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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 18, 20154 counties in Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2015, 7:19 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 56 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, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2015, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Columbia County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR

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 Jun 18, 6:49 PM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 6:49 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 11:44 AM CDT, 7 hours 35 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

Local storm report, Jun 18, 4:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 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, 2 hours 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

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:31 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:39 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:41 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:45 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 7:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 8 more	8 hr
Jun 19, 4:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	17 days
Jun 19, 12:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead, Little River	45 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.