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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Shreveport, LA

February 28, 2021Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; Lafayette County, Miller County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2021, 6:44 PM CST for Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; Lafayette County, Miller County, Arkansas. It was in force for 31 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
Feb 28, 2021, 6:44 PM CST (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2021, 7:15 PM CST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lafayette County, AR, Miller County, AR, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 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
Feb 28, 5:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1289 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 203 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
1289 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
7.9

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The text

As transmitted.

107 
WUUS54 KSHV 010044
SVRSHV
ARC073-091-LAC015-017-010115-
/O.NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0007.210301T0044Z-210301T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
644 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Miller County in southwestern Arkansas...
  Southwestern Lafayette County in southwestern Arkansas...
  North central Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
  Northwestern Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana...

* Until 715 PM CST.

* At 644 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ida, or 20
  miles west of Springhill, moving northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Bradley, Ida, Canfield, Canale, Pleasant Valley and Gin City. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3292 9382 3302 9390 3326 9371 3308 9350
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 226DEG 25KT 3302 9381 

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

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1 follow-up statement
066 
WWUS54 KSHV 010058
SVSSHV

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
658 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021

LAC017-010107-
/O.CAN.KSHV.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210301T0115Z/
Caddo LA-
658 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CADDO PARISH IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for
southwestern Arkansas...and northwestern Louisiana.

LAT...LON 3298 9371 3308 9381 3326 9371 3308 9350
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 226DEG 25KT 3309 9373 

$$

ARC073-091-LAC015-010115-
/O.CON.KSHV.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210301T0115Z/
Miller AR-Lafayette AR-Bossier LA-
658 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MILLER...SOUTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTH CENTRAL BOSSIER PARISHES...

At 657 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bradley, or 16
miles west of Springhill, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Bradley, Canfield and Gin City. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3298 9371 3308 9381 3326 9371 3308 9350
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 226DEG 25KT 3309 9373 

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 6:07 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo38 min
Feb 28, 8:08 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo, Webster52 min
Mar 1, 12:27 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Red River, Webster11 days
Feb 28, 6:41 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNevada34 min
Feb 28, 7:16 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNevada44 min
Feb 28, 11:37 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVLafayette, Miller38 min
Mar 1, 12:16 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNevada29 min
Mar 1, 3:58 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVUnion2 hr

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.