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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 63
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 6, 2014, 6:26 AM CDT for 29 parishes in Louisiana; 60 counties in Texas. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2014, 6:26 AM CDT (11:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 89 counties
Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Falls County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Leon County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Madison County, TX, Marion County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Panola County, TX, Polk County, TX, Rains County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Titus County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Walker County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wood County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 10%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 20%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 5%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
13 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 6:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 48 min |
| Apr 6, 6:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 44 min |
| Apr 6, 7:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 55 min |
| Apr 6, 7:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby | 62 min |
| Apr 6, 8:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine | 66 min |
| Apr 6, 8:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 54 min |
| Apr 6, 8:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Smith, Upshur, Wood | 46 min |
| Apr 6, 9:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Morris | 41 min |
| Apr 6, 10:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Smith | 40 min |
| Apr 6, 12:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Rusk, Smith, Upshur | 5 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 35 min |
| Apr 6, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine | 59 min |
| Apr 6, 3:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bienville, Caldwell, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches and 3 more | 4 hr |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 9:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier and 17 more | 66 min |
| Apr 6, 1:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier and 15 more | 59 min |
| Apr 6, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 6, 6:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 18 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 6, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ascension, Assumption, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville and 17 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco and 57 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.