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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 214, NWS Shreveport, LA

July 21, 2012Caddo Parish, De Soto Parish, Red River Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2012, 5:56 PM CDT for Caddo Parish, De Soto Parish, Red River Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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: Jul 21, 2012, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Caddo Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 21, 6:42 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	8 Se Stonewall, LA	TREES REPORTED DOWN IN THE COMMUNITY OF KINGSTON.

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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 46 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 27 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: 2554 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -186 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1112 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 261 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.4

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The text

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

697 
WUUS54 KSHV 212256
SVRSHV
LAC017-031-081-212345-
/O.NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0214.120721T2256Z-120721T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
556 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CADDO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  NORTH CENTRAL DE SOTO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN RED RIVER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 552 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES EAST OF STONEWALL...OR
  16 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANSFIELD...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  FRIERSON AND KINGSTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3226 9382 3234 9358 3233 9356 3234 9356
      3232 9355 3231 9353 3230 9354 3229 9351
      3228 9351 3221 9343 3207 9368
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 063DEG 9KT 3224 9358

$$

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1 follow-up statement

563 
WWUS54 KSHV 212306
SVSSHV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
606 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2012

LAC017-031-081-212345-
/O.CON.KSHV.SV.W.0214.000000T0000Z-120721T2345Z/
RED RIVER LA-DE SOTO LA-CADDO LA-
606 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR CADDO...DE SOTO AND RED RIVER PARISHES...

AT 602 PM CDT...USING DOPPLER RADAR...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
8 MILES NORTHEAST OF KINGSTON...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANSFIELD...
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED PARISH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS AND DIME SIZE HAIL...CONTINUOUS CLOUD 
TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS 
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. 
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE 
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3221 9378 3228 9364 3228 9356 3224 9349
      3219 9346 3207 9368
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 063DEG 9KT 3223 9361

$$

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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 Jul 21, 3:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 3:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
314 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2012

.DISCUSSION...
DOMINANT UPPER RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL SHIFT EAST OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND WEAKEN. THIS SHOULD TAKE THE EDGE OFF TEMPS...
HOLDING AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES BELOW THE CENTURY MARK. DEWPOINTS
WILL NOT CHANGE MUCH...SO HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL COME CLOSE TO
CRITICAL LEVELS...BUT SHOULD NOT TOP THE 105 MARK...AT LEAST ON SUNDAY.
SO OPTED NOT TO ISSUE A HEAT ADVISORY AT THIS TIME. ALSO CONVECTION
SHOULD COVER A LITTLE MORE AREA SUNDAY...AS A WEAK SHORT WAVE
ROTATES AROUND THE UPPER RIDGE. A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY ALONG THE
LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS LINE INTO EAST TEXAS MAY ACT AS A FOCUS
FOR INITIATION OF ADDITIONAL CONVECTION TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AHEAD
OF THE SHORT WAVE.

AFTER SUNDAY...CHANCES FOR RAIN BECOME SMALLER...AS THE RIDGE
BECOMES ESTABLISHED OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. BY MID WEEK...THE
RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD MORE OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. IT WILL
SHIFT SLOWLY EAST AND LOOKS LIKE IT MAY BECOME CENTERED OVER THE
FOUR STATE REGION NEXT WEEKEND. IF SO...HIGHS MAY BE REACHING 100
AGAIN.

&&

.AVIATION...
TSTMS HAVE MOVED WELL SOUTH OF CWA THIS AFTN. SFC OBS SUGGEST A SFC
LOW DEVELOPING OVER EXTREME NE TX...AND CUMULUS FIELDS HAVE
DEVELOPED ACROSS MUCH OF AR. EMBEDDED BOUNDARY WITHIN THIS FIELD WILL
BE LIKELY FOCUS FOR CONVECTIVE REDEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTN. DUE TO
COVERAGE AND LOCATION UNCERTAINTIES...OPTING FOR VCNTY TSTM ALL
TERMINALS FOR TIME BEING BTWN 21/20Z-22/02Z. OTHERWISE...SOUTHWEST
WINDS 5-10 KTS TODAY...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT. SOME
MID LVL DECKS MAY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...INHIBITING ANY PATCHY FOG.
EXCEPTION MAY BE KMLU...WHERE MID AFTN TEMPERATURES IN LOWER 80S AND
MOIST GROUND...MAY PROMOTE FOG DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT./VII/.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  77  95  76  95  76 /  30  30  20  20  20
MLU  74  93  75  95  74 /  40  30  20  20  20
DEQ  73  98  74  98  73 /  10  20  20  10  10
TXK  74  97  75  97  74 /  20  20  20  20  20
ELD  73  95  74  96  73 /  20  30  20  20  20
TYR  77  96  75  95  75 /  30  20  20  20  20
GGG  76  95  76  95  75 /  30  20  20  20  20
LFK  75  94  75  95  75 /  30  30  20  30  20

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073.

LA...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: LAZ001>006-010>012.

OK...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: OKZ077.

TX...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165-166.

&&

14/07

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 12:02 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1202 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 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>167-221715-
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-
1202 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 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...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE COMBINATION OF DAYTIME
HEATING...DISTURBANCES ALOFT...AND A MOIST AND UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE COMBINE. THE BEST CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 20. DAMAGING WIND WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

ISOLATED TO OCCASIONALLY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH
DAY. NO ORGANIZED HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF EXPECTED SEVERE WEATHER...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 5:25 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
525 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2012

TXZ138-212315-
HARRISON-
525 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY...

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
     HARRISON...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     MARSHALL AND WOODLAWN...

AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WOODLAWN...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF
MARSHALL...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 5:27 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
527 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2012

TXZ150-151-212315-
PANOLA-RUSK-
527 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
     PANOLA AND RUSK...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     MINDEN AND PINEHILL...

AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PINEHILL...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HENDERSON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 5:40 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
540 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2012

LAZ001-002-212330-
BOSSIER-CADDO-
540 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...

IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
     CADDO AND BOSSIER...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     SHREVEPORT...

AT 537 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOSSIER CITY...MOVING SOUTH AT
10 MPH.

WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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Local storm report, Jul 21, 5:42 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
542 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2012

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

0522 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LONGSTREET              32.10N 93.95W
07/21/2012                   DE SOTO            LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN LONGSTREET.

&&

RWILLIS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, LaSalle	60 min
Jul 21, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo, De Soto	50 min
Jul 21, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto	60 min
Jul 21, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine	56 min
Jul 21, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River and 1 more	65 min

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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.