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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 9, 2021Union County, Arkansas; Union Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2021, 5:01 PM CDT for Union County, Arkansas; Union Parish, Louisiana. 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2021, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Union County, AR, Union Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 9, 12:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 2021-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 928 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
928 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-310 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1043 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

530 
WUUS54 KSHV 092201
SVRSHV
ARC139-LAC111-092245-
/O.NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0062.210409T2201Z-210409T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
501 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Union County in south central Arkansas...
  Northeastern Union Parish in north central Louisiana...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 501 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles south of
  Huttig, moving northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Huttig, Marion, Felsenthal, Cecil, Linville, Haile and Litroe. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3298 9208 3297 9207 3292 9207 3292 9208
      3287 9208 3286 9207 3279 9217 3292 9232
      3309 9214 3307 9213 3307 9211 3303 9211
      3303 9209 3301 9207
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 226DEG 22KT 3291 9219 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 10:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHempstead49 min
Apr 9, 11:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVLittle River50 min
Apr 9, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Nevada45 min
Apr 9, 12:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNevada41 min
Apr 9, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLittle River33 min
Apr 9, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVLafayette, Miller41 min
Apr 9, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVColumbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada30 min
Apr 9, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVColumbia, Lafayette, Nevada, Union43 min
Apr 9, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVColumbia, Union55 min
Apr 9, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUnion33 min
Apr 9, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUnion30 min
Apr 9, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUnion21 min
Apr 9, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster32 min
Apr 9, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCaddo39 min
Apr 9, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Webster47 min
Apr 9, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union45 min
Apr 9, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Claiborne, Webster67 min
Apr 9, 5:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVDe Soto50 min
Apr 9, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVOuachita, Union46 min
Apr 9, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVDe Soto56 min
Apr 9, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell, Jackson, Ouachita, Winn66 min
Apr 9, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Red River, Winn52 min
Apr 9, 6:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBienville48 min
Apr 9, 6:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVOuachita38 min
Apr 9, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Union65 min
Apr 9, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Caddo, De Soto, Red River56 min
Apr 9, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVOuachita, Union65 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.