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Freeze Warning 4, NWS Shreveport, LA

November 12, 2021Bowie County, Red River County, Texas; 6 counties in Arkansas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this freeze warning at Nov 12, 2021, 9:40 AM CST for Bowie County, Red River County, Texas; 6 counties in Arkansas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Nov 12, 2021, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 2021, 9:40 AM CST (15:40 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 12, 2021, 9:00 PM CST
Expired
Nov 13, 2021, 9:00 AM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA

Counties Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Sevier County, AR, McCurtain County, OK, Bowie County, TX, Red River County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 12:00Z on 2021-11-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

354 
WWUS74 KSHV 121540
NPWSHV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
940 AM CST Fri Nov 12 2021

ARZ050-051-059>061-070-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-130345-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FZ.W.0004.211113T0300Z-211113T1500Z/
Sevier-Howard-Little River-Hempstead-Nevada-Miller-McCurtain-
Red River-Bowie-
Including the cities of De Queen, Nashville, Mineral Springs, 
Dierks, Ashdown, Hope, Prescott, Texarkana, Idabel, Broken Bow, 
Clarksville, and Bogata
940 AM CST Fri Nov 12 2021

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY...

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a Freeze
Warning, which is in effect from 9 PM this evening to 9 AM CST
Saturday. 

* EVENT...Cold high pressure building across the region will bring
  overnight low temperatures down to near freezing overnight
  tonight.

* TIMING...Temperatures forecast to approach freezing in some
  areas late in the evening and fall slightly below freezing
  across much of warned area by daybreak. Temperatures to rise 
  above freezing by mid-morning.

* IMPACT...Precautions should be taken to protect tender 
  vegetation prone to frost or freeze conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or
highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other
sensitive vegetation.

&&

$$

05
2 follow-up statements
870 
WWUS74 KSHV 130353
NPWSHV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
953 PM CST Fri Nov 12 2021

ARZ050-051-059>061-070-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-131500-
/O.CON.KSHV.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-211113T1500Z/
Sevier-Howard-Little River-Hempstead-Nevada-Miller-McCurtain-
Red River-Bowie-
Including the cities of De Queen, Nashville, Mineral Springs, 
Dierks, Ashdown, Hope, Prescott, Texarkana, Idabel, Broken Bow, 
Clarksville, and Bogata
953 PM CST Fri Nov 12 2021

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures near or just below freezing.

* WHERE...Portions of Northeast Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and
  Southeast Oklahoma. 

* WHEN...Through 9 AM CDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Precautions should be taken to protect tender
  vegetation prone to frost or freeze conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or
highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other
sensitive vegetation.

&&

$$

12
689 
WWUS74 KSHV 130754
NPWSHV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
154 AM CST Sat Nov 13 2021

ARZ050-051-059>061-070-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-131500-
/O.CON.KSHV.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-211113T1500Z/
Sevier-Howard-Little River-Hempstead-Nevada-Miller-McCurtain-
Red River-Bowie-
Including the cities of De Queen, Nashville, Mineral Springs, 
Dierks, Ashdown, Hope, Prescott, Texarkana, Idabel, Broken Bow, 
Clarksville, and Bogata
154 AM CST Sat Nov 13 2021

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Temperatures near or just below freezing.

* WHERE...Portions of Northeast Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and 
  Southeast Oklahoma.

* WHEN...Through 9 AM CDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Precautions should be taken to protect tender 
  vegetation prone to frost or freeze conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent
freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should
be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have
in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-
ground pipes to protect them from freezing.

&&

$$

09

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.