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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 9, 2015Hempstead County, Howard County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2015, 4:57 PM CDT for Hempstead County, Howard County, Arkansas. It was in force for 18 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 9, 2015, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2015, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 9, 3:06 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 9, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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: 641 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 4.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

756 
WUUS54 KSHV 092157
SVRSHV
ARC057-061-092215-
/O.NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0022.150409T2157Z-150409T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
457 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL HEMPSTEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 456 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NASHVILLE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NASHVILLE...MCCASKILL AND OZAN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ARKANSAS.

LAT...LON 3399 9372 3399 9370 3398 9368 3398 9365
      3396 9362 3396 9359 3395 9355 3384 9374
      3393 9387 3401 9379 3401 9375
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 229DEG 33KT 3391 9374 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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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 Apr 9, 4:24 PM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 4:24 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
424 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015

.DISCUSSION...
AS EXPECTED FOLLOWING OUR 18Z SOUNDING THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS RICH
AND WARM TROPICAL MOISTURE. THE PRE FRONTAL TROUGH THAT DEVELOPED
ON A GRAVITY WAVE THIS MORNING IS CURRENTLY DRAPED RIGHT OVER THE
ARKLATEX WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
PROGRESS. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE SPC THIS MID
AFTERNOON FOR THIS AREA AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. ALSO...AN
SPC SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH LIES NORTH OF I-30 BACK INTO TEXAS
AND OKLAHOMA AND A HANDFUL OF OUR COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM AS WELL FOR
ANY DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD
FRONT OVER OKLAHOMA. OTHERWISE...WE HAVE ALLOWED THE LAKE WIND
ADVISORY TO CONTINUE UNTIL 7 PM AS SOME CANCELLATIONS OF THE
TORNADO WATCH MAY BE POSSIBLE BY THAT TIME WITH ANOTHER UPDATE TO
THE FORECAST EARLY THIS EVENING.

THE OVERALL MODEL CONSENSUS PUSHES THE COLD FRONT DOWN INTO OUR
SOUTHERN TIER OF CO/PA BY DAYBREAK ON FRIDAY AND MUCH IF NOT ALL OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH IT BY THAT TIME. THE WPC QPF HAS AN
INCH OR ISOLATED TWO INCH AMOUNTS WITH THIS FIRST PUSH IN WITH
THE ARRIVING COLD FRONT. AFTER STALLING TO OUR SOUTH FOR TOMORROW
AND EARLY SATURDAY THE QPF BUILDS BACK NORTH AS UPPER DISTURBANCES
IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TRIGGER NEW DEVELOPMENT IN WAVES
ACROSS OUR AREA ALONG THAT SLOWLY LIFTING FRONTAL BOUNDARY.
LITTLE HAS CHANGED WITH STILL AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES
POSSIBLE INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS THE NEXT MAIN UPPER LOW
IN THE WEST COAST LONG WAVE PATTERN SLOWLY FILLS AND LIFTS INTO
THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DURING MIDWEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  62  74  54  75 /  80  20  10  30
MLU  63  73  53  76 /  60  40  10  30
DEQ  49  71  47  73 /  80  10  10  20
TXK  54  72  51  73 /  80  10  10  20
ELD  57  71  50  74 /  80  20  10  20
TYR  56  72  56  75 /  80  10  10  40
GGG  58  73  55  75 /  80  20  10  40
LFK  65  75  60  78 /  60  40  20  40

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ096-
     108>111-124-125-136-137-149-150.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 12:01 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1201 PM CDT THU APR 9 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>167-101715-
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-
1201 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH ARKANSAS...FOR NORTH
LOUISIANA...FOR ALL OF EAST TEXAS AND FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

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

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF
THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...AS A PRE FRONTAL TROUGH MAY END UP
AFFECTING MUCH OF THE FOUR STATE AREA. THEN AFTER SUNSET...THE
COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVE INTO THE REGION.
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...SOME
STILL STRONG TO SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH ANY OF THESE
STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...ALTHOUGH AN
ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND ON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. IT IS LIKELY THAT A SQUALL LINE
WILL DEVELOP AND WILL CONTINUE SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES SHOULD NOT CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING.
HOWEVER...SOME DAMAGING WIND...STRAIGHT LINE OR TORNADO MAY REMAIN
POSSIBLE UNTIL DAYBREAK SOUTH OF I-20.

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

MUCH OF THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PUSHING OUT OF THE AREA BY
DAYBREAK. FRIDAY AND PERHAPS MUCH OF SATURDAY LOOK MUCH BETTER.
THEN THUNDERSTORMS MAKE A SLOW RETURN BY LATE ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...GENERALLY SOUTH OF I-20...MOVING FROM THE
SOUTH BACK TO NORTH...AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRIFTS BACK ACROSS
THE AREA. FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...THE FRONT WILL STILL BE ALONG
I-20...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE THE GREATER CONCERN AS THIS BOUNDARY
VERY SLOWLY LIFTS BACK TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA UNDER A SLOW
MOVING UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF
RAINFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT RETURNS. THIS TYPE OF HEAVY
RAINFALL WOULD LIKELY POSE A FLOODING RISK TO OUR ALREADY SWOLLEN
RIVERS AND LAKES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 9, 2:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
235 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015

ARZ060-061-092015-
NEVADA AR-HEMPSTEAD AR-
235 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL NEVADA AND EAST CENTRAL
HEMPSTEAD COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

AT 234 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
EMMET...OR 8 MILES EAST OF HOPE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOPE...PRESCOTT...EMMET...PERRYTOWN...BODCAW...BLUFF CITY...SUTTON...
LANEBURG...MORRIS...MOUNT MORIAH AND READER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

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 3384 9329 3384 9326 3383 9326 3383 9323
      3382 9322 3382 9320 3380 9318 3382 9314
      3379 9313 3378 9310 3371 9310 3353 9346
      3368 9358 3386 9330
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 236DEG 44KT 3366 9345

VII

Special weather statement, Apr 9, 2:57 PM CDT, 2 hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
257 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015

TXZ110-124-125-136-092100-
WOOD TX-CAMP TX-UPSHUR TX-SMITH TX-
257 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CAMP...NORTHERN UPSHUR...WOOD...
SOUTHERN TITUS...NORTHWESTERN SMITH AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES
UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 256 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MINEOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GILMER...MINEOLA...PITTSBURG...LEESBURG...LINDALE...QUITMAN...
HAWKINS...HOARD...GOLDEN...NEWSOME...HAINESVILLE...ROSEWOOD...
MIDWAY...ROCKY MOUND...BETTIE...GRICE...LAFAYETTE...HARVARD AND
PERRYVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN SHREVEPORT.

&&

LAT...LON 3296 9519 3296 9517 3298 9517 3308 9498
      3307 9496 3282 9473 3245 9554 3274 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 239DEG 38KT 3271 9547

VII

Special weather statement, Apr 9, 4:36 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
436 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015

TXZ124-125-136-137-150-092215-
GREGG TX-WOOD TX-RUSK TX-UPSHUR TX-SMITH TX-
436 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN RUSK...UPSHUR...
SOUTHEASTERN WOOD...SMITH AND WESTERN GREGG COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM
CDT...

AT 435 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF EDOM TO
NEAR LINDALE TO 6 MILES WEST OF LIBERTY CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. SHOULD
THESE STORMS INTENSIFY...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE
NEEDED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TYLER...LONGVIEW...KILGORE...WHITE OAK...GLADEWATER...GILMER...
MINEOLA...LINDALE...BIG SANDY...HAWKINS...CLARKSVILLE CITY...EAST
MOUNTAIN...DIANA...WEST MOUNTAIN...HAINESVILLE...ROSEWOOD...HOARD...
LIBERTY CITY...WINONA AND UNION GROVE.

LAT...LON 3275 9544 3284 9510 3278 9471 3240 9485
      3227 9538 3228 9545 3230 9545 3232 9546
      3237 9545 3237 9547 3242 9551 3248 9559
      3250 9559
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 210DEG 28KT 3241 9550 3247 9537 3245 9505

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Nevada	40 min
Apr 9, 2:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Nevada	27 min
Apr 9, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada	50 min
Apr 9, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller	37 min
Apr 9, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Lafayette, Miller	40 min
Apr 9, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada	34 min
Apr 9, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Miller, Sevier	28 min
Apr 9, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Little River	26 min
Apr 9, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Miller	49 min
Apr 9, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Lafayette	46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2015 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.