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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2013, 2:45 AM CDT for Natchitoches Parish, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 2013, 2:45 AM CDT (07:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2013, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Natchitoches Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2478 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 11.6
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 26, 9:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 9:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 953 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013 .DISCUSSION... FRONT MOVING INTO EAST TEXAS ALONG WITH UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE TRIGGERING INTENSE CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTHWEST AR AND ADJACENT NORTHEAST TX AT THIS TIME. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH LOUISIANA BEFORE MOVING EAST OF THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY. SINCE MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA...WILL CANCEL THE WATCH. SEE NO REASON TO EXPAND AS THE AREAS RECEIVING HEAVY RAIN FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS HAVE HIGH FFG VALUES AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED MUCH RAIN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. ANY ONGOING FLOODING SHOULD QUICKLY COME TO END AS THE RAIN MOVES OUT OF THE AREA. HAVE LOADED CURRENT TEMPS AND DEWPOINTS AND ADJUSTED MINS FOR CURRENT TRENDS. NOT EXPECTING ANY SIGNIFICANT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN EAST TEXAS FOR THE HOUR REMAINING IN SEVERE WATCH 447...SO WILL CANCEL. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY. && .AVIATION... CONCERNING THE ARKLATEX...SVR WATCH TIL 04Z AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT WITH CONVECTION IS IN FULL SWING NOW AHEAD OF A SPRING LIKE COLD FRONT DRAPING JUST NORTH OF I-30. A FEW MORE SVR TSTMS POSSIBLE THROUGH 27/06Z. IN DOWNPOURS...EXPECT LIFR/IFR CIGS AND VSBY WITH GUSTS PERHAPS TOWARD 50-60 KTS ON BOW ECHOES WITH SMALL HAIL. AHEAD OF THIS COMPLEX...VFR CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FOR AT LEAST A SHORT TIME TEMPOED. SOME DECKS MAY SET UP OVERNIGHT WITH CIGS/VSBYS IMPROVING AFTER DAYBREAK WITH DRIER AIR AND NELY WINDS. /24/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 73 90 70 95 72 / 30 40 0 0 0 MLU 72 88 68 93 69 / 100 60 10 10 0 DEQ 67 88 65 90 70 / 50 20 0 0 20 TXK 70 88 67 92 70 / 80 20 0 0 10 ELD 70 88 66 92 69 / 90 50 0 0 0 TYR 73 91 72 95 73 / 20 20 0 0 0 GGG 73 91 70 95 72 / 20 20 10 10 0 LFK 75 93 74 96 73 / 20 30 20 20 0 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 14/24
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 12:08 PM CDT, 14 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1208 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 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>167-271100- ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE- CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD- HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION- MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA- PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX- SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR- WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD- 1208 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO OVER TWO INCHES POSSIBLE AT TIMES WITH THE PASSAGE OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY. ENOUGH HEATING MAY RESULT IN MODERATE INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. THE SEVERE THREAT EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS LARGE SCALE FORCING INCREASES ALONG AND AHEAD OF A SURFACE FRONT. THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL TRAINING OF STORMS WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ESPECIALLY TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY ACROSS THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AS THE SURFACE FRONT SHIFTS SOUTH INTO SOUTH LOUISIANA. HIGH PRESSURE ON THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL BUILD EAST INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TUESDAY...RESULTING IN TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE MID TO NEAR 100 DEGREES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS...MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 06
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Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Ouachita, Union | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 12:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Natchitoches, Red River | 27 min |
| Jul 27, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 37 min |
| Jul 27, 3:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | De Soto, Natchitoches, Sabine | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 8:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.