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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2014, 2:38 PM CDT for Caldwell Parish, Ouachita Parish, Union Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 52 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 9, 2014, 2:38 PM CDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2014, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Caldwell Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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 9, 11:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 201 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1036 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 769 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
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 9, 12:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 12:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1208 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014 .DISCUSSION... AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 267 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF N LA AND SRN AR THROUGH 7 PM. STORM INTENSITY...PARTICULARLY AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE OF STORMS...HAS INCREASED OVER THE LAST FEW VOLUME SCANS. /12/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1045 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2014/ DISCUSSION... LINE OF STORMS CONTINUES TO MARCH EWD ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN UPPER LOW OVER NRN OK AND ITS ATTENDANT COLD FRONT. STORMS HAVE REMAINED SUB-SEVERE THUS FAR... BUT WILL BE HEADING INTO A MORE UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT AS THEY PUSH INTO NRN LA/SRN AR. SPC IS WATCHING CLOSELY FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF NEEDING A CONVECTIVE WATCH FOR SEVERE POTENTIAL AS THESE STORMS MOVE EWD. HAVE MADE SOME UPDATES TO SEVERAL GRID ELEMENTS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE AFFECT OF THE ONGOING STORMS...WHICH INCLUDED LOWERING TEMPS ACROSS OUR WRN AREAS AND TWEAKING POPS A BIT. UPDATED TEXT PRODUCTS ARE ALREADY OUT. /12/ PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 337 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2014/ DISCUSSION... VERY SLOWLY NWD MOVG FRONTAL BOUNDARY...HAS BECOME STATIONARY...AND TRAINING TSTMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN TOTALS ALONG RED RIVER VALLEY...EASTWARD TO TXK. DEPENDING ON WHETHER THIS AXIS FLUCTUATES DURG THE MORNING...SOME FLOODING COULD POSSIBLY OCCUR ACROSS THIS REGION TODAY...AS UPSTREAM AREAS OF CONVECTION RUNNING DUE WEST......TO NEAR THE PANHANDLE. HOWEVER...THIS AXIS WILL MOST LIKELY SHIFT AS UPPER LOW DEVELOPS OVER CENTRAL PLAINS LATER TODAY AND BEGINS TO DIG SLIGHTLY TOWARDS NORTHERN ARKANSAS AS LOW CLOSES OFF. IN RESPONSE...CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES TO THE WEST WILL SWING TOWARDS THE DFW METRO AREA...AND INCREASE EASTWARD INTO THE REGION BY LATER THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IN PLACE WITH MULTI DAY CONVECTION EVENT AND CONTINUED AIRMASS SATURATION...AS MODEL SOUNDING CONTINUE TO YIELD K INDEX VALUES AROUND 40 AND PCPN WATER VALUES AROUND 2 INCHES. ALSO EXPECT ISOLD SVR STORM DEVELOPMENT...ALTHOUGH DEGREE OF AIRMASS SATURATION MAY LIMIT THIS THREAT...WILL KEEP EYE OUT FOR SWD ADVANCEMENT OF STORMS INTO UNTAPPED AIR. A GRADUAL DRYING OUT EXPECTED FROM THE WEST...AS UPPER LOW BRINGS NW FLOW INTO REGION LATER BY MIDWEEK...DEWPOINTS LOWERING INTO LOWER 60S ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS...AND SFC WINDS BECMG WESTERLY. GFS IS FASTER WITH THIS EVOLUTION THAN IS NAM. ONE MORE UPPER WAVE EXPECTED IN THIS NW FLOW...IN THE THURSDAY TO FRIDAY TIME FRAME...ALTHOUGH MUCH OF MOISTURE WILL BE WRUNG OUT BY THEN...SO KEEPING ONLY 20 AND 30 POPS ATTM. HAVE REMOVED ISOLD POPS FOR WEEKEND BEHIND THIS WAVE...WITH AFTN HIGHS RETURNING TO SEASONAL HIGHS OF AROUND 90 TO LOWER 90S. /VII/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 85 68 85 66 89 / 100 60 40 20 10 MLU 89 72 84 70 88 / 60 60 60 30 10 DEQ 79 65 80 63 88 / 100 60 30 20 10 TXK 82 67 82 63 88 / 100 60 40 20 10 ELD 85 68 82 67 86 / 80 70 60 30 10 TYR 82 67 86 65 89 / 100 40 20 10 10 GGG 83 68 85 65 90 / 100 50 30 20 10 LFK 87 73 88 69 90 / 100 40 30 10 10 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 12
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 12:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014 ARZ050-051-059-060-070-LAZ017-018-020-022-OKZ077-TXZ096-097- 108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-101200- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-MILLER-SABINE LA- NATCHITOCHES-GRANT-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN- TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON- CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE- SABINE TX- 1200 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SPINS TO OUR NORTH. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HEAVIER DOWNPOURS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL SUNDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. ARZ061-071>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-019-021-101200- NEVADA-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER- CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON- OUACHITA-WINN-CALDWELL- 1200 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS...ISOLATED LARGE HAIL...AND EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO. ADDITIONALLY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO AT LEAST PART OF THE DAY ON TUESDAY...BEFORE BEGINNING TO MOVE EAST OF THE REGION. AFTER A BRIEF MID WEEK BREAK...AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MAY BRING A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BACK INTO THE AREA THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. 12
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 9, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
100 PM CDT MON JUN 09 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0816 AM TSTM WND DMG AVERY 33.55N 94.78W
06/09/2014 RED RIVER TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
DAMAGE AT AVERY SCHOOLS... TREES DOWN... ROOF DAMAGE TO
GYM... POWER OUT
&&
EVENT NUMBER SHV1400406
25Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:03 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 3:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Ouachita, Union | 24 min |
| Jun 9, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, LaSalle | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.