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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Shreveport, LA

January 21, 2017Bossier Parish, Claiborne Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana; Columbia County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 21, 2017, 7:37 PM CST for Bossier Parish, Claiborne Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana; Columbia County, Arkansas. It was in force for 68 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
Jan 21, 2017, 7:37 PM CST (01:37 UTC)
Expired
Jan 21, 2017, 8:45 PM CST
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Columbia County, AR, Bossier Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 21, 7:39 PM CSTHAIL 0.888 Wsw Cotton Valley, LADRIVING SOUTH OUT OF COTTON VALLEY, DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
Jan 21, 8:15 PM CSTHAIL 1.75Cotton Valley, LAWINDSHIELD BUSTED IN AMBULANCE DUE TO HAIL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 21, 3:41 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 2017-01-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1144 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 2017-01-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 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
1144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
9.0

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The text

As transmitted.

896 
WUUS54 KSHV 220137
SVRSHV
ARC027-LAC015-027-119-220245-
/O.NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0021.170122T0137Z-170122T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
737 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2017

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Columbia County in southwestern Arkansas...
  Northwestern Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
  Northwestern Claiborne Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
  Northeastern Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana...

* Until 845 PM CST

* At 737 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cotton
  Valley, or 15 miles south of Springhill, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Homer, Haynesville, Cotton Valley, Sarepta, Shongaloo, Evergreen,
  Spring Lake, Rocky Mount, Leton, Ivan and Couchwood.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 PM CST for southwestern
Arkansas...and northwestern Louisiana.

LAT...LON 3273 9300 3269 9363 3282 9364 3304 9318
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 262DEG 22KT 3279 9353 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 6:04 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVClaiborne41 min
Jan 21, 6:04 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo56 min
Jan 21, 6:13 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVGrant, Winn47 min
Jan 21, 6:14 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVGrant, Natchitoches61 min
Jan 21, 6:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Webster59 min
Jan 21, 6:22 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVClaiborne38 min
Jan 21, 6:32 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVClaiborne, Union43 min
Jan 21, 6:44 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVClaiborne46 min
Jan 21, 6:48 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo, Webster57 min
Jan 21, 6:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLaSalle23 min
Jan 21, 7:00 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVGrant, LaSalle, Winn22 min
Jan 21, 7:08 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVGrant52 min
Jan 21, 7:13 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVUnion47 min
Jan 21, 7:21 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVClaiborne, Union54 min
Jan 21, 7:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUnion56 min
Jan 21, 7:39 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVUnion51 min
Jan 21, 7:56 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVGrant, LaSalle64 min
Jan 21, 8:03 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVClaiborne, Webster57 min
Jan 21, 8:21 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVUnion39 min
Jan 21, 8:47 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVLincoln, Union43 min
Jan 21, 8:48 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVWebster42 min
Jan 21, 6:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLittle River, Sevier53 min
Jan 21, 6:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHoward, Sevier65 min
Jan 21, 7:33 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVUnion42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.