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Special Weather Statement, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 18, 2015Hempstead County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this special weather statement at Jun 18, 2015, 3:00 PM CDT for Hempstead County, Arkansas. It was in force for 45 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: Jun 18, 2015, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2015, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA

County Hempstead County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 328 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: 344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 18, 1:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 11:44 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1144 AM CDT THU JUN 18 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>167-191645-
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-
1144 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS.

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

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEATING. THIS TROPICAL
AIR IS VERY MOIST WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING
DUE TO ONGOING AREAS HIGH WATER...RESULTING FROM HEAVY RAINS LATE
LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION...A FEW CLUSTERS OF
ORGANISED THUNDERSTORM COULD DEVELOP...POSSIBLY PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS AND WEAK TORNADOES.

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

THE CHANCE FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY IN THE WAKE OF BILL. THEN ONLY ISOLATED...MAINLY LATE DAY
ACTIVITY...COULD BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY. NO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY
FOR POSSIBLE CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING.

VII

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:38 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:44 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
244 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

ARZ059-060-070-TXZ097-112-182030-
MILLER AR-HEMPSTEAD AR-LITTLE RIVER AR-CASS TX-BOWIE TX-
244 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MILLER...SOUTHEASTERN
LITTLE RIVER...SOUTHWESTERN HEMPSTEAD...NORTH CENTRAL CASS AND
SOUTHEASTERN BOWIE COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 244 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
REDWATER...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAKE VILLAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TEXARKANA...WAKE VILLAGE...NASH...REDWATER...MAUD...RED LICK...
FULTON...MANDEVILLE...GENOA...LEARY...MCNAB...HOMAN AND HERVEY.

LAT...LON 3369 9384 3348 9370 3348 9372 3345 9372
      3344 9371 3344 9374 3343 9374 3322 9429
      3337 9439
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 240DEG 31KT 3334 9427

VIII.

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:45 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
245 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

ARZ070-TXZ097-112-182030-
MILLER AR-CASS TX-BOWIE TX-
245 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL MILLER...
NORTHEASTERN CASS AND SOUTHEASTERN BOWIE COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 245 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTH OF LINDEN...OR 11 MILES WEST OF ATLANTA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TEXARKANA...ATLANTA...LINDEN...QUEEN CITY...FOUKE...BLOOMBURG...
DOUGLASSVILLE...DOMINO...FERGUSON...PLEASANT HILL AND RED HILL.

LAT...LON 3300 9439 3317 9449 3344 9397 3320 9382
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 243DEG 27KT 3312 9437

VIII.

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:52 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
252 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

ARZ051-059>061-070-182030-
NEVADA AR-HOWARD AR-MILLER AR-HEMPSTEAD AR-LITTLE RIVER AR-
252 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL MILLER...
SOUTHEASTERN LITTLE RIVER...SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD...WEST CENTRAL NEVADA
AND CENTRAL HEMPSTEAD COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 251 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
OGDEN...OR 10 MILES EAST OF ASHDOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOPE...EMMET...BLEVINS...PERRYTOWN...FULTON...WASHINGTON...
SARATOGA...MCCASKILL...OZAN...MCNAB...OAKHAVEN...BRIGHT STAR...
MILLWOOD AND RED BLUFF.

LAT...LON 3371 9341 3352 9398 3369 9408 3396 9356
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 243DEG 27KT 3364 9395

VIII.

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:59 PM CDT, 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
259 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

ARZ051-059>061-182045-
NEVADA AR-HOWARD AR-HEMPSTEAD AR-LITTLE RIVER AR-
259 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL LITTLE RIVER...
SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD...NORTHWESTERN NEVADA AND CENTRAL HEMPSTEAD
COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

AT 259 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
SARATOGA...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF MINERAL SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOPE...PRESCOTT...EMMET...BLEVINS...PERRYTOWN...FULTON...
WASHINGTON...SARATOGA...MCCASKILL...OZAN...MCNAB...OAKHAVEN...BRIGHT
STAR AND BOUGHTON.

LAT...LON 3395 9342 3396 9338 3390 9330 3384 9329
      3382 9321 3360 9384 3361 9386 3359 9387
      3359 9389 3358 9390 3374 9400 3375 9396
      3376 9396 3396 9357 3394 9351 3396 9347
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 242DEG 27KT 3370 9387

VIII.

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:00 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
300 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

ARZ060-182045-
HEMPSTEAD AR-
300 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN HEMPSTEAD COUNTY
UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

AT 300 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BLEVINS...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MURFREESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MCCASKILL.

LAT...LON 3398 9368 3398 9365 3396 9362 3396 9359
      3395 9355 3395 9353 3394 9352 3389 9365
      3399 9371
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 239DEG 43KT 3396 9358

VIII.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 7:38 PM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 7 more	23 hr
Jun 17, 9:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	SHV	Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more	21 hr
Jun 18, 2:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	3 hr
Jun 18, 4:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby	9 days
Jun 18, 4:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	42 hr
Jun 18, 5:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Shelby	3 hr
Jun 18, 6:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby	6 hr
Jun 18, 11:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Smith, Wood	22 days
Jun 18, 11:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Anderson, Cherokee, Houston	8 days
Jun 18, 11:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Rusk	68 hr
Jun 18, 11:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Wood	69 hr
Jun 18, 1:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Morris, Titus	38 min
Jun 18, 1:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie	11 days
Jun 18, 1:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Camp, Morris	46 min
Jun 18, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Morris	43 min
Jun 18, 1:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie	42 min
Jun 18, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Smith	43 min
Jun 18, 2:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Panola	48 min
Jun 18, 2:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cass	38 min
Jun 18, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Camp	52 min
Jun 18, 2:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cass	45 min
Jun 18, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Cass, Morris, Titus, Upshur, Wood	40 min
Jun 18, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	28 min
Jun 18, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Morris	24 min
Jun 18, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Shelby	49 min
Jun 18, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Wood	47 min
Jun 18, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Morris	51 min
Jun 18, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Wood	49 min
Jun 18, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie	56 min
Jun 18, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie	56 min
Jun 18, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	40 min
Jun 18, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris	46 min
Jun 18, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cass	60 min
Jun 17, 7:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	53 min
Jun 18, 12:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Sabine, Winn	6 hr
Jun 18, 3:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	De Soto	57 min
Jun 18, 4:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	De Soto, Sabine	46 min
Jun 18, 5:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	De Soto	47 min
Jun 18, 5:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River	38 min
Jun 18, 6:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier, Webster	24 min
Jun 18, 6:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Webster	6 hr
Jun 18, 6:45 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Webster	3 min
Jun 18, 6:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto	15 min
Jun 18, 6:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto	29 min
Jun 18, 7:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Webster	22 min
Jun 18, 11:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Webster	5 days
Jun 18, 1:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier	7 days
Jun 18, 12:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	43 min
Jun 18, 1:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	41 min
Jun 18, 1:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Howard	39 min
Jun 18, 1:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	45 min
Jun 18, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead	48 min
Jun 18, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead	43 min
Jun 18, 2:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Miller	46 min
Jun 18, 2:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead	38 min
Jun 18, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead	46 min
Jun 18, 3:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Miller	50 min
Jun 18, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead, Little River	39 min
Jun 18, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Nevada	44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.