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Freeze Warning 4, NWS Shreveport, LA

November 9, 20188 counties in Texas; 9 counties in Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this freeze warning at Nov 9, 2018, 4:29 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas; 9 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Nov 10, 2018, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 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
Nov 9, 2018, 4:29 AM CST (10:29 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 10, 2018, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 10, 2018, 9:00 AM CST
In force
9 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, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Morris County, TX, Red River County, TX, Titus County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Nov 9, 4:24 AM CST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 9, 4:24 AM CST, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 8, 12:07 PM CST, 16 hours 22 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1207 PM CST Thu Nov 8 2018

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-091200-
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-
1207 PM CST Thu Nov 8 2018

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...

Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms will increase this
afternoon across portions of East Texas, Southeast Oklahoma, and
Southwest Arkansas, before spreading into Northwest Louisiana this
evening. Additional redevelopment will occur tonight over these
areas, and spread east southeast across Deep East Texas and
Northcentral Louisiana, ahead of a cold front and associated upper
level disturbance. A few of these storms may be strong this
afternoon and tonight over portions of the region, and may
produce small hail and brief heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday...

Showers and a few embedded thunderstorms will diminish by midday
Friday across East Texas and North Louisiana as cooler and drier
air filter southeast behind the cold front. The coldest air so far
this fall will settle into the region Friday night, with the
first freeze of the season expected by Saturday morning across
portions of extreme Northeast Texas along and north of the
Interstate 30 corridor, Southeast Oklahoma, and much of Southwest
Arkansas. Additional scattered showers will increase across the
region Saturday night through Monday, ahead of the next cold front
that will quickly move southeast into the region Monday afternoon.
This next front will reinforce even colder temperatures southward
as the rain diminishes Monday evening, with freezing temperatures
possibly reaching as far south as the Interstate 20 corridor of
East Texas and North Louisiana Tuesday morning, and areawide
Wednesday morning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of emergency managers, storm spotters, and amateur
radio operators, should not be needed through tonight.

15

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 8, 7:41 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningSHVAnderson, Cherokee, Houston18 days
Nov 8, 7:41 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningSHVAngelina, Houston, Polk, Trinity, Tyler5 days
Nov 8, 8:45 PM CSTFreeze WatchSHVBowie, Red River8 hr
Nov 9, 8:39 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningSHVGregg, Rusk25 hr
Nov 9, 8:39 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningSHVGregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk25 hr
Nov 9, 2:04 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningSHVAngelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches19 days
Nov 9, 2:04 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningSHVNacogdoches, Rusk44 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Arkansas, 2018Freeze Warnings in Texas, 2018Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.