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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS Shreveport, LA

July 4, 2015Howard County, Sevier County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2015, 4:20 AM CDT for Howard County, Sevier County, Arkansas. It was in force for 55 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: Jul 4, 2015, 4:20 AM CDT (09:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2015, 5:15 AM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Howard County, AR, Sevier 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 Jul 3, 11:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 11:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1143 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2015

.AVIATION...
VCTS CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY ACROSS AREA
TERMINALS DUE TO A FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND A SERIES OF UPPER-LEVEL
DISTURBANCES MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. MVFR CEILINGS POSSIBLE
AROUND DAYBREAK...OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE
FORECAST PERIOD. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 TO 10 KNOTS TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY TO BECOME SOUTHERLY AFTER 05/00Z. /05/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  75  89  74  91 /  40  40  30  30
MLU  75  87  73  89 /  60  60  50  40
DEQ  71  86  71  86 /  60  60  30  40
TXK  73  87  72  88 /  60  60  30  40
ELD  73  86  72  87 /  60  60  50  40
TYR  75  90  74  91 /  40  40  20  20
GGG  75  90  74  91 /  40  40  20  20
LFK  76  92  74  92 /  20  20  20  20

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

05

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 11:51 AM CDT, 16 hours 29 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
Jul 4, 7:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie	4 hr
Jul 4, 12:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie	3 hr
Jul 4, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Sabine	64 min
Jul 4, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Red River	58 min
Jul 4, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	38 min
Jul 4, 4:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	SHV	Claiborne, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union	14 hr
Jul 4, 9:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Lincoln, Union	5 hr
Jul 4, 11:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Winn	7 days
Jul 4, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Grant, Winn	47 min
Jul 4, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Red River, Winn	58 min
Jul 4, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto, Grant, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Winn	46 min
Jul 4, 6:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Winn	40 min
Jul 4, 1:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Howard	57 min
Jul 4, 2:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Nevada	61 min
Jul 4, 2:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard	52 min
Jul 4, 3:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Nevada	4 hr
Jul 4, 3:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Nevada	60 min
Jul 4, 4:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead, Nevada	53 min
Jul 4, 5:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sevier	56 min
Jul 4, 6:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Nevada	55 min
Jul 4, 6:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Nevada, Sevier	6 hr

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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.