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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2014, 6:39 PM CDT for Lincoln Parish, Union Parish, Louisiana; Union County, Arkansas. It was in force for 66 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
- Jun 8, 2014, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2014, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Union County, AR, Lincoln Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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 Jun 8, 6:24 PM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 6:24 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 624 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014 .AVIATION... TSTMS ONGOING ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION THIS EVENING...AND MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF TSTMS ARE EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE AREA TERMINALS THIS PD. ADDITIONALLY...MVFR/IFR CIGS WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND SUNRISE...AND ALSO IN THE VC OF ANY CONVECTION. OTHERWISE...WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND OUT OF THE S OVERNIGHT...AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 KTS AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY. /12/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 556 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014/ DISCUSSION... MORE CONVECTION BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG AND N OF I-30 IN EXTREME NE TX/SW AR. SVR WATCH 262 HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO INCLUDE HOWARD AND SEVIER COUNTIES IN AR PER COORDINATION WITH SPC. UPDATED PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN SENT. /09/ PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 440 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014/ DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT HAS STALLED ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE FROM KOSA TO KELD. SEVERAL OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE REGION...ONE OF THEM VERY CLOSE TO THE STALLED FRONT. MCV MOVING OVER THE CWA PROVIDED JUST ENOUGH ASCENT TO OVERCOME WHAT LITTLE CINH WAS REMAINING TO INITIATE CONVECTION FROM SRN AR SWD TO TOLEDO BEND. DEEP LAYER SHEAR AROUND 35-40 KTS IS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT ORGANIZED TSTMS. TEMPS HAVE ALSO WARMED INTO THE LOWER 90S S OF I-20 WHICH HAS HELPED TO YIELD CAPE VALUES BETWEEN 2000-3000 J/KG. THUS...PARAMETERS ARE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE EVENING HRS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL SHOULD BE THE MAIN THREATS BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MCV OR AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHERE LOW LVL SHEAR MAY BE LOCALLY ENHANCED. STILL EXPECTING ADDITIONAL CONVECTION TO DEVELOP ALONG THE STALLED FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HRS. POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL STILL EXIST IF STORMS ORGANIZE INTO A MCS. UPPER TROUGH CURRENTLY DIGGING SEWD INTO NW COLORADO WILL AMPLIFY OVER NRN OK BY MONDAY MORNING. INCREASE IN LARGE SCALE ASCENT FROM THIS TROUGH SHOULD ALSO RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN CONVECTIVE COVERAGE MONDAY. SEVERE WEATHER WILL ONCE AGAIN BE A POSSIBILITY...MAINLY WITH A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. UNSETTLED WEATHER TO CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY AS THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS AND A STRONGER PACIFIC COLD FRONT AT THE SFC BEGIN TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. PRECIP SHOULD END FROM W TO E TUESDAY NIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING TROUGH AND COLD FRONT. SUBSIDENCE FROM A SFC HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD PROVIDE A BRIEF BREAK FROM THE RAIN. BUILDING UPPER RIDGE OVER WRN MX SHOULD RESULT IN A TRANSITION TO NWLY FLOW ALOFT. THIS PATTERN IS TYPICALLY SUPPORTIVE OF PERIODIC MCS ACTIVITY AS SHORTWAVE TROUGHS EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW ALOFT MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. INDEED...BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF INDICATE SUCH A PATTERN DEVELOPING BY NEXT THURSDAY AND CONTINUING INTO THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND...SO WILL MAINTAIN SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE EXTENDED PERIODS FOR NOW. /09/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 74 86 71 86 68 / 60 60 60 40 20 MLU 72 86 72 86 67 / 60 50 60 60 30 DEQ 68 79 63 82 62 / 80 80 60 30 20 TXK 70 82 66 83 64 / 60 80 60 40 20 ELD 70 84 69 84 64 / 60 70 60 60 20 TYR 73 84 67 86 67 / 40 60 50 20 10 GGG 73 85 70 86 65 / 40 60 60 30 10 LFK 73 90 72 88 68 / 40 50 60 30 20 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 12
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 4:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 442 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014 ARZ059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ097-112-126-138- 151-153-166-167-091100- 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-BOWIE-CASS-MARION-HARRISON-PANOLA-SHELBY- SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 442 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES THE AREA. INSTABILITY AND DEEP LAYER WIND SHEAR ARE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS. IN ADDITIONAL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD RE-INTENSIFY AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE ONCE AGAIN DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS OF MONDAY. A FEW STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH A DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER UNTIL AND UPPER TROUGH MOVE EAST OF THE REGION BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK...THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST BEGINNING THURSDAY AND CONTINUING INTO THE WEEKEND AS ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ARZ050-051-OKZ077-TXZ096-108>111-124-125-136-137-149-150-152-165- 091100- SEVIER-HOWARD-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-WOOD- UPSHUR-SMITH-GREGG-CHEROKEE-RUSK-NACOGDOCHES-ANGELINA- 442 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES THE AREA. INSTABILITY AND DEEP LAYER WIND SHEAR ARE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS. IN ADDITIONAL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD RE-INTENSIFY AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE ONCE AGAIN DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS OF MONDAY. A FEW STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH A DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER UNTIL AND UPPER TROUGH MOVE EAST OF THE REGION BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK...THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST BEGINNING THURSDAY AND CONTINUING INTO THE WEEKEND AS ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
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Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 8, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Webster | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Webster | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Lincoln, Union | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Union | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier | 49 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2014Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014
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.