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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 198, NWS Shreveport, LA

October 2, 20149 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 2, 2014, 9:43 PM CDT for 9 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 47 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: Oct 2, 2014, 9:43 PM CDT (02:43 UTC)
Expired: Oct 2, 2014, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 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
Oct 2, 5:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Oct 2, 8:04 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 Oct 2, 6:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 6:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 2, 11:10 AM CDT, 10 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1110 AM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-031615-
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-
1110 AM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

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 THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION LATER TODAY
AS THE HEAT AND INSTABILITY CONTINUE TO BUILD AHEAD OF A STRONG
COLD FRONT. BY LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...THE COLD FRONT
WILL RACE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AREA WIDE. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG
TO SEVERE...WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW ISOLATED
TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE REGION WITH
A WEAK COLD FRONT BY THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK.
HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 2, 6:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 2, 6:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 2, 6:43 PM CDT, 3 hours before

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Local storm report, Oct 2, 6:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 2, 6:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 2, 6:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 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
Oct 2, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur	41 min
Oct 2, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Gregg, Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Wood	45 min
Oct 2, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass, Harrison, Marion	45 min
Oct 2, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk	46 min
Oct 2, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby	40 min
Oct 2, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Panola, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	60 min
Oct 2, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine	63 min
Oct 2, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	44 min
Oct 2, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster	46 min
Oct 2, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Lincoln and 2 more	43 min
Oct 2, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	51 min
Oct 2, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine	40 min
Oct 2, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada	53 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.