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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Shreveport, LA

August 6, 2012Hempstead County, Nevada County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2012, 4:45 PM CDT for Hempstead County, Nevada County, Arkansas. It was in force for 45 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
Aug 6, 2012, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hempstead County, AR, Nevada County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 6, 5:26 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 E Hope, ARPOWER OUT OFF HWY 32

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

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 156 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2012-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 554 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2012-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
554 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-202 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1113 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

271 
WUUS54 KSHV 062145
SVRSHV
ARC057-099-062230-
/O.NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0252.120806T2145Z-120806T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
445 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HEMPSTEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOPE...
  NORTHWESTERN NEVADA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PRESCOTT...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EMMET...OR 6 MILES WEST OF
  PRESCOTT...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PERRYTOWN AND BODCAW...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3395 9351 3396 9349 3396 9336 3394 9333
      3392 9333 3355 9340 3361 9372 3397 9361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 010DEG 22KT 3378 9349

$$

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1 follow-up statement
405 
WWUS54 KSHV 062212
SVSSHV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
512 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

ARC057-099-062230-
/O.CON.KSHV.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-120806T2230Z/
HEMPSTEAD AR-NEVADA AR-
512 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR NEVADA AND HEMPSTEAD COUNTIES...

AT 507 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR PERRYTOWN...OR NEAR HOPE...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BODCAW

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3387 9334 3355 9340 3361 9372 3389 9363
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 010DEG 22KT 3361 9353

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMiller56 min
Aug 6, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUnion52 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.