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Special Weather Statement, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 27, 2021Hempstead County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this special weather statement at May 27, 2021, 11:24 PM CDT for Hempstead County, Arkansas. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
May 27, 2021, 11:24 PM CDT (04:24 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2021, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA

County Hempstead County, AR

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2021-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 686 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
686 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1424 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.6

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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 May 27, 9:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 9:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 1:53 PM CDT, 9 hours 31 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
153 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>004-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-
124>126-136>138-149>151-281900-
Sevier-Howard-Little River-Hempstead-Nevada-Miller-Lafayette-
Columbia-Union-Caddo-Bossier-Webster-Claiborne-McCurtain-
Red River-Bowie-Franklin-Titus-Camp-Morris-Cass-Wood-Upshur-
Marion-Smith-Gregg-Harrison-Cherokee-Rusk-Panola-
153 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight...

By tonight, a linear complex of thunderstorms will become very
well organized across the Middle Red River Valley of northeast
Texas, southeast Oklahoma, and southwest Arkansas. This linear
storm complex will pose a primary damaging wind threat with some
bowing structures possible as it propogates southeast into our
northwest zones by mid to late evening, then expand farther south
down along the I-20 corridor of east Texas and northwest Louisiana
through the early morning hours on Friday. Large hail, localized
flooding, and an isolated tornado or two also cannot be ruled out.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday...

Showers and thunderstorms will continue across the region Friday
through at least the first half of Saturday across our southern
zones as a cold front slowly advances south through the region.
The threat of some isolated damaging wind gusts will continue on
Friday, generally along and south of Interstate 20. Locally heavy
rainfall may also continue to pose a flash flood risk in some
areas where recent rounds of heavy rainfall have occurred. Beyond
Saturday, the remainder of the Memorial Day weekend appears to be
quite pleasant with ample sunshine before more widespread showers
and thunderstorms return toward the middle of next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of emergency management personnel...amateur radio
operators...and storm spotters may be needed tonight through
Friday morning.

LAZ005-006-010>014-017>022-TXZ152-153-165>167-281900-
Lincoln-Union-De Soto-Red River-Bienville-Jackson-Ouachita-Sabine-
Natchitoches-Winn-Grant-Caldwell-La Salle-Nacogdoches-Shelby-
Angelina-San Augustine-
153 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight...

A linear complex of showers and thunderstorms will be advancing
south toward the I-20 corridor after midnight through the early
morning hours on Friday. This linear storm complex should slowly
weaken with additional southward progress, but strong and gusty
winds will remain possible through daybreak on Friday morning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday...

Showers and thunderstorms will continue across the region Friday
through at least the first half of Saturday across our southern
zones as a cold front slowly advances south through the region.
The threat of some isolated damaging wind gusts will continue on
Friday, generally along and south of Interstate 20. Locally heavy
rainfall may also continue to pose a flash flood risk in some
areas where recent rounds of heavy rainfall have occurred. Beyond
Saturday, the remainder of the Memorial Day weekend appears to be
quite pleasant with ample sunshine before more widespread showers
and thunderstorms return toward the middle of next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of emergency management personnel...amateur radio
operators...and storm spotters should not be needed through
tonight.

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Special weather statement, May 27, 10:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 11:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVRed River45 min
May 28, 12:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBowie, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Titus43 min
May 28, 1:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCamp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Titus, Wood42 min
May 28, 1:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVGregg, Harrison, Marion, Smith, Upshur44 min
May 28, 2:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Panola41 min
May 28, 3:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVPanola39 min
May 28, 3:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNacogdoches, Shelby38 min
May 28, 4:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSmith42 min
May 28, 8:16 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVAngelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches3 hr
May 28, 10:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVGregg23 hr
May 28, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson and 6 more60 min
May 28, 4:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVJackson, Ouachita45 min
May 28, 10:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Webster21 days
May 27, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVPolk30 min
May 27, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHoward, Sevier45 min
May 28, 12:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada46 min
May 28, 12:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVColumbia, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada46 min
May 28, 1:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVColumbia, Union40 min
May 27, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMcCurtain39 min
May 27, 9:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVMcCurtain38 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.