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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Shreveport, LA

August 13, 2013Jackson Parish, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2013, 4:19 PM CDT for Jackson Parish, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 26 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, 4:19 PM CDT (21:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2013, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jackson Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 214 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2013-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1472 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2013-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1472 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 3:40 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 11:56 AM CDT, 4 hours 23 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, 2:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 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, 1 hour 28 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

25
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 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, 42 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 13, 3:51 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 13, 4:17 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass, Marion62 min
Aug 13, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSmith, Wood54 min
Aug 13, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVFranklin28 min
Aug 13, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVFranklin28 min
Aug 13, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier52 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2013Every severe thunderstorm 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.