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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 24, 20208 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2020, 9:53 PM CDT for 8 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 52 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
Apr 24, 2020, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2020, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 4:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Apr 24, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 2020-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 319 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2020-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
319 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1943 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.1

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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 Apr 24, 8:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 8:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 3:13 PM CDT, 6 hours 40 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
313 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2020

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-251200-
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-
313 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2020

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...

Severe thunderstorms are possible late this afternoon through
this evening across much of the region. Very large hail, damaging
winds, and isolated tornadoes will be possible quickly move east.
The threat for severe weather should end by midnight as the storms
exit the area.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday...

Thunderstorms are possible once again Tuesday and Tuesday night
areawide ahead of another upper level disturbance and associated
cold front. While the threat for severe thunderstorms can not be
ruled out, the threat for heavy rainfall will exist as well, which
may lead to localized flooding. Any severe weather or flood
threat will diminish by Wednesday morning as much drier air spills
southeast in the wake of the cold front.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of emergency management personnel...amateur radio
operators...and storm spotters will be needed late this afternoon
through this evening. Please relay any information about observed
severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and
CDC guidelines.

09

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 9:24 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVPanola, Rusk44 min
Apr 24, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRed River67 min
Apr 24, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHarrison46 min
Apr 24, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVFranklin, Red River, Titus52 min
Apr 24, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVPanola42 min
Apr 24, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison43 min
Apr 24, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Marion42 min
Apr 24, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk38 min
Apr 24, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass, Marion23 min
Apr 24, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Morris, Red River, Titus45 min
Apr 24, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Panola50 min
Apr 24, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Panola48 min
Apr 24, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCass, Marion44 min
Apr 24, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Marion, Panola25 min
Apr 24, 7:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCaddo47 min
Apr 24, 7:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBossier, Caddo48 min
Apr 24, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaddo41 min
Apr 24, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Webster53 min
Apr 24, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Webster47 min
Apr 24, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo62 min
Apr 24, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River and 1 more43 min
Apr 24, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Claiborne, Lincoln, Red River, Webster51 min
Apr 24, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo25 min
Apr 24, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Webster63 min
Apr 24, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCaldwell, LaSalle, Winn45 min
Apr 24, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Grant, Jackson, Winn63 min
Apr 24, 10:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVDe Soto, Red River38 min
Apr 24, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell, Jackson, LaSalle, Winn28 min
Apr 24, 11:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVGrant, LaSalle, Winn50 min
Apr 24, 8:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVLafayette, Miller48 min
Apr 24, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVColumbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada43 min
Apr 24, 10:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHoward, Little River, Sevier50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.