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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 3, 2012Smith County, Wood County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2012, 5:24 PM CDT for Smith County, Wood County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. 2 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 3, 2012, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Smith County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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 3, 5:37 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Lindale, TX	NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY BROADCAST MEDIA.
Apr 3, 6:36 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mineola, TX	SEVERAL TREES DOWN

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 21 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 3, 2:36 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 1328 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 8.5

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The text

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

309 
WUUS54 KSHV 032224
SVRSHV
TXC423-499-032330-
/O.NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0069.120403T2224Z-120403T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
524 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WINNSBORO...MINEOLA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 523 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
  LINDALE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINEOLA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  20 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED JUST EAST OF VAN...
  MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  HOARD...GOLDEN...HAINESVILLE...QUITMAN AND PLEASANT GROVE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3297 9539 3295 9515 3274 9515 3270 9516
      3242 9537 3257 9560 3269 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 207DEG 26KT 3256 9542

$$

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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 3, 3:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 3:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
323 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

.DISCUSSION...
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS INCREASING FOR OUR ENTIRE AREA AS
TIME PROGRESSES. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FIRED ALONG AN EAST-WEST
STATIONARY BOUNDARY ACROSS THE LOUISIANA-ARKANSAS BORDER
AND...NOW...THE BOUNDARY IS SLOWLY BEGINNING TO DRIFT
SOUTHEASTWARD. THE THREAT FROM THESE STORMS APPEARS TO BE MAINLY
LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THE LARGER THREAT IS WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR...WHERE A TORNADIC
THREAT IS ONGOING AND WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS
LATER THIS AFTERNOON. LAPS SURFACE HELICITY VALUES OVER NORTHEAST
TEXAS ARE GREATER THAN 250 METERS SQUARED PER SECONDS SQUARED.
THIS IS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TO SUSTAIN A TORNADIC ENVIRONMENT
WELL INTO OUR CWA. DIVERGENT FLOW ALOFT AND UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES
WILL ENHANCE THIS ACTIVITY AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES. VERY LARGE
HAIL AND VERY GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ALL STORMS THAT
FORM IN THE ENVIRONMENT JUST AHEAD OF THE LINE...AS WELL AS THE
SQUALL LINE ITSELF.

TOMORROW...MUCH OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL STILL BE A GOOD PORTION OF
THE AREA...OUR EASTERN AREAS AT THE VERY LEAST. THE SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT WILL STILL EXIST...BUT SHOULD NOT BE AS GREAT AS IT WILL BE
THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN
TO CEASE FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...WITH THE SQUALL
LINE. AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW EJECTS EASTWARD ACROSS ARKANSAS...OUR
NORTHERN SECTION OF COUNTIES WILL SEE A CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

EXTENDED...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPEARS TO STALL OUT ACROSS THE FOUR
STATE REGION ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...BRINGING A DECENT CHANCE FOR
PRECIPITATION DURING THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...
SCT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION BEFORE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER
N TX PUSH EWD INTO THE REGION. TERMINALS WILL BE AFFECTED
INTERMITTENTLY BY CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING. EXPECT CATEGORY REDUCTIONS WITH VERY GUSTY WINDS VC
CONVECTION. OTHERWISE...SOUTHERLY WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS TO PERSIST
BEFORE WINDS TURN OUT OF THE WSW BEHIND A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DURING
WEDNESDAY MORNING. /12/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  66  82  54  75  54 /  70  20  10  10   0
MLU  66  83  57  77  54 /  70  50  20  10   0
DEQ  59  75  52  72  51 /  70  30  20  10   0
TXK  64  78  54  72  52 /  70  20  20  10   0
ELD  66  81  54  74  52 /  70  30  20  10   0
TYR  57  76  56  75  56 /  70  20  10  10   0
GGG  59  78  55  75  54 /  70  20  10  10   0
LFK  64  81  57  80  57 /  70  20  10  10   0

&&

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

ITO/12

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 11:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1145 AM CDT TUE APR 3 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>167-041645-
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 TUE APR 3 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...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE INCREASING OVER THE AREA
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES WARM AND
DISTURBANCES ALOFT MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. AN UPPER LEVEL
CLOSED LOW MOVING OVER PARTS OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA WILL
CONTINUE LIFTING NORTHEAST SENDING A SURFACE LOW ACROSS
OKLAHOMA...WITH ITS TRAILING DRY LINE BEING OVERTAKEN BY A
COLD FRONT. BY LATE TONIGHT THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL BE
NEARING A BROKEN BOW OKLAHOMA TO TYLER/LONGVIEW TEXAS LINE.
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT
AND WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE SYSTEM. LARGE HAIL AND HIGH AND
DAMAGING WINDS WILL REMAIN THE MAIN THREATS. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS.

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

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND NEAR THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY WITH EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCING
STORMS...AS WELL AS A CHANCE FOR LARGE HAIL AND HIGH AND DAMAGING
WINDS. BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WEDNESDAY...WITH DRY
AIR SPREADING INTO THE FOUR STATE REGION IN WAKE OF THE BOUNDARY...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...HAM RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND
OVERNIGHT...AND INTO WEDNESDAY.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 4:54 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
454 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2012

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

0430 PM     HAIL             8 ESE TALCO             33.32N 94.98W
04/03/2012  E1.00 INCH       TITUS              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED ON COUNTY ROAD 3275

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 5:06 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
506 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2012

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

0500 PM     HAIL             CUTHAND                 33.47N 95.05W
04/03/2012  M2.00 INCH       RED RIVER          TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TWO INCH HAIL REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER.

&&

ITO

Local storm report, Apr 3, 5:07 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
507 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2012

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

0503 PM     HAIL             DE KALB                 33.51N 94.62W
04/03/2012  M0.88 INCH       BOWIE              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM SPOTTER REPORTES NICKEL SIZED HAIL IN DE KALB.

&&

ITO

Local storm report, Apr 3, 5:13 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
513 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2012

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

0510 PM     HAIL             3 N WEST MONROE         32.56N 92.15W
04/03/2012  M0.75 INCH       OUACHITA           LA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER ALONG HIGHWAY
            143.

&&

ITO

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 5:13 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
513 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

ARZ070-032300-
MILLER-
513 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY...

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
     MILLER...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     FOUKE...GENOA AND MANDEVILLE...

AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOUKE...OR 14
MILES NORTHEAST OF ATLANTA...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 5:22 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
522 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2012

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

0519 PM     HAIL             1 N WEST MONROE         32.53N 92.15W
04/03/2012  E0.88 INCH       OUACHITA           LA   AMATEUR RADIO

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL FALLING NEAR WHITES FERRY ROAD AND
            ELMWOOD DRIVE JUST NORTH OF WEST MONROE.

&&

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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 3, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River, Titus	63 min
Apr 3, 3:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Titus	37 min
Apr 3, 3:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Red River	67 min
Apr 3, 4:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie, Morris, Red River, Titus	38 min
Apr 3, 4:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Franklin, Red River, Titus	61 min
Apr 3, 4:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	65 min
Apr 3, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	65 min
Apr 3, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River, Titus	60 min
Apr 3, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	54 min
Apr 3, 5:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Titus	66 min
Apr 3, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus	46 min
Apr 3, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Smith, Upshur, Wood	59 min
Apr 3, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Smith, Wood	65 min
Apr 3, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris, Red River, Titus	61 min
Apr 3, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass	67 min
Apr 3, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur	53 min
Apr 3, 6:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Cass	67 min
Apr 3, 6:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur	51 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.