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Ice Storm Warning 1, NWS Shreveport, LA

January 15, 20136 parishes in Louisiana; Union County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this ice storm warning at Jan 15, 2013, 3:14 AM CST for 6 parishes in Louisiana; Union County, Arkansas. It was in force for 13 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 15, 2013, 3:14 AM CST (09:14 UTC)
Expired: Jan 15, 2013, 4:00 PM CST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA

Counties Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this ice storm 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 ice storm warning went out at Jan 14, 10:10 PM CST, 5 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 10:10 PM CST, 5 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 14, 11:59 AM CST, 15 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1159 AM CST MON JAN 14 2013

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-151800-
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-
1159 AM CST MON JAN 14 2013

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...
LIGHT SLEET AND ICE THAT FELL EARLY THIS MORNING WILL LIKELY MELT
AS TEMPERATURES RISE TO JUST ABOVE FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...
ANY MOISTURE ON THE GROUND AND ON SURFACES WILL LIKELY REFREEZE OVERNIGHT
AS TEMPERATURES FALL BACK TO BELOW FREEZING.

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

COLD TEMPERATURES AND NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES DURING
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TUESDAY INTO MID MORNING WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN
FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO MID MORNING THURSDAY WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER
CHANCE FOR A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...OR SNOW. LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...MAY BE NEEDED FOR
ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND REPORTING OF PATCHY ICE ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES AT SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS THE REGION BEGINNING DURING THE LATE
OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY. A SIMILAR SCENARIO
IS POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING
HOURS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS WELL.

VII

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 15, 4:44 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	SHV	Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 14 more	17 hr
Jan 15, 4:44 PM CST	Ice Storm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union	5 hr

Nearby

Ice Storm Warnings in Louisiana, 2013 Ice Storm Warnings in Arkansas, 2013 Every ice storm warning in 2013

Sources

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