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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 258, NWS Shreveport, LA
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.
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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 8:56 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:47 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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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</html>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
21Special 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
19Local storm report, Dec 27, 3:50 PM CST, 56 minutes before
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</html>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
10Local 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
21The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 5:42 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more | 18 hr |
| Dec 27, 10:13 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Red River | 9 hr |
| Dec 27, 10:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Camp, Franklin, Titus, Wood | 9 hr |
| Dec 27, 10:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches, Rusk, Shelby | 26 min |
| Dec 27, 11:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Smith, Wood | 29 min |
| Dec 27, 12:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Smith | 9 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Camp, Morris, Titus | 36 min |
| Dec 27, 2:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Camp, Upshur | 28 min |
| Dec 27, 2:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Morris, Red River, Titus | 45 min |
| Dec 27, 2:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Smith, Upshur | 9 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:56 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Cherokee | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Franklin, Morris, Titus, Upshur, Wood | 50 min |
| Dec 27, 3:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Morris, Red River | 45 min |
| Dec 27, 3:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Morris | 9 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Camp, Morris, Titus, Upshur | 51 min |
| Dec 27, 3:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Camp, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus and 2 more | 50 min |
| Dec 27, 4:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Morris, Red River, Titus | 43 min |
| Dec 27, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 23 min |
| Dec 27, 4:39 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Rusk | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 5:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cass, Marion | 29 min |
| Dec 27, 5:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass | 23 min |
| Dec 27, 5:35 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Rusk | 40 min |
| Dec 27, 5:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass | 33 min |
| Dec 27, 5:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison, Panola, Rusk | 48 min |
| Dec 27, 3:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Union | 43 min |
| Dec 27, 3:35 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Union | 40 min |
| Dec 27, 3:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 35 min |
| Dec 27, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 35 min |
| Dec 27, 11:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sevier | 38 min |
| Dec 27, 12:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 12 hr |
| Dec 27, 12:46 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Howard | 12 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 33 min |
| Dec 27, 3:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada | 31 min |
| Dec 27, 3:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 23 min |
| Dec 27, 3:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 31 min |
| Dec 27, 4:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 32 min |
| Dec 27, 4:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Nevada | 34 min |
| Dec 27, 4:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 40 min |
| Dec 27, 4:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Nevada | 17 min |
| Dec 27, 5:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Miller, Sevier | 46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.