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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2020, 8:46 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 44 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 28, 2020, 8:46 AM CDT (13:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2020, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rusk County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 277 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1084 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
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 28, 6:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 6:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Shreveport LA 541 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 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>167-291100- 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- 541 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 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...Today and Tonight... Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible today across the region, as a warm front lifts north across the area and an upper level disturbance progresses east. An isolated severe weather threat will exist today, with damaging winds and large hail possible. However, a complex of showers and thunderstorms will develop later this afternoon over Central and Northeast Oklahoma, and quickly shift southeast into Southeast Oklahoma, extreme Northeast Texas, and Southwest Arkansas by mid evening. Some of these storms will become severe, with damaging winds, large hail, and isolated tornadoes possible. Heavy rainfall which may lead to localized flooding, will be possible as well, with the line of strong to severe thunderstorms affecting areas along and south of the Interstate 20 corridor of East Texas and North Louisiana after midnight. This thunderstorm complex will exit the region prior to daybreak Wednesday, with the severe threat ending with the departure of these storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday... No hazardous weather is expected. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of emergency management personnel...amateur radio operators...and storm spotters may be needed today, but will be needed tonight areawide. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and CDC guidelines. 15
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 7:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Shreveport LA 731 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2020 TXZ109>112-125-281315- Upshur TX-Cass TX-Camp TX-Morris TX-Titus TX- 731 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN CASS...NORTH CENTRAL UPSHUR...MORRIS...SOUTHERN TITUS AND CAMP COUNTIES UNTIL 815 AM CDT... At 730 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Pittsburg, moving east at 30 mph. Penny size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Mount Pleasant, Pittsburg, Leesburg, Daingerfield, Hughes Springs, Lone Star, Naples, Omaha, Cason, Cookville, Jenkins, Rocky Branch, Avinger, Marietta, Rocky Mound, Holly Springs, Roeder, Harvard, Lafayette and Center Point. LAT...LON 3289 9512 3319 9505 3326 9446 3290 9450 TIME...MOT...LOC 1230Z 259DEG 25KT 3305 9502 MD
Local storm report, Apr 28, 8:14 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Shreveport LA 818 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2020 LAZ001-TXZ126-138-281400- Caddo LA-Harrison TX-Marion TX- 818 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CADDO PARISH... SOUTHEASTERN MARION AND NORTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM CDT... At 818 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Karnack, or 9 miles northeast of Marshall, moving east at 35 mph. Nickel size hail will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Shreveport, Marshall, Blanchard, Oil City, Mooringsport, Belcher, Karnack, Woodlawn, Gray, Scottsville, Uncertain, Dixie, Caddo Lake, Leigh, Jonesville and Bethany. LAT...LON 3247 9430 3273 9439 3286 9387 3253 9378 TIME...MOT...LOC 1318Z 259DEG 29KT 3262 9421 MD
Local storm report, Apr 28, 8:20 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
820 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0750 AM HAIL 2 NNW SCOTTSVILLE 32.56N 94.25W
04/28/2020 M1.00 INCH HARRISON TX TRAINED SPOTTER
1 HAIL OFF CLARK TAYLOR ROAD IN HALLSVILLE,
NO WIND TO SPEAK OF, .37 RAIN.
&&
27Special weather statement, Apr 28, 8:37 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
837 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2020
ARZ072-LAZ001>004-281415-
Columbia AR-Bossier LA-Claiborne LA-Caddo LA-Webster LA-
837 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY...
NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER...NORTH CENTRAL CADDO...NORTHWESTERN CLAIBORNE
AND NORTHERN BOSSIER PARISHES UNTIL 915 AM CDT...
At 836 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Gilliam, or 20 miles north of Bossier City, moving northeast at 55
mph.
Half inch hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Springhill, Haynesville, Cullen, Plain Dealing, Sarepta, Emerson,
Belcher, Shongaloo, Gilliam, Atlanta, Welcome, Calhoun, Dixie, Alden
Bridge, Rocky Mount, Walkerville, Cavett, Noxobe, Bolinger and
Horsehead.
LAT...LON 3269 9383 3285 9388 3302 9356 3302 9349
3306 9349 3324 9315 3301 9299
TIME...MOT...LOC 1336Z 240DEG 49KT 3280 9376
20The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 6:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Smith | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 7:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Gregg, Harrison | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 7:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Camp, Morris | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 7:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 8:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Smith | 116 min |
| Apr 28, 8:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Gregg, Rusk, Smith | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Harrison | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bowie | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 9:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Panola | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 9:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus | 24 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg | 56 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches, Rusk | 54 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Sabine, San Augustine | 54 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Angelina | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Sabine, San Augustine | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Nacogdoches | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | San Augustine | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Nacogdoches | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | San Augustine | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Nacogdoches | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Rusk | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Rusk, Smith | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Nacogdoches | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Rusk | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Rusk | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Rusk, Smith | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 8:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Caddo | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 8:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Webster | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 9:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | De Soto | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 9:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Caddo | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 10:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Natchitoches, Red River | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 10:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Natchitoches, Red River, Winn | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 11:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Lincoln | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 11:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Grant, LaSalle | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 12:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Sabine | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 10:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Nevada | 27 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.