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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 15, 2020Columbia County, Union County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2020, 8:56 PM CDT for Columbia County, Union County, Arkansas. It was in force for 39 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: May 15, 2020, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2020, 9:35 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Columbia County, AR, Union County, AR

The radar

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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 May 15, 7:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 7:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 10:47 AM CDT, 10 hours 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 15, 5:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 15, 6:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 15, 6:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 15, 7:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 15, 8:20 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 15, 8:29 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 7:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Wood	51 min
May 15, 8:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Smith	25 min
May 15, 8:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Smith, Upshur, Wood	119 min
May 16, 9:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus	4 days
May 16, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Franklin	42 min
May 16, 2:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie	53 min
May 16, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cass	52 min
May 16, 2:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	34 min
May 16, 3:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	37 min
May 16, 3:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie	50 min
May 16, 3:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	24 min
May 16, 3:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	46 min
May 16, 3:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie	49 min
May 16, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	19 min
May 16, 4:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 7 more	14 hr
May 16, 4:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SHV	Bowie	38 min
May 16, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie	20 min
May 16, 5:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	4 hr
May 15, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bossier	46 min
May 16, 9:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Webster	14 days
May 16, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Webster	44 min
May 16, 5:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Claiborne	44 min
May 16, 2:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Little River	42 min
May 16, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Columbia	47 min
May 16, 5:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Little River, Miller	29 min
May 16, 5:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette, Nevada	41 min
May 16, 5:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Miller, Sevier	40 min
May 16, 5:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Nevada	47 min
May 16, 6:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Sevier	37 min
May 16, 6:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier	3 hr
May 16, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Hempstead	18 min
May 16, 6:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Nevada	117 min

Nearby

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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.