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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 28, 2015, 12:29 AM CST for 10 parishes in Louisiana; Union County, Arkansas. It was in force for 61 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 28, 2015, 12:29 AM CST (06:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 1:30 AM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:33 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 9:57 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 28, 12:06 AM CST, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 12:06 AM CST, 23 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 9:45 AM CST, 14 hours 44 minutes 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, 10:29 PM CST, 2 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1029 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM FLASH FLOOD FULTON 33.61N 93.81W
12/27/2015 HEMPSTEAD AR 911 CALL CENTER
HIGHWAY 67 BETWEEN FULTON AND HOPE FLOODED
&&
EVENT NUMBER SHV1500857
21Local storm report, Dec 27, 10:35 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Dec 27, 10:50 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1050 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM FLASH FLOOD S HAWORTH 33.84N 94.65W
12/27/2015 MCCURTAIN OK 911 CALL CENTER
HIGHWAY 3 SOUTH OF HAWORTH ROAD CLOSED
&&
EVENT NUMBER SHV1500860
21Local storm report, Dec 27, 10:55 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1055 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 PM FLASH FLOOD N LONGVIEW 32.52N 94.76W
12/27/2015 GREGG TX 911 CALL CENTER
FM 1834 FLOODED
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EVENT NUMBER SHV1500861
21Local storm report, Dec 27, 11:30 PM CST, 59 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 6:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 6:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 23 min |
| Dec 27, 6:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Angelina | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 6:43 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Panola, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 7:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cass, Marion | 35 min |
| Dec 27, 7:43 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Camp, Franklin, Red River, Titus, Wood | 4 hr |
| Dec 27, 7:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Sabine, San Augustine | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 8:58 PM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie | 64 hr |
| Dec 27, 11:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 114 min |
| Dec 28, 12:19 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more | 15 hr |
| Dec 27, 7:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Red River | 31 min |
| Dec 27, 7:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier | 43 min |
| Dec 27, 8:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caddo | 51 min |
| Dec 27, 8:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 26 min |
| Dec 27, 8:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 42 min |
| Dec 27, 9:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, De Soto | 3 hr |
| Dec 27, 9:56 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bienville, Claiborne, Red River, Webster | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier | 30 min |
| Dec 27, 10:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 10:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Caddo, Red River, Webster | 42 min |
| Dec 27, 10:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Webster | 26 min |
| Dec 27, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine | 30 min |
| Dec 27, 10:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Claiborne, Webster | 53 min |
| Dec 27, 10:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Webster | 23 min |
| Dec 27, 11:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Natchitoches, Red River, Webster | 35 min |
| Dec 27, 11:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Grant, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Red River and 1 more | 57 min |
| Dec 27, 11:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Red River, Webster | 78 min |
| Dec 28, 12:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Lincoln | 25 min |
| Dec 28, 12:23 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Grant, Jackson, Lincoln, Winn | 4 hr |
| Dec 28, 1:02 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | LaSalle | 28 min |
| Dec 28, 1:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Jackson, Ouachita, Union, Winn | 30 min |
| Dec 28, 2:01 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Ouachita | 14 min |
| Dec 28, 10:06 AM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Red River, Webster | 25 hr |
| Dec 27, 6:07 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Miller | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 6:15 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Miller | 45 min |
| Dec 27, 6:46 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Nevada | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 6:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 28 min |
| Dec 27, 7:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada | 31 min |
| Dec 27, 8:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia | 27 min |
| Dec 27, 8:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Nevada | 33 min |
| Dec 27, 9:46 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 11:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Howard, Little River, Sevier | 113 min |
| Dec 27, 11:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Miller | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 32 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 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.