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Special Weather Statement, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this special weather statement at May 4, 2021, 5:13 AM CDT for Rusk County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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
- May 4, 2021, 5:13 AM CDT (10:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2021, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
County Rusk County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2938 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1253 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
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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 May 4, 4:14 AM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 4:14 AM CDT, 59 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Shreveport LA 448 AM CDT Tue May 4 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>167-051000- 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- 448 AM CDT Tue May 4 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...Today and Tonight... Showers and thunderstorms will redevelop along a boundary situated from deep east Texas to southwest Arkansas and progress southeast through the day Tuesday. Storm activity is expected to remain south of the I-30 corridor. The primary threats associated with these storms are expected to be damaging winds, large hail, and locally heavy rainfall. An isolated tornado or two cannot be ruled out. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday... No hazardous weather is expected through the remainder of the work week, until thunderstorms chances return this weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of emergency management personnel...amateur radio operators...and storm spotters may be needed for today. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and CDC guidelines.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 4, 3:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Franklin, Red River, Smith, Titus, Upshur and 1 more | 65 min |
| May 3, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Marion, Morris, Red River and 2 more | 61 min |
| May 4, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 41 min |
| May 4, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Smith, Upshur, Wood | 50 min |
| May 4, 4:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Gregg, Harrison | 51 min |
| May 4, 10:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Angelina, Nacogdoches | 45 min |
| May 4, 10:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Harrison | 30 min |
| May 4, 10:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Shelby | 50 min |
| May 4, 11:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Panola, Shelby | 38 min |
| May 4, 10:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 46 min |
| May 4, 10:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Caddo | 66 min |
| May 4, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Webster | 50 min |
| May 4, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, De Soto | 31 min |
| May 4, 11:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln | 51 min |
| May 4, 11:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Natchitoches | 45 min |
| May 4, 11:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Ouachita | 42 min |
| May 4, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine | 40 min |
| May 4, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 43 min |
| May 4, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union | 65 min |
| May 4, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Jackson, Ouachita, Union, Winn | 47 min |
| May 4, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Natchitoches, Winn | 64 min |
| May 4, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Grant, LaSalle, Winn | 57 min |
| May 4, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Jackson, LaSalle | 52 min |
| May 3, 11:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Sevier | 61 min |
| May 4, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Little River, Sevier | 34 min |
| May 4, 1:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 41 min |
| May 3, 9:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | McCurtain | 48 min |
| May 3, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | McCurtain | 36 min |
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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.