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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 258, NWS Shreveport, LA

December 27, 2015Bowie County, Cass County, Texas; Little River County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 27, 2015, 4:46 PM CST for Bowie County, Cass County, Texas; Little River County, Arkansas. It was in force for 59 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
Dec 27, 2015, 4:46 PM CST (22:46 UTC)
Expired
Dec 27, 2015, 5:45 PM CST
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Little River County, AR, Bowie County, TX, Cass County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 27, 8:56 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC10 hr
Dec 27, 2:47 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

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 Dec 27, 3:52 PM CST, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 3:52 PM CST, 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 9:45 AM CST, 7 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
945 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

ARZ050-051-059>061-071>073-OKZ077-281545-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-
UNION-MCCURTAIN-
945 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER THE AREA
ALONG AND NEAR A COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION.
TRAINING OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH
AMOUNTS FROM FOUR TO TEN INCHES...WHICH WILL RESULT IN FLASH
FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. DUE TO A SHARP TEMPERATURES GRADIENT BETWEEN THE COLD AIR
ARRIVING AND THE WARM AND MOIST AIR FEEDING INTO THE AREA THERE
WILL BE SOME STRONG STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HIGH AND DAMAGING
WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...WITH A CHANCE FOR LARGE HAIL AS
WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENDING ON MONDAY AS THE COLD
FRONT AND SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SHIFT AWAY FROM THE AREA
ALLOWING DRIER AIR AND COOLER TEMPERATURES TO MOVE INTO THE
REGION. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

ARZ070-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149-150-281545-
MILLER-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-
UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-
945 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM CST...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER THE AREA
ALONG AND NEAR A COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION.
TRAINING OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH
AMOUNTS FROM FOUR TO TEN INCHES...WHICH WILL RESULT IN FLASH
FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. DUE TO A SHARP TEMPERATURES GRADIENT BETWEEN THE COLD AIR
ARRIVING AND THE WARM AND MOIST AIR FEEDING INTO THE AREA THERE
WILL BE SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HIGH AND
DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...WITH A CHANCE FOR LARGE
HAIL AS WELL. THERE WILL ALSO BE STRONG AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS
TODAY AND TONIGHT DUE TO A PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE
TO THE EAST AND SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTH TEXAS AND ALONG
THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WITH THE COLD FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENDING ON MONDAY AS THE COLD
FRONT AND SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SHIFT AWAY FROM THE AREA
ALLOWING DRIER AIR AND COOLER TEMPERATURES TO MOVE INTO THE
REGION. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS ARE ACTIVATED.

LAZ001-002-010-017-TXZ151>153-165>167-281545-
CADDO-BOSSIER-DE SOTO-SABINE-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-
945 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM CST...
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SLOWLY SPREAD OVER THE
AREA ALONG AND NEAR A COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY. TRAINING OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WHICH COULD PRODUCE AMOUNTS OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES AND RESULT IN
PONDING OF WATER IN STREETS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SOME FLASH FLOODING MAY RESULT. DUE TO A SHARP TEMPERATURES
GRADIENT BETWEEN THE COLD AIR ARRIVING AND THE WARM AND MOIST AIR
FEEDING INTO THE AREA THERE WILL BE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HIGH AND DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES...WITH A CHANCE FOR LARGE HAIL AS WELL. THERE WILL ALSO
BE STRONG AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS TODAY AND TONIGHT DUE TO A
PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST AND SURFACE
LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTH TEXAS AND ALONG THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
WITH THE COLD FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENDING ON MONDAY AS THE COLD
FRONT AND SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SHIFT AWAY FROM THE AREA
ALLOWING DRIER AIR AND COOLER TEMPERATURES TO MOVE INTO THE
REGION. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS ARE ACTIVATED.

LAZ003>006-011>014-018>022-281545-
WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-
OUACHITA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
945 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SLOWLY SPREAD OVER THE
AREA ALONG AND NEAR A COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY. TRAINING OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WHICH COULD PRODUCE AMOUNTS OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES AND RESULT IN
PONDING OF WATER IN STREETS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SOME FLASH FLOODING MAY RESULT. DUE TO A SHARP TEMPERATURES
GRADIENT BETWEEN THE COLD AIR ARRIVING AND THE WARM AND MOIST AIR
FEEDING INTO THE AREA THERE WILL BE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HIGH AND DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES...WITH A CHANCE FOR LARGE HAIL AS WELL. THERE WILL ALSO
BE STRONG AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS TODAY AND TONIGHT DUE TO A
PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST AND SURFACE
LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTH TEXAS AND ALONG THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
WITH THE COLD FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENDING ON MONDAY AS THE COLD
FRONT AND SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SHIFT AWAY FROM THE AREA
ALLOWING DRIER AIR AND COOLER TEMPERATURES TO MOVE INTO THE
REGION. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL MOST LIKELY BE NEEDED
LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PALMER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 27, 3:24 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
324 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

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

0309 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W DE KALB             33.51N  94.65W
12/27/2015                   BOWIE              TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN WITH ROOF DAMAGE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500831

21
Special weather statement, Dec 27, 3:35 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
335 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

ARZ073-LAZ006-272215-
UNION AR-UNION LA-
335 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN
SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND NORTH CENTRAL UNION PARISHES UNTIL 415 PM
CST...

AT 334 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
FARMERVILLE...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAIBORNE...MOVING NORTH AT 40
MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HUTTIG...FARMERVILLE...STRONG...LAPILE...MARION...FELSENTHAL...NEW LONDON...
BAYOU D ARBONNE LAKE...LITROE...CECIL...OAKLAND AND AURELLE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

LAT...LON 3314 9212 3314 9211 3311 9214 3310 9213
      3268 9232 3273 9253 3322 9239 3315 9211
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 197DEG 34KT 3279 9240

19
Local storm report, Dec 27, 3:50 PM CST, 56 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 27, 4:16 PM CST, 30 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 27, 4:39 PM CST, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
439 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

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

0422 PM     TORNADO          5 SW FOREMAN            33.67N  94.46W
12/27/2015                   LITTLE RIVER       AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT HWY 41 RED RIVER BRIDGE GOING
            NE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500834

10
Local storm report, Dec 27, 4:46 PM CST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
446 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

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

0445 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WINTHROP                33.83N  94.35W
12/27/2015                   LITTLE RIVER       AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HWY 234

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500835

21

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 27, 5:42 AM CSTLake Wind AdvisorySHVAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more18 hr
Dec 27, 10:13 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVRed River9 hr
Dec 27, 10:18 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVCamp, Franklin, Titus, Wood9 hr
Dec 27, 10:34 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVNacogdoches, Rusk, Shelby26 min
Dec 27, 11:57 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVSmith, Wood29 min
Dec 27, 12:25 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVSmith9 hr
Dec 27, 2:09 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVCamp, Morris, Titus36 min
Dec 27, 2:17 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVCamp, Upshur28 min
Dec 27, 2:45 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVBowie, Morris, Red River, Titus45 min
Dec 27, 2:52 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVSmith, Upshur9 hr
Dec 27, 2:56 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVCherokee6 hr
Dec 27, 3:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Franklin, Morris, Titus, Upshur, Wood50 min
Dec 27, 3:15 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVBowie, Morris, Red River45 min
Dec 27, 3:20 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Morris9 hr
Dec 27, 3:24 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVBowie, Camp, Morris, Titus, Upshur51 min
Dec 27, 3:25 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVBowie, Camp, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus and 2 more50 min
Dec 27, 4:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Morris, Red River, Titus43 min
Dec 27, 4:37 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVHarrison, Marion23 min
Dec 27, 4:39 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVGregg, Harrison, Marion, Rusk6 hr
Dec 27, 5:01 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedSHVCass, Marion29 min
Dec 27, 5:22 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVBowie, Cass23 min
Dec 27, 5:35 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVRusk40 min
Dec 27, 5:42 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVBowie, Cass33 min
Dec 27, 5:57 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVHarrison, Panola, Rusk48 min
Dec 27, 3:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Union43 min
Dec 27, 3:35 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVUnion40 min
Dec 27, 3:40 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVUnion35 min
Dec 27, 4:10 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVUnion35 min
Dec 27, 11:07 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVSevier38 min
Dec 27, 12:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVLittle River, Sevier12 hr
Dec 27, 12:46 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVHoward12 hr
Dec 27, 3:12 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVUnion33 min
Dec 27, 3:29 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Lafayette, Nevada31 min
Dec 27, 3:52 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedSHVHempstead, Nevada23 min
Dec 27, 3:59 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVColumbia, Lafayette31 min
Dec 27, 4:13 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Nevada32 min
Dec 27, 4:26 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVColumbia, Nevada34 min
Dec 27, 4:35 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVHoward, Sevier40 min
Dec 27, 4:58 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedSHVNevada17 min
Dec 27, 5:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Little River, Miller, Sevier46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2015Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2015Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.