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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Shreveport, LA

July 27, 2013Natchitoches Parish, Sabine Parish, Louisiana

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2013-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2478 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2013-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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 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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie45 min
Jul 26, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVOuachita, Union47 min
Jul 27, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River50 min
Jul 27, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVJackson, Lincoln, Ouachita48 min
Jul 27, 12:48 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVBienville, Natchitoches, Red River27 min
Jul 27, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVDe Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine40 min
Jul 27, 2:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNatchitoches, Sabine37 min
Jul 27, 3:51 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVDe Soto, Natchitoches, Sabine3 hr
Jul 26, 8:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVLittle River, Sevier3 hr
Jul 26, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Lafayette, Nevada43 min
Jul 26, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVColumbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada44 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.