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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Shreveport, LA

February 10, 20134 counties in Texas; Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; Lafayette County, Miller County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 2013, 5:36 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas; Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; Lafayette County, Miller County, Arkansas. It was in force for 39 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
Feb 10, 2013, 5:36 AM CST (11:36 UTC)
Expired
Feb 10, 2013, 6:15 AM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lafayette County, AR, Miller County, AR, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Cass County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Rusk County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 10, 4:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 298 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2013-02-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2013-02-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 728 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
459 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
728 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
777 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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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 Feb 10, 5:11 AM CST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 5:11 AM CST, 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 9, 11:47 AM CST, 17 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1147 AM CST SAT FEB 9 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>167-101800-
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-
1147 AM CST SAT FEB 9 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...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH TONIGHT...AHEAD OF A SURFACE FRONT AND ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL
STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL EJECT NORTHEAST FROM THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH A FEW
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY BEGIN TO APPROACH NORTHEAST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...BY DAYBREAK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

ABUNDANT GULF AND PACIFIC MOISTURE ALONG WITH INCREASING INSTABILITY
AND WIND SHEAR...AHEAD OF THE UPPER SYSTEM AND SURFACE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY...WILL YIELD A THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST TEXAS...NORTH LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHERN
ARKANSAS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. ISOLATED
TORNADOES ALSO REMAIN A POSSIBILITY...PARTICULARLY OVER PORTIONS
OF NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR
TONIGHT...BUT MAY BE REQUIRED BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

VII

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 4:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Franklin, Red River, Titus59 min
Feb 10, 5:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie48 min
Feb 10, 7:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby51 min
Feb 10, 10:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGrant, Natchitoches, Winn49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2013Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2013Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 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.