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Special Weather Statement, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 17, 20214 counties in Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this special weather statement at Mar 17, 2021, 8:37 AM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 53 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
Mar 17, 2021, 8:37 AM CDT (13:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2021, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA

Counties Hempstead County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2021-03-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1417 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 328 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
1417 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
328 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
340 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.7
Supercell composite
14.5

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 17, 7:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 7:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 6:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
601 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

ARZ050-051-059>061-070-071-LAZ001-002-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-
124>126-136>138-149>151-181100-
Sevier-Howard-Little River-Hempstead-Nevada-Miller-Lafayette-
Caddo-Bossier-McCurtain-Red River-Bowie-Franklin-Titus-Camp-
Morris-Cass-Wood-Upshur-Marion-Smith-Gregg-Harrison-Cherokee-Rusk-
Panola-
601 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest
Arkansas, northwest Louisiana, southeast Oklahoma and northeast
Texas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight...

...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 10 AM...

A broken line of strong to severe storms will move eastward into
the region just after daybreak. Damaging winds and large hail
will be the main threats, but the potential for embedded circulations
with a tornado or two will be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday...

Gusty northwest winds will bring in cooler and drier air into the
region on Thursday. A Lake Wind Advisory will be possible as
sustained winds will approach 15 kts with gusts up to 25 kts. No
other hazardous weather is expected at this time through early
next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of emergency management personnel...amateur radio
operators...and storm spotters will be needed today.

ARZ072-073-LAZ003>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ152-153-165>167-181100-
Columbia-Union-Webster-Claiborne-Lincoln-De Soto-Red River-
Bienville-Jackson-Ouachita-Sabine-Natchitoches-Winn-Grant-
Caldwell-La Salle-Nacogdoches-Shelby-Angelina-San Augustine-
601 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central
Arkansas, southwest Arkansas, north central Louisiana, northwest
Louisiana and east Texas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight...

Thunderstorms will increase in coverage and intensity as we moved
throughout the day. Large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes will
be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday...

Gusty northwest winds will bring in cooler and drier air into the
region on Thursday. A Lake Wind Advisory will be possible as
sustained winds will approach 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. No
other hazardous weather is expected at this time through early
next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of emergency management personnel...amateur radio
operators...and storm spotters will be needed today.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 17, 8:07 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 17, 8:37 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 1:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVMarion45 min
Mar 17, 2:45 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisorySHVAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more40 hr
Mar 17, 6:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Franklin, Smith, Titus, Wood63 min
Mar 17, 6:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCherokee, Smith41 min
Mar 17, 6:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Camp, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus49 min
Mar 17, 7:08 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Morris, Red River, Titus37 min
Mar 17, 7:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCamp, Gregg, Morris, Upshur48 min
Mar 17, 7:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Rusk and 2 more58 min
Mar 17, 7:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Morris54 min
Mar 17, 7:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Smith62 min
Mar 17, 7:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCass31 min
Mar 17, 8:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVAngelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Shelby63 min
Mar 17, 8:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Rusk56 min
Mar 17, 8:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby44 min
Mar 17, 9:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby61 min
Mar 17, 11:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVAngelina, Sabine, San Augustine48 min
Mar 17, 9:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBossier, Caddo, Webster59 min
Mar 17, 10:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVDe Soto61 min
Mar 17, 10:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVClaiborne, Webster39 min
Mar 17, 11:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBienville, Red River, Webster43 min
Mar 17, 11:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBienville, Jackson, Red River59 min
Mar 17, 12:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNatchitoches, Red River, Sabine39 min
Mar 17, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union52 min
Mar 17, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Lincoln, Union44 min
Mar 17, 2:32 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVUnion43 min
Mar 17, 2:58 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVLincoln, Ouachita, Union47 min
Mar 17, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVJackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union48 min
Mar 17, 3:34 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVUnion10 min
Mar 17, 12:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVUnion46 min
Mar 17, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUnion39 min
Mar 17, 2:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVColumbia, Lafayette44 min
Mar 17, 2:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVMiller49 min
Mar 17, 9:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVColumbia, Lafayette, Nevada64 min
Mar 16, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVMcCurtain42 min
Mar 17, 12:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVMcCurtain17 min

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Special Weather Statements in Arkansas, 2021Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.