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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Shreveport, LA

August 6, 2012Union Parish, Louisiana; Union County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2012, 4:53 PM CDT for Union Parish, Louisiana; Union County, Arkansas. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2012, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Union County, AR, Union Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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: 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.

536 
WUUS54 KSHV 062153
SVRSHV
ARC139-LAC111-062245-
/O.NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0253.120806T2153Z-120806T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN UNION PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HUTTIG...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 448 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 STRONG...OR 12 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF HUTTIG...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  LAPILE...

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 3288 9231 3320 9256 3330 9235 3327 9232
      3328 9229 3326 9225 3326 9223 3322 9222
      3321 9218 3319 9217 3314 9210 3310 9213
      3304 9210 3303 9207 3299 9206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 316DEG 17KT 3315 9230

$$

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1 follow-up statement

904 
WWUS54 KSHV 062232
SVSSHV

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

ARC139-LAC111-062245-
/O.CON.KSHV.SV.W.0253.000000T0000Z-120806T2245Z/
UNION AR-UNION LA-
532 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR UNION COUNTY...AND UNION PARISH...

AT 527 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
NEAR HUTTIG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

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 3288 9231 3312 9250 3324 9223 3322 9222
      3321 9218 3319 9217 3314 9210 3310 9213
      3304 9210 3303 9207 3299 9206
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 316DEG 17KT 3302 9215

$$

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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 Aug 6, 2:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 2:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
227 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION
IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER-LEVEL WEAKNESS DIGGING SOUTH FROM
ARKANSAS. CONVECTION FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT TO
FALL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S WITH LIGHT WINDS AREAWIDE.

WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE REGION TO SHIFT SOUTH
OVERNIGHT...DIMINISHING RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 30
CORRIDOR FOR TUESDAY. CLOUD COVER AND INSTABILITY EXPECTED TO KEEP
AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY AT OR BELOW 100 DEGREES
WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

PATTERN EXPECTED TO SHIFT ON FRIDAY AS CANADIAN SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE DIVES SOUTH BEHIND A ROBUST COLD FRONT. COULD SEE SOME
CONVECTION ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. FOR THIS
PACKAGE...HINTED AT A COOLING TREND BUT REMAINED WARMER THAN THE
GFS WHICH IS ADVERTISING HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. OTHERWISE...COULD SEE LOWS TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO
UPPER 60S WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES PREVAILING LATE IN THE PERIOD.
/05/

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE TAF PERIOD.
WIDELY SCT CONVECTION CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF E TX/NW LA/SCNTRL
AR...WITH THIS CONVECTION POSSIBLY AFFECTING THE SHV/LFK/ELD/MLU
TERMINALS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. AMENDMENTS MAY BE
NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR THESE TERMINALS BASED ON RADAR
TRENDS...WITH CONVECTION IN CNTRL AR EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SE INTO
SCNTRL AR/POSSIBLY NE LA AFTER 21Z. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF MVFR CIGS/REDUCED VSBYS AND WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 40KTS...BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. AM EXPECTING
ELEVATED CONVECTIVE DEBRIS TO LINGER ACROSS AT LEAST THE SRN HALF OF
THE AREA OVERNIGHT WHILE GRADUALLY THINNING. OTHERWISE...ANOTHER VFR
CU FIELD SHOULD REDEVELOP BY MIDDAY TUESDAY...WITH ISOLATED
CONVECTION POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON. VRB WINDS UP TO 6KTS THIS
AFTERNOON...WILL BECOME LT/VRB AFTER 00Z. /15/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  77  97  77  98  76 /  30  30  10  20  30
MLU  76  98  75  98  73 /  30  30  10  20  20
DEQ  72  97  75  97  74 /  20  20  10  20  30
TXK  76  97  75  97  75 /  20  20  10  20  30
ELD  73  98  73  96  74 /  30  20  10  20  30
TYR  78  99  77  98  74 /  30  20  10  20  30
GGG  77  98  76  98  74 /  30  20  10  20  30
LFK  76  98  74  97  74 /  30  30  20  20  30

&&

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

05/15

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 11:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1145 AM CDT MON AUG 6 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>167-071645-
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-
1145 AM CDT MON AUG 6 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 ACROSS THE
ENTIRE REGION AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE GREATEST
COVERAGE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...A FEW DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH ANY STRONG STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE WORK WEEK AS A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER
DISTURBANCES INTERACT WITH A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 2:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
256 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

LAZ003-004-062045-
CLAIBORNE-WEBSTER-
256 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...

IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
     CLAIBORNE AND WEBSTER...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     COTTON VALLEY...HAYNESVILLE...HOMER AND SHONGALOO...

AT 256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SHONGALOO...OR 13 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGHILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SHOULD THIS STORM
INTENSIFY...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE NEEDED.

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
315 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

LAZ003-062100-
WEBSTER-
315 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISH...

IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
     WEBSTER...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     DIXIE INN...DUBBERLY...MINDEN AND SIBLEY...

AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF DIXIE INN...OR 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF MINDEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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Local storm report, Aug 6, 3:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
344 PM CDT MON AUG 06 2012

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

0330 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S HOMER               32.75N 93.06W
08/06/2012                   CLAIBORNE          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A LARGE TREE LIMB WAS BLOWN INTO A PASSING VEHICLE
            TRAVELING HIGHWAY 9...SHATTERING THE WINDSHIELD. THE
            MOTORIST WAS NOT INJURED.

&&

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 4:32 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
432 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

ARZ060-061-062215-
HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-
432 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
     HEMPSTEAD AND NEVADA...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     BLEVINS...EMMET...HOPE...PERRYTOWN AND PRESCOTT...

AT 428 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF BLEVINS...OR 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF PRESCOTT...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 4:37 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
437 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

ARZ073-LAZ006-062215-
UNION-
437 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES AND PARISHES...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
     UNION...
IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
     UNION...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     HUTTIG...LAPILE AND STRONG...

AT 433 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAPILE...OR 8
MILES WEST OF WEST CROSSETT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 4:40 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
440 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

ARZ051-062230-
HOWARD-
440 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY...

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
     HOWARD...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     CENTER POINT...DIERKS AND NASHVILLE...

AT 438 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DIERKS...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 5, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Winn	61 min
Aug 5, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Sabine	60 min
Aug 5, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo	56 min
Aug 5, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Caddo, De Soto, Jackson, Natchitoches, Red River and 2 more	60 min
Aug 6, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Webster	54 min
Aug 6, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Webster	55 min
Aug 6, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln	38 min
Aug 6, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Ouachita, Union	39 min
Aug 6, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Jackson, Ouachita	43 min
Aug 6, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Ouachita, Union	35 min
Aug 6, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Nevada	45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2012 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2012 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

Sources

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