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Special Weather Statement, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 19, 2019Red River County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2019, 3:55 AM CDT for Red River County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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: Jun 19, 2019, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2019, 4:45 AM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA

County Red River County, TX

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 201 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: 529 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 Jun 19, 12:02 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 12:02 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 12:03 PM CDT, 15 hours 52 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1203 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2019

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-191715-
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-
1203 PM CDT Tue Jun 18 2019

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...

Very isolated showers and thunderstorms will be possible today
as a few storms could produce locally gusty winds and brief heavy
rainfall. However, no organized threat of hazardous weather is
expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday...

Showers and thunderstorms are expected to increase on Wednesday
afternoon and especially Wednesday night mainly along and north of
the Interstate 20 corridor, as a stronger upper level disturbance
shifts east into the region bringing a threat of severe
thunderstorms across this area. Damaging winds, hail, and locally
heavy rainfall will be possible, and these storms are expected to
linger across North Louisiana and Southwest Arkansas through
midday Thursday before diminishing by Thursday afternoon. Only
isolated showers and thunderstorms are expected across portions of
the region on Friday and Saturday before becoming more scattered
by Sunday into Monday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of emergency managers, spotter networks, and amateur
radio operators, should not be needed today or tonight.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:55 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
355 AM CDT Wed Jun 19 2019

OKZ077-TXZ096-108-109-190945-
McCurtain OK-Red River TX-Franklin TX-Titus TX-
355 AM CDT Wed Jun 19 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MCCURTAIN...NORTHERN
FRANKLIN...NORTHWESTERN TITUS AND RED RIVER COUNTIES UNTIL 445 AM
CDT...

At 355 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Blossom, or 13 miles east of Paris, moving east at 30 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Clarksville, Hagansport, Bogata, Wilkerson, Bagwell, Manchester,
Detroit, Talco, Annona, Farmers Hill, Harts Bluff, Negley, Cuthand,
Woodland, Redland, Silver City, Kanawha, Kiomatia, Johntown and
Albion.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3388 9531 3388 9528 3391 9528 3389 9527
      3389 9525 3393 9525 3396 9523 3394 9516
      3396 9515 3394 9489 3325 9495 3328 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0855Z 276DEG 27KT 3366 9531

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 4:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Morris, Titus, Upshur, Wood	37 min
Jun 19, 4:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie, Red River	44 min
Jun 19, 5:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Smith	51 min
Jun 19, 5:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Camp, Cass, Franklin, Marion, Morris, Titus and 1 more	40 min
Jun 19, 5:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie	45 min
Jun 19, 5:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Gregg, Harrison	50 min
Jun 19, 5:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur	42 min
Jun 19, 6:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Harrison	25 min
Jun 19, 6:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Marion, Panola	46 min
Jun 19, 6:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Panola, Rusk	39 min
Jun 19, 7:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Shelby	46 min
Jun 19, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Smith, Wood	20 days
Jun 19, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Franklin, Morris, Titus	10 days
Jun 19, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	42 min
Jun 19, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	33 min
Jun 19, 6:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Wood	39 min
Jun 19, 6:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie, Morris, Red River, Titus	34 min
Jun 19, 7:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Webster	49 min
Jun 19, 7:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine	59 min
Jun 19, 8:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Caldwell, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union and 1 more	59 min
Jun 19, 4:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Howard, Sevier	55 min
Jun 19, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Howard, Little River, Sevier	58 min
Jun 19, 6:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Little River, Sevier	52 min
Jun 19, 6:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Little River	2 hr
Jun 19, 4:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	McCurtain	42 min
Jun 19, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	McCurtain	47 min
Jun 19, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	McCurtain	44 min
Jun 19, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	McCurtain	59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.