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Hard Freeze Warning 1, NWS Shreveport, LA

February 13, 202121 counties in Texas; 17 parishes in Louisiana; 9 counties in Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this hard freeze warning at Feb 13, 2021, 6:01 PM CST for 21 counties in Texas; 17 parishes in Louisiana; 9 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 15, 2021, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 36 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
Feb 13, 2021, 6:01 PM CST (00:01 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 15, 2021, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 16, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
All 47 counties

Columbia County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 282 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2021-02-14Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2021-02-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -46 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this hard freeze 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 hard freeze warning went out at Feb 13, 3:18 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 3:18 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 13, 3:48 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
348 PM CST Sat Feb 13 2021

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-141200-
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-
348 PM CST Sat Feb 13 2021

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...Tonight...

Winter Storm Warning is in effect beginning at midnight tonight
through 6 pm on Monday. The region could begin to see some mixed
precipitation late tonight but will really begin to ramp up after
sunrise Sunday. While isolated impacts from ice accumulation
cannot be ruled out late tonight across the region, any
widespread impacts on exposed surfaces should hold off until
after sunrise on Sunday.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday...

A significant winter storm is expected to impact the entire Four
State Region with a mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain Sunday,
and especially Sunday Night into Monday. A Winter Storm Warning
will remain in effect through 6 pm on Monday. Look for heavy mixed
winter precipitation with total snow accumulations of 3 to 5
inches, sleet accumulations or around 1 inch and freezing rain
accumulations of around one quarter of an inch. Wind chills will
be very cold as well Sunday Night into Monday with values as low
as 10 degrees below zero in some places.

While the winter storm will move quickly east of our region after
6 pm on Monday, another winter storm will begin impacting our
region late Tuesday Night with a widespread wintry mix again
Wednesday and Wednesday Night before exiting the region late
Thursday. Significant ice and snow accumulations will be possible
with this midweek winter storm as well.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of emergency management personnel...amateur radio
operators...and storm spotters is not expected through tomorrow.
Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the
NWS while following all local, state, and CDC guidelines.

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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.