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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 200, NWS Shreveport, LA

August 13, 2013Franklin County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2013, 3:47 PM CDT for Franklin County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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: Aug 13, 2013, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2013, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Franklin County, TX

The radar

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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 13, 3:40 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 3:40 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 11:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1156 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 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>167-141100-
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-
1156 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 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...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS ACROSS SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AS A
DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST. ISOLATED
SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED IN THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS.

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

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION ON
WEDNESDAY BEFORE ENDING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
AGAIN...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND ISOLATED SEVERE WIND DAMAGE MAY
ACCOMPANY THE STORMS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 1:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
145 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013

TXZ111-112-131930-
CASS-MORRIS-
145 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
     MORRIS AND CASS...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     DAINGERFIELD...HUGHES SPRINGS...JENKINS...KILDARE...LINDEN AND
     ROCKY BRANCH...

AT 141 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DAINGERFIELD...OR 17 MILES EAST
OF PITTSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...BREIF BUT HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

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Special weather statement, Aug 13, 2:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
208 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013

LAZ005-013-131945-
JACKSON-LINCOLN-
208 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...

IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
     LINCOLN AND JACKSON...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     GRAMBLING AND RUSTON...

AT 204 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRAMBLING...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

WCM

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 2:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
238 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013

TXZ108-132015-
FRANKLIN-
238 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY...

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
     FRANKLIN...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     HAGANSPORT AND MOUNT VERNON...

AT 237 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT VERNON...
OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAGANSPORT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

WCM

Local storm report, Aug 13, 2:51 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
251 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013

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

0232 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HAUGHTON                32.53N  93.51W
08/13/2013                   BOSSIER            LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER POLE DOWN AND CAUSING SPARKS

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1300335

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Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:11 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
311 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013

TXZ108-132115-
FRANKLIN-
311 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY...

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
     FRANKLIN...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     MOUNT VERNON AND PURLEY...

AT 309 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MOUNT VERNON...OR 13 MILES SOUTH
OF HAGANSPORT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

WCM

Local storm report, Aug 13, 3:37 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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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 13, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass, Marion	62 min
Aug 13, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Smith, Wood	54 min
Aug 13, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Franklin	28 min
Aug 13, 2:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier	52 min
Aug 13, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Jackson, Ouachita	26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.