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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2016, 1:42 PM CDT for Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, De Soto Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 63 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2016, 1:42 PM CDT (18:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2016, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1:51 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Sse Shreveport, LA | TREE FELL ON HOME ON GREYWOOD DRIVE IN KEITHVILLE |
| Jun 18, 2:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sw Greenwood, LA | POWER LINE DOWN... ARC AND CAUSED GRASS FIRE HWY 79 IN BETHANY |
| Jun 18, 2:01 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Logansport, LA | TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN IN MULTIPLE AREAS IN AND NEAR THE LOGANSPORT AREA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 9 minutes after it went out.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 43 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2685 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 906 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
417
WUUS54 KSHV 181842
SVRSHV
LAC015-017-031-181945-
/O.NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0193.160618T1842Z-160618T1945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
142 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CADDO PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
CENTRAL BOSSIER PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
DE SOTO PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
* AT 142 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR FOSTERS TO 9 MILES EAST OF STONEWALL TO 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF COUSHATTA...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MANSFIELD...GREENWOOD...BLANCHARD...
BENTON...STONEWALL...LOGANSPORT...MOORINGSPORT...FOSTERS...
EASTWOOD...SOUTH MANSFIELD...KEACHI...GRAND CANE...LONGSTREET...
STANLEY...BETHANY...DIXIE...ROBSON AND FERGUSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3185 9388 3190 9390 3189 9393 3191 9392
3191 9395 3200 9403 3272 9404 3271 9356
3224 9357 3224 9361 3220 9359 3219 9356
3212 9353 3211 9354 3209 9352 3186 9344
3184 9344
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 089DEG 10KT 3259 9365 3222 9367 3194 9350
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
121 follow-up statement
396
WWUS54 KSHV 181929
SVSSHV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
229 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016
LAC015-017-031-181945-
/O.CON.KSHV.SV.W.0193.000000T0000Z-160618T1945Z/
CADDO LA-BOSSIER LA-DE SOTO LA-
229 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR CADDO...SOUTHWESTERN BOSSIER AND WESTERN DE SOTO PARISHES...
AT 229 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MOORINGSPORT TO 9 MILES WEST OF STONEWALL TO 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOGANSPORT...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...GREENWOOD...BLANCHARD...BENTON...
STONEWALL...LOGANSPORT...MOORINGSPORT...FOSTERS...SOUTH MANSFIELD...
KEACHI...GRAND CANE...LONGSTREET...STANLEY...BETHANY...DIXIE...
FERGUSON...KEAT CHIE...KICKAPOO AND GLOSTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3185 9388 3190 9390 3189 9393 3191 9392
3191 9395 3200 9403 3272 9404 3271 9360
3225 9372 3185 9373
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 093DEG 15KT 3265 9390 3224 9397 3192 9385
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
09What 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 Jun 18, 1:30 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:30 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
130 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016
.DISCUSSION...
Sending out a quick update to advertise severe thunderstorm watch
270. Linear band of convection translating west within a very
moist airmass continues along the periphery of the upper-ridge.
As temperatures continue to climb ahead of the line, sufficient
instability will allow for the possibility of damaging winds with
these storms through the afternoon. /05/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV 74 91 74 91 / 20 30 20 20
MLU 74 89 73 91 / 10 40 20 20
DEQ 71 90 72 91 / 10 20 20 20
TXK 72 90 73 91 / 10 20 20 20
ELD 71 89 72 90 / 10 20 20 20
TYR 74 91 74 91 / 20 20 20 20
GGG 74 91 73 92 / 20 20 20 20
LFK 74 90 72 91 / 20 40 20 30
&&
.SHV Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
AR...None.
LA...Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for LAZ001>003-010>012-
017>020-022.
OK...None.
TX...Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for TXZ108>112-124>126-
136>138-149>153-165>167.
&&
05Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 11:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1149 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016 LAZ001>003-010>012-017>020-022-TXZ108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153- 165>167-191700- CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-SABINE- NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-LA SALLE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS- WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA- NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE- 1149 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING. HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 105 TO 107 DEGREES OVER THE AREA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO EAST TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...WITH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ004>006-013-014-021-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-191700- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-JACKSON-OUACHITA-CALDWELL- MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE- 1149 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS. AS A RESULT OF THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT THIS MORNING...SLIGHTLY COOLER AND LESS HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO EAST TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 05
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 10:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1046 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016
LAZ013-019-181630-
JACKSON LA-WINN LA-
1046 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON AND
NORTHWESTERN WINN PARISHES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT...
AT 1046 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR JONESBORO...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINNFIELD...JONESBORO...HODGE...NORTH HODGE...DODSON...EAST HODGE...
CALVIN...SIKES...HUDSON AND JOYCE.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3185 9249 3194 9288 3195 9287 3195 9288
3199 9289 3215 9283 3215 9282 3216 9282
3218 9280 3221 9280 3223 9277 3232 9277
3222 9248
TIME...MOT...LOC 1546Z 010DEG 14KT 3219 9269
12Special weather statement, Jun 18, 11:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1141 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016
LAZ011-012-018-181730-
RED RIVER LA-NATCHITOCHES LA-BIENVILLE LA-
1141 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN BIENVILLE...NORTH
CENTRAL NATCHITOCHES AND EAST CENTRAL RED RIVER PARISHES UNTIL 1230
PM CDT...
AT 1141 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES WEST OF JONESBORO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COUSHATTA...MARTIN...SALINE...LUCKY...ASHLAND...EDGEFIELD...
BIENVILLE...FRIENDSHIP...CHESTNUT...LIBERTY HILL AND BLACK LAKE.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3215 9293 3215 9294 3214 9293 3191 9316
3207 9337 3241 9287 3232 9277 3230 9277
TIME...MOT...LOC 1641Z 045DEG 25KT 3226 9292
12Local storm report, Jun 18, 12:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1227 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1112 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 NW DODSON 32.10N 92.68W
06/18/2016 WINN LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ON HWY 126 NW OF DODSON
&&
EVENT NUMBER SHV1600591
25Local storm report, Jun 18, 12:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1230 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1112 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 NNE DODSON 32.15N 92.63W
06/18/2016 WINN LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN NNE OF DODSON ON ON 499
&&
EVENT NUMBER SHV1600592
25Local storm report, Jun 18, 12:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1235 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1112 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 E CALVIN 31.96N 92.73W
06/18/2016 WINN LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES REPORTED DOWN EAST OF CALVIN ON 501
&&
EVENT NUMBER SHV1600593
25Local storm report, Jun 18, 12:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1241 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1203 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 WNW GIBSLAND 32.57N 93.15W
06/18/2016 BIENVILLE LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES REPORTED DOWN ON I20 NORTH OF ADA AND TAYLOR...
MILE MARKER 56
&&
EVENT NUMBER SHV1600594
25The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 9:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Caldwell | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 10:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Winn | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 11:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Natchitoches, Winn | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 11:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bienville | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Webster | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 2:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bossier | 51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.