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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 7, 2018Bowie County, Cass County, Red River County, Texas; Claiborne Parish, Lincoln Parish, Union Parish, Louisiana; 9 counties in Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this freeze warning at Apr 7, 2018, 3:40 AM CDT for Bowie County, Cass County, Red River County, Texas; Claiborne Parish, Lincoln Parish, Union Parish, Louisiana; 9 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Apr 8, 2018, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 7, 2018, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 8, 2018, 2:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 8, 2018, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA

Counties Columbia County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Union County, AR, Claiborne Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Bowie County, TX, Cass County, TX, Red River County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 345 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 690 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 7, 2:55 AM CDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 2:55 AM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 11:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 7, 12:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 7, 12:40 AM CDT, 3 hours before

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 12:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 1:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 2:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 2:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Panola	43 min
Apr 6, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola	36 min
Apr 6, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Panola, Rusk, Shelby	46 min
Apr 6, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola	33 min
Apr 6, 8:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Rusk	43 min
Apr 6, 8:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Panola, Shelby	10 min
Apr 6, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	54 min
Apr 6, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Panola, Rusk, Shelby	44 min
Apr 6, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Smith, Upshur, Wood	43 min
Apr 6, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Rusk	41 min
Apr 6, 8:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	San Augustine, Shelby	19 min
Apr 6, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine and 1 more	48 min
Apr 6, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cherokee, Rusk, Smith	43 min
Apr 6, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine and 1 more	64 min
Apr 6, 9:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cherokee	77 min
Apr 6, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine	60 min
Apr 6, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine	52 min
Apr 7, 9:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby	8 days
Apr 7, 11:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Panola, Rusk	26 min
Apr 6, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Jackson, Lincoln	40 min
Apr 6, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Ouachita	36 min
Apr 6, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	SHV	De Soto, Red River	50 min
Apr 6, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Jackson, Natchitoches, Red River, Winn	56 min
Apr 6, 7:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bienville, Red River	8 min
Apr 6, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Jackson, Ouachita, Winn	46 min
Apr 6, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River and 1 more	60 min
Apr 6, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bienville, Natchitoches, Winn	35 min
Apr 6, 7:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Jackson, Ouachita	47 min
Apr 6, 7:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Natchitoches, Red River	10 min
Apr 6, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Red River, Winn	61 min
Apr 6, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Jackson, LaSalle, Winn	62 min
Apr 6, 8:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River	11 min
Apr 6, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Natchitoches, Red River	11 min
Apr 6, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Sabine, Winn	64 min
Apr 6, 9:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches	16 min
Apr 6, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Sabine	50 min
Apr 6, 11:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Sabine	63 min
Apr 7, 12:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Natchitoches	65 min

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Arkansas, 2018 Freeze Warnings in Texas, 2018 Freeze Warnings in Louisiana, 2018 Every freeze warning in 2018

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.