POINT...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF NASHVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTH 
  SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN RECENTLY REPORTED IN 
  ROSSTON AND NORTH OF NASHVILLE. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MCCASKILL AND OZAN.

LAT...LON 3415 9386 3410 9381 3402 9381 3401 9375
      3400 9371 3385 9355 3370 9382 3405 9404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 338DEG 23KT 3401 9388

$$

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1 follow-up statement

284 
WWUS54 KSHV 102206
SVSSHV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
506 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012

ARC057-061-102245-
/O.CON.KSHV.SV.W.0108.000000T0000Z-120410T2245Z/
HEMPSTEAD AR-HOWARD AR-
506 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR HOWARD AND HEMPSTEAD COUNTIES...

AT 500 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NASHVILLE...MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HAIL BEGAN TO COVER THE GROUND IN NASHVILLE WITH THIS STORM...AND WILL 
LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS THE NASHVILLE AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MINUTES. 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT 
LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 3415 9386 3410 9381 3402 9381 3401 9375
      3400 9371 3385 9355 3370 9382 3405 9404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 338DEG 23KT 3393 9384

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 10, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
352 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012

.DISCUSSION...
FORECAST CONTINUES TO BE A BIT COMPLEX WITH MULTIPLE FEATURES IN
PLAY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AS A WEAK BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL
SLIP SOUTH OVER THE FOUR STATE REGION OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS
WILL ALLOW FOR INITIATION OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AS THE BNDRY STALLS NEAR SE TX
AND SW LA...BEFORE MOVING BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT BY LATE
THURSDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS WILL BE
TRANSITIONING OVER THE REGION WHICH SHOULD ACT TO INHIBIT
WIDESPREAD COVECTION...AND KEEP POPS IN THE SLIGHT CHANCE CATEGORY
FOR MOST AREAS. HOWEVER...SMALL SCALE DISTURBANCES MAY SLIP
THROUGH THE NWLY FLOW AROUND THE RIDGE TO HELP ENHANCE THE THREAT
OF ISOLATED CONVECTION. INTO THE WEEKEND...TEMPERATURES WILL
REBOUND INTO THE 80S WITH TYPICAL EARLY SPRINGLIKE CONDITIONS
EXPECTED AREAWIDE.

THE NEXT MAJOR FEATURE WILL AFFECT THE REGION BY EARLY NEXT
WEEK...AS A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT SWINGS INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
ON MONDAY AS A LARGE UPPER TROUGH EXITS THE ROCKIES. CURRENT SETUP
HAS THE EARLY MAKINGS OF A POTENTIALLY STRONG SPRINGTIME
SCENARIO...WITH WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS
THE REGION. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO MONITOR OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS AS THE SYSTEM DEVELOPS FURTHER...AND HOW MODELS CHANGE IN THE
SYSTEM PROGRESSION. /19/

&&

.AVIATION...
MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS OCCURRING AREA WIDE. BRIEFLY LOWER CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SURFACE WIND MOSTLY WEST TO SOUTHWEST
10 KTS OR LESS EARLY IN THE UPCOMING 24 TAF PERIOD BUT A COLD FRONT
WILL BACKDOOR ITSELF INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING. THE FRONT SHOULD
BE LOCATED WEST TO EAST NEAR THE I-20 CORRIDOR BY 12Z WED. EXPECT
WINDS FROM THE NORTHEAST BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. /14/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  60  78  54  77  62 /  30  30  10  20  10
MLU  57  76  50  75  56 /  30  30  10  20  10
DEQ  56  72  49  71  58 /  30  30  20  20  20
TXK  57  74  51  74  60 /  30  30  20  20  10
ELD  55  74  49  73  56 /  30  30  10  20  10
TYR  61  80  58  78  64 /  30  30  20  20  10
GGG  61  79  56  78  64 /  30  30  20  20  10
LFK  60  83  59  80  65 /  30  30  30  20  10

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

06/09/14

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 11:54 AM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1154 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-111100-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
1154 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT WITH THE PASSAGE OF A WEAK COLD FRONT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST
FOR MUCH OF THIS WEEK AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 30. A MORE SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS AND
POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE FIRST HALF OF
NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON
OR TONIGHT.

19/06

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 10, 3:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
329 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0310 PM     HAIL             3 NW JENA               31.72N 92.16W
04/10/2012  E0.75 INCH       LA SALLE           LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
330 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012

LAZ019-020-102115-
GRANT-WINN-
330 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...

IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
     GRANT AND WINN...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     WINNFIELD...

AT 327 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF WINNFIELD...MOVING
SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

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Local storm report, Apr 10, 4:07 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
407 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0350 PM     HAIL             6 NE NASHVILLE          34.00N 93.78W
04/10/2012  E0.75 INCH       HEMPSTEAD          AR   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 4:07 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
407 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012

LAZ010-017-018-102145-
DE SOTO-NATCHITOCHES-SABINE-
407 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...

IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
     SABINE...NATCHITOCHES AND DE SOTO...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     NATCHITOCHES...

AT 405 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF COUSHATTA...OR 18
MILES WEST OF NATCHITOCHES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 4:44 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
444 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012

LAZ018>020-102245-
GRANT-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-
444 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...

IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
     NATCHITOCHES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
     GRANT AND WINN...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     CAMPTI...MONTGOMERY AND NATCHITOCHES...

AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF CAMPTI...OR 12 MILES
NORTHEAST OF NATCHITOCHES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

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Local storm report, Apr 10, 4:52 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
452 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0435 PM     HAIL             ROSSTON                 33.59N 93.28W
04/10/2012  E0.75 INCH       NEVADA             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Nevada	64 min
Apr 10, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Howard	64 min
Apr 10, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette	59 min
Apr 10, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Howard, Little River, Sevier	57 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.