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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 14, 2018, 2:54 AM CST for Bienville Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2018, 2:54 AM CST (08:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2018, 3:45 AM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Dec 14, 12:06 AM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 12:06 AM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Shreveport LA 1206 AM CST Fri Dec 14 2018 .AVIATION... For the ArkLaTex, LIFR/IFR/MVFR for us this cycle, but a terminal or two may improve as dry slot sweeps measurable rain/isold TS and BR this cycle. Fropa at KTYR/KGGG. Sfc winds will soon shifting to NW with fropa KTXK is next. Gusty N/NW overnight and into KGGG at 12Z and not into KSHV/KLFK until 18-21Z. KELD 15/00Z and KMLU 15/06Z. Clouds will lift with a package slowly moving E bringing VFR by late tomorrow. Much better weather for the wknd./24/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 1015 PM CST Thu Dec 13 2018/ UPDATE... Tweak lows and highs cold front knocking on the door. SHORT TERM... A couple of sites in NE TX are swinging NW, but quite light. Stronger winds will arrive overnight. It is 50/47 in TYR and Saturated in SHV and 62 in Monroe. Front will pivot S to our W and then punch in from the SW overnight with slowly falling temps. Large upper low has pushed most measurable rain this evening with more to develop overnight as lows work slowly E. Amounts hence forth will be light QPF wise unless anything trains around the core. /24/ PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 358 PM CST Thu Dec 13 2018/ SHORT TERM.../Tonight through Friday Night/ Upper level low continues to pivot eastward into central Texas late this afternoon with broad area of lift entering our western zones where new showers and isolated thunderstorms have begun to develop. This convection is more scattered compared to what has been observed for much of today where widespread showers and isolated storms have gradually waned in coverage this afternoon. Dry slotting has helped erode some of this convection, but look for additional development through tonight as the broad upper trough and closed low shift farther east. Severe potential remains marginal, and the main concern with any storms will be for some hail as colder air aloft seeps farther into the region. Although the damaging wind and tornado threats are very minimal, neither can be completely ruled through this evening. Otherwise, look for temperatures to fall back into the mid to upper 40s and lower 50s overnight. Rainfall coverage will remain quite high for Friday as the center of the upper low passes just south of the region. The threat of any thunderstorms will quickly fade through Friday morning as a cold front shifts SE through the area in the wake of the upper trough passage. Gusty NW winds behind the front will likely warrant a lake wind advisory over parts of the area on Friday, mainly over our western zones in NE Texas and SE Oklahoma. Low temperatures behind the front will range from the upper 30s north to lower and mid 40s farther south on Friday with even colder wind chill values as NW winds will continue to be rather brisk through Friday night. /19/ LONG TERM.../Saturday through Thursday/ All precip should exit the area by sunrise Saturday morning as a deep upper trough and surface low lift northeast into the Ohio River Valley. Clouds will be slow to clear on Saturday, which should keep temperatures below 60 degrees F during the daytime. Overnight lows will generally remain above freezing except for some locations in the terrain of Southeast Oklahoma. Warmer temperatures can be expected for Sunday as a shortwave ridge moves overhead. A persistence forecast will generally be the rule of thumb from Sunday through Tuesday. Another upper trough will move out of the Southern Rockies and into West Texas by late Tuesday/early Wednesday. As this trough strengthens, another Pacific front/dryline will move across the Southern Plains bringing a chance for showers back to the area from early Wednesday through early Thursday. Medium range models suggest this system will be very progressive, and there is considerably uncertainty regarding deep layer moisture availability. Therefore, only slight chance PoPs were mentioned for the middle of next week. PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 1252 PM CST Thu Dec 13 2018/ AVIATION... For the 13/18Z TAF period, a mix of cig/vsby categories with mainly IFR/MVFR conditions observed through much of this period as shwrs and embedded tstms continue to affect area terminals as an upper level storm system shifts eastward overnight through Friday morning. Conditions may even further deteriorate overnight while intermittent periods of improvement cannot be ruled out in between breaks in convection. Otherwise, winds will primarily be from the E/SE ahead of a cold front which will enter our region early Friday morning with winds shifting to the N/NW and becoming gusty through the remainder of the day Friday following frontal passage. /19/ CN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 43 56 39 61 / 30 0 0 0 MLU 45 55 41 60 / 40 10 0 0 DEQ 39 57 35 61 / 40 10 0 0 TXK 42 55 37 60 / 40 0 0 0 ELD 44 54 38 61 / 50 10 0 0 TYR 39 57 37 62 / 20 0 0 0 GGG 40 56 38 62 / 30 0 0 0 LFK 41 58 38 63 / 20 0 0 0 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...None. LA...None. OK...None. TX...None. && 24/19/09
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 11:40 AM CST, 15 hours 14 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Shreveport LA 1140 AM CST Thu Dec 13 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>167-141200- 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- 1140 AM CST Thu Dec 13 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... Showers and a few embedded thunderstorms will continue this afternoon across portions of North Louisiana and Southwest Arkansas before gradually diminishing from southwest to northeast by mid to late afternoon. However, additional scattered showers and thunderstorms may redevelop late this afternoon through tonight across the region, ahead of a strong and cold upper level storm system that will drop southeast across much of Texas. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible across portions of East Texas late this afternoon and early evening before possibly spreading north northeast across North Louisiana, Southwest Arkansas, and Southeast Oklahoma this evening and overnight. The primary threats will be large hail and possibly damaging winds, although an isolated tornado can not be ruled out. Given the saturated soils in wake of widespread heavy rain that fell last weekend, minor flooding of low lying, poor drainage areas will also be possible from any showers and embedded thunderstorms that produce brief heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday... Areas of rain will remain ongoing Friday morning across Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma, Southwest Arkansas, before shifting east across the region but gradually diminishing from west to east through the afternoon and evening. Dry conditions will return Saturday and continue through the first half of the new work week, with temperatures warming to near or slightly above normal late this weekend through early next week. Scattered showers may return to the region by Wednesday. However, no hazardous weather is expected. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of emergency managers, spotter networks, and amateur radio operators, may be needed late this afternoon and evening over portions of the region. 15
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 13, 10:21 PM CST, 4 hours 33 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Dec 14, 2:41 AM CST, 13 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
241 AM CST Fri Dec 14 2018
LAZ012-140915-
Bienville LA-
241 AM CST Fri Dec 14 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL BIENVILLE PARISH UNTIL
315 AM CST...
At 240 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles east of Ringgold, or 19 miles west of Jonesboro, moving north
at 30 mph.
Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Arcadia, Gibsland, Lucky, Castor, Bienville, Bryceland, Mount
Lebanon, Sailes, Brice and Ada.
LAT...LON 3224 9292 3223 9317 3245 9319 3245 9316
3248 9315 3248 9316 3249 9315 3252 9317
3255 9317 3257 9318 3259 9318 3258 9294
TIME...MOT...LOC 0840Z 174DEG 28KT 3232 9304
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 4:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass | 28 min |
| Dec 14, 4:11 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg and 12 more | 17 hr |
| Dec 14, 4:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 43 min |
| Dec 13, 7:38 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bienville | 52 min |
| Dec 13, 7:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Natchitoches | 50 min |
| Dec 13, 8:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches | 65 min |
| Dec 13, 10:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Sabine | 39 min |
| Dec 14, 2:41 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bienville | 34 min |
| Dec 14, 3:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Claiborne | 48 min |
| Dec 14, 3:14 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bienville | 46 min |
| Dec 14, 3:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville | 40 min |
| Dec 14, 3:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 36 min |
| Dec 14, 4:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 52 min |
| Dec 14, 4:54 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Dec 14, 4:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 61 min |
| Dec 14, 5:18 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Lincoln | 42 min |
| Dec 14, 5:59 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Claiborne | 46 min |
| Dec 14, 10:29 AM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Red River, Webster | 8 days |
| Dec 14, 4:33 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Miller | 42 min |
| Dec 14, 5:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Little River | 48 min |
| Dec 14, 5:58 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Union | 47 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.