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Special Weather Statement, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this special weather statement at Apr 20, 2016, 5:42 AM CDT for Camp County, Morris County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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
- Apr 20, 2016, 5:42 AM CDT (10:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2016, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
Counties Camp County, TX, Morris County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1336 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Apr 20, 2:42 AM CDT, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 2:42 AM CDT, 3 hours before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1244 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2016 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-201100- 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- 1244 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND EAST NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA. PRECIPITATION TOTALS OF AN INCH OR TWO CAN BE EXPECTED. ADDITIONALLY...EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS MAY BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE PASSAGE OF A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 06
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 3:34 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
423 AM CDT WED APR 20 2016
TXZ108>111-201015-
TITUS TX-CAMP TX-FRANKLIN TX-MORRIS TX-
423 AM CDT WED APR 20 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL MORRIS...NORTHERN
CAMP...TITUS AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 515 AM CDT...
AT 423 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PURLEY...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF WINNSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT PLEASANT...PITTSBURG...LEESBURG...MOUNT VERNON...PURLEY...COOKVILLE...
CASON...WILKERSON...WINFIELD...MILLER'S COVE...ROCKY MOUND...CYPRESS...
MONTICELLO...ROEDER...HOPEWELL AND HARVARD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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 3331 9531 3339 9494 3339 9491 3340 9488
3338 9486 3338 9485 3297 9479 3298 9515
3300 9515 3300 9516 3298 9517 3298 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0923Z 256DEG 18KT 3312 9524
09Special weather statement, Apr 20, 4:54 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
454 AM CDT WED APR 20 2016
TXZ108-110-111-124-125-137-201045-
GREGG TX-WOOD TX-CAMP TX-UPSHUR TX-FRANKLIN TX-MORRIS TX-
454 AM CDT WED APR 20 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN MORRIS...SOUTHERN
CAMP...NORTHEASTERN WOOD...UPSHUR...NORTHWESTERN GREGG AND
SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 545 AM CDT...
AT 453 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTH OF WINNSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LONGVIEW...WHITE OAK...GLADEWATER...GILMER...WINNSBORO...LEESBURG...
QUITMAN...LONE STAR...ORE CITY...CLARKSVILLE CITY...EAST MOUNTAIN...CEDAR
SPRINGS...DIANA...WEST MOUNTAIN...NEWSOME...HAINESVILLE...ROSEWOOD...
PLEASANT GROVE...SCROGGINS AND UNION GROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3296 9540 3296 9531 3300 9531 3296 9466
3288 9468 3288 9471 3284 9470 3252 9479
3274 9546
TIME...MOT...LOC 0953Z 280DEG 32KT 3284 9526
05Special weather statement, Apr 20, 5:42 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 542 AM CDT WED APR 20 2016 TXZ109>112-125-126-201130- MARION TX-TITUS TX-CAMP TX-CASS TX-UPSHUR TX-MORRIS TX- 542 AM CDT WED APR 20 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MORRIS...CAMP...NORTHWESTERN MARION...SOUTHERN TITUS...WESTERN CASS AND NORTHEASTERN UPSHUR COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM CDT... AT 541 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PITTSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...HUGHES SPRINGS...LONE STAR...NAPLES...CASON... ROCKY BRANCH...JENKINS...CEDAR SPRINGS...AVINGER...MIDWAY...MARIETTA... ROCKY MOUND...HOLLY SPRINGS...LAFAYETTE...ROEDER...HARVARD AND CENTER POINT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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. && LAT...LON 3281 9500 3307 9509 3324 9449 3290 9439 TIME...MOT...LOC 1041Z 254DEG 26KT 3296 9491 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Harrison | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 8:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Harrison | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 8:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches, Rusk | 52 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SHV | Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more | 34 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Red River | 56 min |
| Apr 20, 4:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Franklin, Titus | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 4:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Camp, Upshur, Wood | 51 min |
| Apr 20, 12:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Sabine | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 7:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Claiborne | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier | 3 days |
| Apr 20, 10:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Webster | 8 days |
| Apr 20, 10:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Red River, Webster | 8 days |
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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.