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Special Weather Statement, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this special weather statement at Mar 30, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT for Union Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 30 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 30, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2016, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
County Union Parish, LA
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1333 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 683 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 10.4
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Mar 30, 10:26 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 10:26 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 436 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-012>014-019-021-022-TXZ097- 112-126-138-311100- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-BIENVILLE- JACKSON-OUACHITA-WINN-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-BOWIE-CASS-MARION- HARRISON- 436 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES. THERE WILL ALSO BE THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING...WITH A FLASH FLOOD WATCH GOING THROUGH THURSDAY. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH THAT WILL AFFECT RECREATIONAL BOATERS ON AREA LAKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE TO ENHANCED RISK FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AS WELL...WITH A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINING IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...AND POSSIBLY ON THURSDAY. LAZ010-011-OKZ077-TXZ096-108>111-124-125-136-137-150-151-311100- DE SOTO-RED RIVER-MCCURTAIN-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-WOOD- UPSHUR-SMITH-GREGG-RUSK-PANOLA- 436 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH THAT WILL AFFECT RECREATIONAL BOATERS ON AREA LAKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...AND POSSIBLY ON THURSDAY. LAZ017-018-020-TXZ149-152-153-165>167-311100- SABINE-NATCHITOCHES-GRANT-CHEROKEE-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA- SAN AUGUSTINE- 436 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH THAT WILL AFFECT RECREATIONAL BOATERS ON AREA LAKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...AND POSSIBLY ON THURSDAY. 06
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 8:50 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Smith, Wood | 4 days |
| Mar 30, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus | 4 days |
| 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, 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, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Jackson, Ouachita | 49 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 |
| Mar 30, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 8:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Columbia, Union | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Columbia | 35 min |
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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.