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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 26, 2015Natchitoches Parish, Sabine Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2015, 6:13 PM CDT for Natchitoches Parish, Sabine Parish, 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: May 26, 2015, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Natchitoches Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA

The radar

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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 26, 4:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 4:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 12:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1250 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2015

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-271100-
ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-
CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-
HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION-
MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA-
PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR-
WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD-
1250 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE TODAY
FROM THE LOWER TOLEDO BEND COUNTRY OF DEEP EAST TEXAS INTO THE
SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE ANY REDEVELOPMENT DIMINISHES THIS EVENING.
ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP
ALONG THE MIDDLE RED RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING...AND SPREAD EAST
INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND POSSIBLY
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE
SHOULD THESE STORMS AFFECT THESE AREAS LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY...AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY INCREASE IN
COVERAGE FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE DRIFTS EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND FOUR STATE
REGION. DAYTIME HEATING WILL PRODUCE ENOUGH INSTABILITY SUCH
THAT ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH
TONIGHT.

06

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 12:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 2:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
252 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2015

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

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BOGATA                  33.47N  95.21W
05/25/2015                   RED RIVER          TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BOGATA HAS ROOF DAMAGE... TREES UPROOTED... LARGE AND
            SMALL TREES SNAPED AND TREE LIMBS DOWN... AND SOME
            STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOME AND BUSINESSES. DAMAGE IS
            ERRATIC THGOUGHOUT THE CITY.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500538

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Local storm report, May 26, 3:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
303 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2015

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

0543 PM     TSTM WND DMG     AVERY                   33.55N  94.78W
05/25/2015                   RED RIVER          TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            IN A LINE APPROXIMATLY 10 MILES LONG TREES WERE TWISTED
            AND SNAPPED... DEBRIS THROWN INTO ONE HOME WITH CARPORT
            RIPPED AWAY FROM THE HOME... ROOF PEELED ON ANOTHER
            HOME... AND MULTIPLE SITES OF LARGE TREES BROKEN AND
            SNAPPED... AS WELL AS DOWN POWER LINE IN THREE
            LOCATIONS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500539

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk	56 min
May 25, 7:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Harrison, Marion, Panola	4 hr
May 25, 7:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Shelby	4 hr
May 25, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches and 6 more	63 min
May 25, 7:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola	39 min
May 25, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	60 min
May 25, 9:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Smith, Upshur, Wood	15 days
May 25, 9:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Smith, Upshur, Wood	19 days
May 26, 6:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg	59 hr
May 26, 8:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Rusk	20 days
May 26, 8:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk	9 days
May 26, 3:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	52 hr
May 25, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Natchitoches, Winn	56 min
May 25, 7:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bienville, Jackson, Natchitoches, Winn	38 min
May 25, 8:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Lincoln	52 min
May 25, 8:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto	44 min
May 25, 8:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto	4 hr
May 25, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Natchitoches and 2 more	64 min
May 25, 8:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Webster	42 min
May 25, 9:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Natchitoches, Red River, Winn	40 min
May 25, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Caldwell, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches and 4 more	53 min
May 25, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union, Winn	40 min
May 25, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Jackson, LaSalle, Ouachita, Union, Winn	31 min
May 25, 7:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada	4 hr
May 25, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada	42 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.