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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 14, 2015Smith County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2015, 6:02 PM CDT for Smith County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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: May 14, 2015, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Smith County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 14, 3:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 3:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 3:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
318 PM CDT THU MAY 14 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CENTER                  31.79N  94.18W
05/11/2015                   SHELBY             TX   NWS STORM SURVEY

            NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT STORM DAMAGE IN
            CENTER TEXAS WAS CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF STRAIGHT LINE
            WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 70 MPH. SCATTERED TREES WERE DOWNED
            ON MAINLY THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN NEAR FM 138. 5 HOMES
            SUFFERED MODERATE TO MAJOR DAMAGE FROM FALLEN TREES
            EITHER UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500457

13

Local storm report, May 14, 5:53 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
553 PM CDT THU MAY 14 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0548 PM     HAIL             WHITEHOUSE              32.23N  95.22W
05/14/2015  E0.88 INCH       SMITH              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500458

09

Local storm report, May 14, 5:54 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
554 PM CDT THU MAY 14 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0553 PM     HAIL             HUNTINGTON              31.28N  94.58W
05/14/2015  E0.25 INCH       ANGELINA           TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500459

09

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 8:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Jasper, Polk, Tyler	4 days
May 14, 12:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Cass, Harrison, Marion	48 hr
May 14, 12:52 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk	68 hr
May 14, 6:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Cherokee, Smith	3 hr
May 14, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Nacogdoches	50 min
May 14, 6:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches	3 hr
May 14, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Upshur	50 min
May 13, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	De Soto	46 min
May 13, 11:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Grant	49 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.