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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 18, 2015Bowie County, Texas; 5 counties in Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2015, 5:35 PM CDT for Bowie County, Texas; 5 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 40 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: Jun 18, 2015, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2015, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Bowie County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 315 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -163 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1328 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jun 18, 3:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 3:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
323 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

.DISCUSSION...
CENTER OF THE REMNANTS OF T.D BILL...SHOWING SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN
OVER EASTCENTRAL OK. THIS SLOWING COULD WARRANT AN EXTENSION OF
FLASH FLOOD WATCH...MAINLY FOR PORTIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 30. BY 7 PM...TRENDS OF POSSIBLE CONVECTIVE INCREASE
ALONG SPIRAL BAND BELOW DRY SLOT SHOULD BECOME BETTER DEFINED AND
ALLOW EVE SHIFT TO DECIDE ON PROLONGED ISSUANCE OF FLOOD WATCH. AS
THIS LOW MOVES NORTH...A DIRTY UPPER RIDGE OVER SE STATES WILL
SHIFT WWD TO FILL THE VOID...INITIATING A RETROGRADE PATTERN
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES. THE RIDGE...ALONG WITH COMPRESSIONAL
HTG COMMON WITH A RETREATING TROPICAL LOW...WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO
RISE BACK UP OVER 90 DEGREES...AND POSSIBLY TO MID 90S BY LATE IN
WKND. ASIDE FROM ADDING A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEA BREEZE TRW ACROSS
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF AREA SAT AFTN...DUE TO STG SOUTH FLOW AS LOW
RETREATS...AREA SHOULD BE MOSTLY RAIN FREE AFTER DAYTIME HOURS
FRIDAY THRU MID WEEK...WHEN EASTERLY WAVE WILL ATTEMPT TO BREAK
DOWN IN UPPER RIDGE OVER AREA.VII/.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  75  90  75  92 /  40  20  10  10
MLU  75  90  74  93 /  30  30  10  10
DEQ  73  86  72  90 /  70  30  20  10
TXK  74  89  75  91 /  60  30  20  10
ELD  74  88  74  93 /  40  30  20  10
TYR  74  91  74  90 /  40  10  10  10
GGG  75  90  74  91 /  40  20  10  10
LFK  75  93  74  91 /  30  10  10  20

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ARZ050-051-
     059>061-070>073.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ARZ050-051-
     059-060-070.

LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LAZ001>006-
     010>014-017>022.

OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR OKZ077.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR OKZ077.

TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ096-097-
     108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ096-097-
     108>112-124>126-136>138.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 11:44 AM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1144 AM CDT THU JUN 18 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>167-191645-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-DE SOTO-
RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE-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-
1144 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

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 TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEATING. THIS TROPICAL
AIR IS VERY MOIST WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING
DUE TO ONGOING AREAS HIGH WATER...RESULTING FROM HEAVY RAINS LATE
LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION...A FEW CLUSTERS OF
ORGANISED THUNDERSTORM COULD DEVELOP...POSSIBLY PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS AND WEAK TORNADOES.

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

THE CHANCE FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY IN THE WAKE OF BILL. THEN ONLY ISOLATED...MAINLY LATE DAY
ACTIVITY...COULD BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY. NO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY
FOR POSSIBLE CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING.

VII

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
409 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

TXZ110>112-182200-
CAMP TX-CASS TX-MORRIS TX-
409 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CAMP...SOUTHERN
MORRIS AND SOUTHWESTERN CASS COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

AT 409 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
LONE STAR...OR 13 MILES EAST OF PITTSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DAINGERFIELD...LINDEN...HUGHES SPRINGS...LONE STAR...JENKINS...
FAIRVIEW...HOLLY SPRINGS AND CENTER POINT.

LAT...LON 3300 9484 3298 9482 3300 9482 3310 9445
      3293 9431 3291 9483 3299 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 251DEG 28KT 3294 9475

VIII.

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
411 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

TXZ124-182200-
WOOD TX-
411 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL WOOD COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM
CDT...

AT 411 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
QUITMAN...OR NEAR MINEOLA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MINEOLA...QUITMAN...HAINESVILLE...FOREST HILL AND PERRYVILLE.

LAT...LON 3263 9550 3287 9562 3294 9516 3273 9517
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 251DEG 28KT 3275 9546

VIII.

Local storm report, Jun 18, 4:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
428 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

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

0410 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SW TEXARKANA          33.41N  94.11W
06/18/2015                   BOWIE              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE LIBERTY EYLAU AREA

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500605

25

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
434 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

TXZ096-097-109-111-182230-
RED RIVER TX-TITUS TX-MORRIS TX-BOWIE TX-
434 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN TITUS...NORTHERN
MORRIS...BOWIE AND SOUTHEASTERN RED RIVER COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM
CDT...

AT 434 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DALBY SPRINGS...OR NEAR BOXELDER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TEXARKANA...WAKE VILLAGE...NEW BOSTON...BOXELDER...NASH...HOOKS...DE
KALB...REDWATER...MAUD...RED LICK...US 259 AND I 30 INTERSECTION...
DALBY SPRINGS...LEARY...RED BANK...LYDIA AND SPRING HILL.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3350 9489 3359 9446 3358 9438 3354 9438
      3357 9435 3355 9431 3358 9429 3356 9428
      3359 9424 3356 9425 3356 9419 3358 9422
      3359 9418 3355 9413 3358 9407 3357 9406
      3332 9405 3326 9489
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 261DEG 42KT 3343 9478

VII

Local storm report, Jun 18, 4:53 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
453 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

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

0355 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SW TEXARKANA          33.41N  94.11W
06/18/2015                   BOWIE              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE LIBERTY EYLAU AREA

&&

CORRECTED EVENT TIME

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500605

25

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:19 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
519 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

TXZ097-109-111-112-182315-
TITUS TX-CASS TX-MORRIS TX-BOWIE TX-
519 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN TITUS...NORTHERN
MORRIS...NORTHERN CASS AND SOUTHERN BOWIE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM
CDT...

AT 519 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
COOKVILLE...OR 7 MILES EAST OF MOUNT PLEASANT...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW BOSTON...HOOKS...QUEEN CITY...NAPLES...REDWATER...MAUD...OMAHA...
RED LICK...COOKVILLE...US 259 AND I 30 INTERSECTION...LEARY...
DOUGLASSVILLE...MARIETTA...DOMINO...BRYANS MILL AND SPRING HILL.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3331 9494 3335 9480 3335 9478 3332 9478
      3332 9475 3336 9475 3352 9419 3317 9412
      3313 9493
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 263DEG 33KT 3320 9485

VII

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 7:38 PM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 7 more	23 hr
Jun 17, 9:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	SHV	Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more	21 hr
Jun 18, 2:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	3 hr
Jun 18, 4:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby	9 days
Jun 18, 4:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	42 hr
Jun 18, 5:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Shelby	3 hr
Jun 18, 6:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby	6 hr
Jun 18, 11:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Smith, Wood	22 days
Jun 18, 11:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Anderson, Cherokee, Houston	8 days
Jun 18, 11:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Rusk	68 hr
Jun 18, 11:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Wood	69 hr
Jun 18, 1:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Morris, Titus	38 min
Jun 18, 1:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie	11 days
Jun 18, 1:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Camp, Morris	46 min
Jun 18, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Morris	43 min
Jun 18, 1:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie	42 min
Jun 18, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Smith	43 min
Jun 18, 2:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Panola	48 min
Jun 18, 2:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cass	38 min
Jun 18, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Camp	52 min
Jun 18, 2:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cass	45 min
Jun 18, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Cass, Morris, Titus, Upshur, Wood	40 min
Jun 18, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	28 min
Jun 18, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Morris	24 min
Jun 18, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Shelby	49 min
Jun 18, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Wood	47 min
Jun 18, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Morris	51 min
Jun 18, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Wood	49 min
Jun 18, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie	56 min
Jun 18, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie	56 min
Jun 18, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris	46 min
Jun 18, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cass	60 min
Jun 17, 7:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	53 min
Jun 18, 12:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Sabine, Winn	6 hr
Jun 18, 3:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	De Soto	57 min
Jun 18, 4:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	De Soto, Sabine	46 min
Jun 18, 5:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	De Soto	47 min
Jun 18, 5:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River	38 min
Jun 18, 6:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier, Webster	24 min
Jun 18, 6:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Webster	6 hr
Jun 18, 6:45 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Webster	3 min
Jun 18, 6:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto	15 min
Jun 18, 6:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto	29 min
Jun 18, 7:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Webster	22 min
Jun 18, 11:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Webster	5 days
Jun 18, 1:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier	7 days
Jun 18, 12:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	43 min
Jun 18, 1:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	41 min
Jun 18, 1:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Howard	39 min
Jun 18, 1:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	45 min
Jun 18, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead	48 min
Jun 18, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead	43 min
Jun 18, 2:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Miller	46 min
Jun 18, 2:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead	38 min
Jun 18, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead	46 min
Jun 18, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead	45 min
Jun 18, 3:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Miller	50 min
Jun 18, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead, Little River	39 min
Jun 18, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Nevada	44 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.