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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 31, 2013Red River County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2013, 7:32 AM CDT for Red River County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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: Mar 31, 2013, 7:32 AM CDT (12:32 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2013, 8:15 AM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Red River County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:34 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 31, 5:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 252 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.7

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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 Mar 31, 4:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 4:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
410 AM CDT SUN MAR 31 2013

.DISCUSSION...
ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID WEEK. FOR TODAY...
A STRONG SHORT WAVE IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WAS BEARING DOWN ON
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST TEXAS. SHOWERS AND STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF HIS FEATURE AS IT
DIVES SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING AND SHOULD REACH THE NORTHWEST
PORTION OF THE CWA BY MID MORNING. COULD SEE SEVERE STORMS DEVELOP
OVER EAST TEXAS INTO NORTH LOUISIANA AS TEMPERATURES INCREASE BY
LATE MORNING AND MLCAPE VALUES EXCEED 1000 J/KG. THE SYSTEM SHOULD
BE EAST OF THE CWA AROUND 00Z THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL
FOLLOW THIS SYSTEM...HOWEVER...WITH MOSTLY ZONAL FLOW ALOFT...THE
FRONT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL STALL...POSSIBLY NEAR INTERSTATE 20.
WITH DRY AIR FILTERING INTO THE AREA FOLLOWING THE SHORT WAVE...
THE CHANCE OF ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION LOOKS SMALL THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT. ON TUESDAY A SHIFT IN UPPER PATTERN TO A MORE SOUTHWEST
FLOW WILL ALLOW MOISTURE TO SPREAD BACK INTO THE REGION...OVERRIDING
COOLER SURFACE AIR...SETTING UP AN ISENTROPIC RAIN EVENT. EXPECT
PERIODS OF RAIN TO BEGIN TUESDAY...CONTINUING UNTIL THE UPPER
TROUGH SHIFTS EAST OF THE REGION DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. MODELS
ARE STILL IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE PROGRESSION OF EVENTS
WITH THE ECM SLIGHTLY SLOWER. HOWEVER...WILL STILL GRADUALLY END
THE RAIN FROM WEST TO EAST THURSDAY. DRY AIR TO FOLLOW THE TROUGH...
WITH A WARM UP EXPECTED TO BEGIN FRIDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN FAIRLY MILD UNTIL THE COLD AIR ARRIVES.
LOOKS LIKE A TIGHT TEMPERATURE GRADIENT WILL SET UP TUESDAY...
NEAR INTERSTATE 20 AND IT WILL BE WEDNESDAY BEFORE ALL OF THE CWA
COOLS. HIGHS WILL FALL INTO THE 50S ACROSS MOST OF THE FOUR STATE
REGION WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY BUT SHOULD WARM BACK INTO THE 70S
FRIDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...
LOW STRATUS IS EXPANDING NORTHWARD AND SHOULD BE AFFECTING MOST OF
THE TAF SITES AT THE START OF THE 12Z TAF PERIOD. ANY LOW VSBYS DUE
TO FOG SHOULD IMPROVE BY MID MORNING AND CIGS MAY LIFT SLIGHTLY BUT
MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD.
CONVECTION CURRENTLY ONGOING ALONG AND NORTH OF I-40 IN WRN OK AHEAD
OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE AREA BY THIS
AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...REDEVELOPMENT OF SCT CONVECTION WILL BE
POSSIBLE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE DUE TO LEFT OVER BOUNDARIES FROM TSTMS
THAT HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED OVER THE PREVIOUS 24 HOURS.
THUS...WIDESPREAD CONVECTION WILL LIKELY IMPACT ALL OF THE TAF SITES
AT SOME POINT OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SHWRS/TSTMS SHOULD GRADUALLY
END FROM NW TO SE NEAR THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD AS THE COLD FRONT
MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. /09/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  74  57  76  57  69 /  70  30  10  20  60
MLU  72  56  76  52  69 /  70  30  10  10  50
DEQ  71  49  73  52  56 /  70  10  10  40  60
TXK  70  54  77  54  61 /  70  20  10  30  60
ELD  70  53  77  49  62 /  70  20  10  20  60
TYR  75  57  77  59  69 /  70  20  10  30  60
GGG  75  56  77  58  70 /  70  20  10  20  60
LFK  77  60  79  61  73 /  70  30  10  20  60

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

14/09

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 5:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
510 AM CDT SUN MAR 31 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>167-311700-
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-
510 AM CDT SUN MAR 31 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FOUR
STATE REGION TODAY. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

NO ORGANIZED HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TODAY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 2:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
230 AM CDT SUN MAR 31 2013

ARZ050-051-059-060-OKZ077-TXZ097-310815-
BOWIE-HEMPSTEAD-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-MCCURTAIN-SEVIER-
230 AM CDT SUN MAR 31 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

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

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
     HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LITTLE RIVER AND SEVIER...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
     MCCURTAIN...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
     BOWIE...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     ALLEENE...ARKINDA...ASHDOWN...BEN LOMOND...FOREMAN...HORATIO...
     RICHMOND...SARATOGA...TOLLETTE...WILTON AND WINTHROP...

AT 226 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROKEN BOW...OR
12 MILES WEST OF HORATIO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

09

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 3:27 AM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
327 AM CDT SUN MAR 31 2013

ARZ059>061-070-071-TXZ097-310915-
BOWIE-HEMPSTEAD-LAFAYETTE-LITTLE RIVER-MILLER-NEVADA-
327 AM CDT SUN MAR 31 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

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

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
     HEMPSTEAD...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE RIVER...MILLER AND NEVADA...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
     BOWIE...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     ASHDOWN...FULTON...GARLAND...GENOA...MANDEVILLE...OGDEN...
     RICHMOND...TEXARKANA...NASH AND WAKE VILLAGE...

AT 326 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OGDEN...OR NEAR ASHDOWN...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

09

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 4:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
458 AM CDT SUN MAR 31 2013

ARZ072-073-LAZ004-006-311100-
CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-UNION-
458 AM CDT SUN MAR 31 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES AND PARISHES...

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
     COLUMBIA...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
     UNION...
IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
     UNION...
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
     CLAIBORNE...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     EL DORADO...JUNCTION CITY...LAWSON...LISBON...VILLAGE AND
     WESSON...

AT 456 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VILLAGE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MAGNOLIA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

09

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 8:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus	41 min
Mar 31, 8:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River and 1 more	41 min
Mar 31, 9:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Upshur	47 min
Mar 31, 9:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	60 min
Mar 31, 9:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Harrison, Marion	31 min
Mar 31, 10:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass, Harrison, Marion, Panola	27 min
Mar 31, 10:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Smith	39 min
Mar 31, 10:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Harrison, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby and 1 more	59 min
Mar 31, 11:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	61 min
Mar 31, 10:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Union, Webster	60 min
Mar 31, 10:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln and 5 more	63 min
Mar 31, 11:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Ouachita and 2 more	62 min
Mar 31, 12:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle	32 min
Mar 31, 3:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada	45 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.