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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2016, 2:41 PM CDT for Caldwell Parish, Jackson Parish, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 49 min. 2 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
- Mar 31, 2016, 2:41 PM CDT (19:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Caldwell Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 12 Ese Chatham, LA | PHOTO FROM KNOE-TV FACEBOOK SHOWS METAL ROOF PEELED BACK ON HOME IN VIXEN COMMUNITY. |
| Mar 31, 2:57 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 6 N Columbia, LA | SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL NEAR COREY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 1130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
151
WUUS54 KSHV 311941
SVRSHV
LAC021-049-073-312030-
/O.NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0081.160331T1941Z-160331T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
241 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHERN CALDWELL PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 241 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES
NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLUMBIA...LUNA...FONDALE...VIXEN...BOSCO AND RIVERTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3206 9231 3215 9231 3215 9241 3230 9242
3241 9199 3228 9203 3227 9199 3226 9200
3225 9199 3223 9201 3221 9199 3219 9201
3220 9198 3217 9198 3216 9190 3212 9188
3212 9187 3209 9187
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 260DEG 32KT 3220 9229
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
152 follow-up statements
429
WWUS54 KSHV 312007
SVSSHV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
307 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
LAC049-312017-
/O.CAN.KSHV.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-160331T2030Z/
JACKSON LA-
307 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON PARISH IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3213 9215 3218 9219 3233 9215 3241 9199
3228 9203 3227 9199 3226 9200 3225 9199
3223 9201 3221 9199 3219 9201 3220 9198
3217 9198
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 252DEG 29KT 3224 9205
$$
LAC021-073-312030-
/O.CON.KSHV.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-160331T2030Z/
CALDWELL LA-OUACHITA LA-
307 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL CALDWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN OUACHITA PARISHES...
AT 307 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BUCKNER...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOSCO AND RIVERTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3213 9215 3218 9219 3233 9215 3241 9199
3228 9203 3227 9199 3226 9200 3225 9199
3223 9201 3221 9199 3219 9201 3220 9198
3217 9198
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 252DEG 29KT 3224 9205
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
15335
WWUS54 KSHV 312025
SVSSHV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
325 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
LAC021-073-312034-
/O.EXP.KSHV.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-160331T2030Z/
CALDWELL LA-OUACHITA LA-
325 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CALDWELL AND
SOUTHEASTERN OUACHITA PARISHES WILL EXPIRE AT 330 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA INTO
SOUTHERN RICHLAND AND NORTHERN FRANKLN PARISHES. THEREFORE THE
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
SHREVEPORT.
LAT...LON 3213 9215 3218 9219 3233 9215 3241 9199
3228 9203 3227 9199 3226 9200 3225 9199
3223 9201 3221 9199 3219 9201 3220 9198
3217 9198
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 260DEG 32KT 3224 9205
$$
15What 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 Mar 31, 11:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 11:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1146 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
.DISCUSSION...
COLD FRONT JUST MOVING INTO EXTREME NW CWA...WITH CLEAR SKIES
EXPECTED AND NO CONVECTION BEHIND FRONT. CONVECTION INITIATION
STILL A COUPLE HOURS AWAY...THUS HAVE REMOVED POPS NORTH AND WEST
OF I-30...AND CENTERED ISOLD POPS ALONG EITHER SIDE OF THE
INTERSTATE. A BRIEF WINDOW FOR SCATTERED DEVELOPMENT FOR MUCH OF
THE REST OF THE AREA...WITH FRONT SLOWING DOWN ENOUGH FOR MORE
PROLONGED DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH LA...THAT MAY
CONTINUE INTO THE EVE. EXPECTING TO TRIM PORTIONS OF FLASH FLOOD
WATCH WITH AFTN PACKAGE AS WELL. ALSO BUMPED UP TEMPS SLIGHTLY
THIS AFTN FOR MAINY LA PORTIONS OF THE AREA AS SOME LOCATIONS HAVE
ALREADY APPROACHED THE 80 DEGREE MARK AND SOME HEATING STILL
POSSIBLE...ALTHOUGH LIMITED BY CLOUD COVER./VII/.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1129 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016/
AVIATION...
MVFR CIGS AT THIS CURRENT TIME WITH THE CHANCE TO BECOME VFR BY
MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. WSW WINDS WILL RANGE 10 TO 15 KTS AHEAD OF
THE FRONT WITH AFTER OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS...WITH WINDS
BECOMING 5 TO 10 KTS WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS EVENING. SOME
CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY OVER
NORTH LA AND SCNTRL ARK ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. STRONG WIND
GUSTS...SEVERE TURBULENCE...MVFR CIGS AND REDUCE VSBYS WILL BE
POSSIBLE NEAR AND IN THE CONVECTION. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD
FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...LOOK FOR CIGS TO BECOME VFR FOR
THE REMINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD. SHOULD SEE ELEVATED AC/CIRRUS
AFTER 12Z FRIDAY. /21/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV 83 54 70 46 / 30 10 20 20
MLU 85 55 71 47 / 60 40 20 20
DEQ 77 46 64 38 / 10 0 10 10
TXK 78 50 66 43 / 20 0 10 10
ELD 80 50 69 43 / 40 20 10 10
TYR 78 52 67 44 / 20 0 20 10
GGG 79 52 68 44 / 20 10 20 10
LFK 82 55 73 46 / 30 10 20 20
&&
.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ARZ050-051-
059>061-070>073.
LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LAZ001>006-
012>014-019-021-022.
OK...NONE.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ097-112.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 12:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1217 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016 LAZ010-011-017-018-020-TXZ125-126-136>138-149>153-165>167-011730- DE SOTO-RED RIVER-SABINE-NATCHITOCHES-GRANT-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH- GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA- SAN AUGUSTINE- 1217 PM CDT THU MAR 31 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... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW STORMS COULD POSSIBLY BRIEFLY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE VERY ISOLATED NATURE OF ANY POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. OKZ077-TXZ096-108>111-124-011730- MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-WOOD- 1217 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-012>014-019-021-022-TXZ097- 112-011730- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-BIENVILLE- JACKSON-OUACHITA-WINN-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-BOWIE-CASS- 1217 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW STORMS COULD POSSIBLY BRIEFLY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE VERY SPOTTY AND NOT EXCESSIVE...ANY AMOUNT OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...WHICH HAVE EXPERIENCED RECENT FLOODING...COULD RESULT IN BRIEF PERIODS OF RENEWED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE VERY ISOLATED NATURE OF ANY POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER OR ANY FLOODING ISSUES...ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. VII
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 31, 9:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
950 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0303 AM TSTM WND DMG BENTON 32.69N 93.74W
03/30/2016 BOSSIER LA BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN... ONE TREE ON HOME 100
BLOCK OF 7 PINES ROAD IN BENTON
&&
EVENT NUMBER SHV1600285
10Local storm report, Mar 31, 11:02 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1102 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 N BLANCHARD 32.62N 93.89W
03/30/2016 CADDO LA BROADCAST MEDIA
POWER POLE AND POWER LINES DOWN AT THE 500 BLOCK OF OLD
MOORINGSPORT ROAD AT DIXIE BLANCHARD ROAD.
&&
EVENT NUMBER SHV1600286
15Special weather statement, Mar 31, 2:12 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
212 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
LAZ013-014-019-021-312000-
OUACHITA LA-CALDWELL LA-JACKSON LA-WINN LA-
212 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...
NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL...SOUTHWESTERN OUACHITA AND NORTHEASTERN WINN
PARISHES UNTIL 300 PM CDT...
AT 212 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES SOUTHEAST OF JONESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLAIBORNE...BROWNSVILLE-BAWCOMVILLE...CHATHAM...DODSON...SIKES...LUNA...
FONDALE...VIXEN...HUDSON...BOSCO...RIVERTON AND LAPINE.
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.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3219 9198 3192 9252 3212 9274 3252 9221
3230 9202 3228 9203 3228 9200 3227 9199
3226 9200 3225 9199 3223 9201 3223 9199
3221 9199 3219 9201 3219 9200 3220 9197
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 236DEG 42KT 3212 9255
15Special weather statement, Mar 31, 2:24 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 224 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016 LAZ017-018-312015- SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES LA- 224 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN NATCHITOCHES AND EAST CENTRAL SABINE PARISHES UNTIL 315 PM CDT... AT 224 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MANY...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF ANACOCO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NATCHITOCHES...MANY...FLORIEN...PROVENCAL...NATCHEZ...FISHER...ROBELINE... BERMUDA...FLORA...MOUNT CARMEL AND HAGEWOOD. 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. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. LAT...LON 3140 9346 3155 9358 3179 9312 3167 9298 TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 237DEG 29KT 3153 9342 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Webster | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Webster | 48 min |
| Mar 30, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Union | 53 min |
| Mar 30, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Caddo | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 8:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Bienville, Claiborne, Webster | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Webster | 10 days |
| Mar 30, 9:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Union | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Ouachita | 59 min |
| Mar 30, 9:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bienville, Lincoln | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Union | 61 min |
| Mar 30, 9:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, Lincoln, Red River, Webster | 4 hr |
| Mar 30, 10:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Union | 35 min |
| Mar 30, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Union | 30 min |
| Mar 30, 11:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Union | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Jackson | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 2:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Grant, Natchitoches, Winn | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Ouachita | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Ouachita, Winn | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Caldwell | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Red River | 56 min |
| Mar 31, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, De Soto, Jackson, Natchitoches, Red River, Winn | 61 min |
| Mar 31, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Grant, LaSalle | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Winn | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Caldwell | 29 min |
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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.