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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Shreveport, LA

February 25, 2013Cass County, Texas; Caddo Parish, Louisiana; Hempstead County, Lafayette County, Miller County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 25, 2013, 12:46 PM CST for Cass County, Texas; Caddo Parish, Louisiana; Hempstead County, Lafayette County, Miller County, Arkansas. It was in force for 44 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 25, 2013, 12:46 PM CST (18:46 UTC)
Expired: Feb 25, 2013, 1:30 PM CST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Hempstead County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Miller County, AR, Caddo Parish, LA, Cass County, TX

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 25, 12:26 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

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 25, 12:42 PM CST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 12:42 PM CST, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 11:28 AM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 25, 12:15 PM CST, 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1215 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

ARZ050-051-OKZ077-251845-
HOWARD-MCCURTAIN-SEVIER-
1215 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CST...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
     HOWARD AND SEVIER...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
     MCCURTAIN...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     DE QUEEN AND GILLHAM...

AT 1210 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DE QUEEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.

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

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Special weather statement, Feb 25, 12:20 PM CST, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 25, 12:26 PM CST, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 25, 12:35 PM CST, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1235 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

LAZ001-002-010-251915-
BOSSIER-CADDO-DE SOTO-
1235 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CST...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...

IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
     DE SOTO...CADDO AND BOSSIER...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     BOSSIER CITY...HAUGHTON...SHREVEPORT AND STONEWALL...

AT 1232 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOGANSPORT...OR
13 MILES WEST OF MANSFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

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

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Special weather statement, Feb 25, 12:37 PM CST, 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 25, 12:41 PM CST, 5 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
Feb 25, 11:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	52 min
Feb 25, 11:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	48 min
Feb 25, 12:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	52 min
Feb 25, 12:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	49 min
Feb 25, 1:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	43 min
Feb 25, 1:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine	62 min
Feb 25, 1:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, Webster	41 min
Feb 25, 1:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine	58 min
Feb 25, 1:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bienville, Natchitoches, Red River	28 min
Feb 25, 1:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Natchitoches, Sabine	66 min
Feb 25, 1:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Webster	46 min
Feb 25, 2:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bienville, Natchitoches, Red River	47 min
Feb 25, 2:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne	55 min
Feb 25, 2:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Red River and 2 more	66 min
Feb 25, 2:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bienville, Jackson, Lincoln	42 min
Feb 25, 2:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Lincoln, Union	48 min
Feb 25, 2:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Winn	52 min
Feb 25, 3:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Lincoln, Union	45 min
Feb 25, 3:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union	57 min
Feb 25, 3:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Jackson, LaSalle, Ouachita, Winn	66 min
Feb 25, 3:31 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Union	59 min
Feb 25, 1:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Sevier	39 min
Feb 25, 1:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette, Nevada	33 min
Feb 25, 1:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Nevada	30 min
Feb 25, 2:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Nevada	15 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2013 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2013 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2013 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.