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Special Weather Statement, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 24, 2016Smith County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this special weather statement at Mar 24, 2016, 1:07 AM CDT for Smith County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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
Mar 24, 2016, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 2016, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA

County Smith County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 162 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
162 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-281 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1258 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

028 
WWUS84 KSHV 240607
SPSSHV

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
107 AM CDT THU MAR 24 2016
 
TXZ136-149-240700-
CHEROKEE TX-SMITH TX-
107 AM CDT THU MAR 24 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE AND SMITH
COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT...

AT 107 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING STRONG WINDS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR HAINESVILLE TO BROWNSBORO TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF
ATHENS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TYLER...JACKSONVILLE...WHITEHOUSE...LINDALE...BULLARD...TROUP...BERRYVILLE...
ARP...MOUNT SELMAN...MAYDELLE...REESE...MIXON...NEW SUMMERFIELD...NOONDAY...
NEW CHAPEL HILL...WINONA...GALLATIN...CUNEY...RED SPRINGS AND CARROLL.

LAT...LON 3265 9557 3261 9547 3257 9520 3254 9519
      3256 9516 3252 9499 3198 9505 3174 9533
      3173 9537 3182 9540 3185 9544 3193 9542
      3199 9545 3205 9542 3215 9548 3218 9546
      3223 9549 3230 9545 3236 9545 3248 9559
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 307DEG 29KT 3270 9543 3231 9562 3202 9586 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Franklin, Titus, Upshur, Wood55 min
Mar 24, 1:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBowie, Camp, Cass, Marion, Morris49 min
Mar 24, 1:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVGregg, Harrison, Marion49 min
Mar 24, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass, Harrison, Marion46 min
Mar 24, 3:55 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisorySHVAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more12 hr
Mar 24, 2:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster48 min
Mar 24, 3:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBossier48 min
Mar 24, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Lincoln, Union, Webster60 min
Mar 24, 4:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUnion61 min
Mar 24, 4:09 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSHVOuachita12 hr
Mar 24, 4:12 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSHVGrant, Natchitoches12 hr
Mar 24, 1:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHempstead, Howard, Little River, Miller, Sevier46 min
Mar 24, 2:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVColumbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada60 min
Mar 23, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVMcCurtain61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.