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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 24, 2021Bowie County, Red River County, Texas; Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 1:06 AM CDT for Bowie County, Red River County, Texas; Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2021, 1:06 AM CDT (06:06 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2021, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 24, 1:06 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ssw Idabel, OKTREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. FOUR DIFFERENT INSTANCES OF TREES ON HOUSES NEAR BROKEN BOW, SOUTH OF IDABEL, AND NEAR WRIGHT CITY.
Apr 24, 1:36 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Wsw Horatio, ARTREE DOWN AT BILLINGSLY CORNER NEAR CERROGORDO ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 295 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2021-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 486 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2021-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 345 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
486 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
345 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
408 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
6.8

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The text

As transmitted.

239 
WUUS54 KSHV 240606
SVRSHV
ARC061-081-133-OKC089-TXC037-387-240645-
/O.NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0104.210424T0606Z-210424T0645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
106 AM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Little River County in southwestern Arkansas...
  Sevier County in southwestern Arkansas...
  Northwestern Howard County in southwestern Arkansas...
  McCurtain County in southeastern Oklahoma...
  Northern Bowie County in northeastern Texas...
  Eastern Red River County in northeastern Texas...

* Until 145 AM CDT.

* At 106 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 13 miles southwest of Octavia to near Boxelder,
  moving east at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  De Queen, Ashdown, Horatio, Foreman, Boxelder, Idabel, Broken Bow,
  De Kalb, Lockesburg, Wilton, Winthrop, Gillham, Ben Lomond,
  Arkinda, Athens, Richmond, Avery, Oak Grove, Annona and Haworth.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3451 9446 3419 9447 3419 9424 3435 9425
      3435 9407 3351 9405 3345 9499 3451 9497
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 268DEG 48KT 3444 9491 3353 9489 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 10:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVRed River42 min
Apr 23, 10:22 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVFranklin, Morris, Red River, Titus57 hr
Apr 23, 10:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVFranklin, Morris, Titus5 days
Apr 24, 12:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVRed River59 min
Apr 24, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie62 min
Apr 24, 1:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur44 min
Apr 24, 2:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVPanola38 min
Apr 24, 9:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVAngelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches58 days
Apr 24, 2:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNevada39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2021Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2021Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2021Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.