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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Shreveport, LA

October 13, 2014Cass County, Marion County, Texas; Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; Lafayette County, Miller County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 13, 2014, 5:43 AM CDT for Cass County, Marion County, Texas; Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; Lafayette County, Miller County, Arkansas. 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 13, 2014, 5:43 AM CDT (10:43 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2014, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lafayette County, AR, Miller County, AR, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Cass County, TX, Marion County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:43 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 13, 3:22 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 55 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2014-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 385 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2014-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 199 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
385 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
338 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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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 Oct 13, 3:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 3:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
340 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

.DISCUSSION...
SQUALL LINE IS JUST WEST OF THE CWA ATTM AND IS MOVING FASTER
THAN EXPECTED. GUIDANCE IS NOT HANDLING THE FASTER MOVEMENT SO
TODAYS HIGH TEMPS HAVE BEEN CREATED ON EXTRAPOLATION OF HAND DRAWN
THREE HOUR GRIDS. DEWPOINTS LIKE WISE. STILL LOOKING FOR
WIDESPREAD STRONG WINDS WITH THE LINE OF STORMS. A FEW DISCRETE
CELLS STILL POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE LINE...AND THESE WILL HAVE TO BE
MONITORED FOR ROTATION. TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH 16Z
TO COVER THIS MORNING. EXPECT ANOTHER FOR THE AFTERNOON...WHICH
WILL ACTUALLY HAVE MORE POTENTIAL DUE TO MORE LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE DAY FOR THE ENTIRE
CWA...BUT DO NOT EXPECT THE GUSTY WINDS ALL AREAS THIS MORNING DUE
TO A LOW LEVEL INVERSION IN SOME LOCATIONS AND MIXING DOWN OF THE
LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL BE SPORADIC.

BY MIDNIGHT...A CLOSED UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED OVER
SOUTHERN MISSOURI WITH THE TROUGH EXTENDING SOUTH ACROSS THE CWA
AND TO THE UPPER TX COAST. THE SURFACE FRONT WILL BE EAST OF THE
AREA BY THAT TIME. SOME WRAP AROUND PRECIPITATION MAY FOLLOW THE
FRONT ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS INTO NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS
EVENING. COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO FALL INTO THE 50S
ACROSS ALL OF THE CWA BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. ANY REMAINING PRECIP
SHOULD BE JUST NORTHEAST OF THE AREA BY THAT TIME.

ON TUESDAY...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE...BUT WITH CLEAR
SKIES...TEMPS SHOULD REACH THE 70S MOST AREAS. FOR TUESDAY NIGHT...
DECREASING WIND AND CLEAR SKIES WILL PROVIDE AMPLE RADIATIONAL
COOLING AND LOWS IN THE 40S CAN BE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
MOST OF THE CWA. FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST WEEK...HIGHS WILL
BE NEAR NORMAL...IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S. LOWS WILL BE
SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL DUE TO THE DRY AIR PLACE...WITH 40S NORTH TO
50S SOUTH.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  78  53  74  48  78 / 100  20   0   0   0
MLU  82  55  73  50  77 / 100  40  10   0   0
DEQ  70  52  71  42  75 / 100  30   0   0   0
TXK  73  52  71  48  76 / 100  30   0   0   0
ELD  77  52  70  45  75 / 100  30  10   0   0
TYR  71  51  75  48  79 / 100  10   0   0   0
GGG  75  52  76  46  80 / 100  10   0   0   0
LFK  79  52  78  48  81 / 100  10   0   0   0

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073.

LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022.

OK...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: OKZ077.

TX...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 4:46 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
446 AM CDT MON OCT 13 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>167-131715-
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-
446 AM CDT MON OCT 13 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A SQUALL LINE WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.
DAMAGING WIND WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS EVENT. A FEW
DISCRETE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE...
WITH A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE IN THESE STORMS. HIGHEST RISK OF
THE TORNADOES WILL BE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND NORTH
CENTRAL LOUISIANA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...BUT DUE TO
THE FAST MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM...FLASH FLOODING IS NOT LIKELY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED AREA WIDE TODAY.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 10:11 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisorySHVBowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg and 12 more21 hr
Oct 13, 4:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRed River29 min
Oct 13, 4:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River and 1 more52 min
Oct 13, 4:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Cass, Marion, Morris, Titus, Upshur49 min
Oct 13, 6:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby36 min
Oct 13, 8:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVShelby34 min
Oct 13, 9:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSabine, Shelby24 min
Oct 13, 10:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSabine64 min
Oct 13, 10:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSabine36 min
Oct 13, 7:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Webster43 min
Oct 13, 8:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVDe Soto, Red River51 min
Oct 13, 9:01 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVDe Soto, Red River29 min
Oct 13, 9:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Claiborne, Red River, Webster40 min
Oct 13, 10:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Red River, Winn66 min
Oct 13, 10:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLincoln, Union64 min
Oct 13, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union, Winn60 min
Oct 13, 11:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGrant, Natchitoches, Winn26 min
Oct 13, 11:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGrant, Natchitoches, Winn32 min
Oct 13, 11:25 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVOuachita20 min
Oct 13, 11:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell, Ouachita, Union, Winn63 min
Oct 13, 11:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Winn56 min
Oct 13, 6:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVColumbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 1 more53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2014Severe 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.