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Special Weather Statement, NWS Shreveport, LA

August 7, 20164 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2016, 10:07 PM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 38 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
Aug 7, 2016, 10:07 PM CDT (03:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA

Counties Grant Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2016-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1494 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1494 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Aug 7, 9:35 PM CDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 9:35 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 10:46 AM CDT, 11 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1046 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 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>167-081200-
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-
1046 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

HOT TEMPERATURES APPROACHING 100 DEGREES...WHEN COMBINED WITH
MODERATE HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 109
DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON WITH A HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT. TAKE
PRECAUTIONS WHEN WORKING OR PLAYING OUTDOORS WITH BREAKS IN THE
SHADE...WATER AND IF POSSIBLE...IN AIR CONDITIONING. SOME RELIEF
WILL COME IN THE FORM OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH
STRONGER STORMS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. WHEN THUNDER ROARS...GO
INDOORS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS
WEEK WITH COVERAGE BECOMING MORE ISOLATED LATER IN THE WEEK. IN
ADDITION...AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO PEAK NEAR
OR ABOVE 105 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 7:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
752 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2016

LAZ004-005-012-013-080145-
CLAIBORNE LA-LINCOLN LA-BIENVILLE LA-JACKSON LA-
752 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN JACKSON...
NORTHEASTERN BIENVILLE...SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN AND SOUTH CENTRAL
CLAIBORNE PARISHES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 752 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
HOMER...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRAMBLING...ARCADIA...GIBSLAND...SIMSBORO...ATHENS...BRYCELAND...
MOUNT LEBANON...LAKE CLAIRBORNE...SPRING LAKE AND AYCOCK.

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 3273 9312 3277 9290 3235 9255 3243 9303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 342DEG 9KT 3272 9298

VII
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 8:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
801 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2016

LAZ012-013-019>022-080200-
LA SALLE LA-BIENVILLE LA-CALDWELL LA-JACKSON LA-WINN LA-GRANT LA-
801 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN
BIENVILLE...SOUTHWESTERN CALDWELL...LA SALLE...WINN AND GRANT
PARISHES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 759 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR JONESBORO...MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG
STORM HAS DEVELOPED JUST SOUTH OF JENA OVER LAKE CATAHOULA.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINNFIELD...JONESBORO...JENA...COLFAX...OLLA...MIDWAY...URANIA...
HODGE...POLLOCK...DRY PRONG...NORTH HODGE...TULLOS...DODSON...
GEORGETOWN...EAST HODGE...CALVIN...QUITMAN...ATLANTA...
SIKES AND WILLIANA.

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 3133 9201 3134 9204 3132 9208 3134 9209
      3135 9207 3135 9208 3141 9215 3145 9216
      3146 9217 3147 9216 3148 9218 3147 9219
      3148 9221 3139 9266 3241 9294 3236 9254
      3172 9201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 324DEG 16KT 3223 9265

VII
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 8:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
802 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2016

ARZ072-073-LAZ003-004-006-014-080145-
UNION AR-COLUMBIA AR-UNION LA-OUACHITA LA-CLAIBORNE LA-WEBSTER LA-
802 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA AND
SOUTHERN UNION COUNTIES...NORTH CENTRAL WEBSTER...UNION...CLAIBORNE
AND NORTHEASTERN OUACHITA PARISHES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 802 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ATLANTA TO NEAR
GALION...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOMER...HUTTIG...JUNCTION CITY...SWARTZ...FARMERVILLE...
HAYNESVILLE...BERNICE...STERLINGTON...EMERSON...SHONGALOO...
ATLANTA...COOLEY...MARION...LISBON...SPEARSVILLE...LILLIE...
LOCH LOMON...LOCKHART...HORSEHEAD AND SHILOH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3260 9193 3269 9252 3272 9252 3276 9263
      3276 9282 3274 9284 3282 9333 3319 9327
      3302 9208 3300 9207 3287 9208 3284 9206
      3274 9205 3273 9207 3269 9205 3270 9203
      3271 9204 3271 9197 3266 9194 3266 9191
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 001DEG 17KT 3308 9312 3292 9175

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 8:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 8:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 10:07 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVRed River44 min
Aug 8, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCamp, Franklin, Gregg, Titus, Upshur59 min
Aug 8, 5:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVCamp, Titus, Upshur3 hr
Aug 7, 7:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVLincoln57 min
Aug 7, 7:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBossier48 min
Aug 7, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBossier43 min
Aug 7, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVLincoln53 min
Aug 7, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVGrant, Jackson, LaSalle, Winn59 min
Aug 7, 8:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVClaiborne, Union43 min
Aug 7, 8:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVBienville, Claiborne, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Winn3 hr
Aug 7, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBienville, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita52 min
Aug 7, 8:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVWebster41 min
Aug 7, 8:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVBossier, Webster3 hr
Aug 7, 10:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVGrant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Winn3 hr
Aug 7, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVColumbia, Union39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.