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Special Weather Statement, NWS Shreveport, LA

August 18, 2021Winn Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2021, 4:02 PM CDT for Winn Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 28 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: Aug 18, 2021, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired: Aug 18, 2021, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Winn Parish, LA

The radar

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The text

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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 Aug 18, 2:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 2:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 12:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 4:02 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 17, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Smith	31 min
Aug 17, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Smith, Wood	57 min
Aug 17, 7:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Wood	62 min
Aug 17, 8:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Smith	51 min
Aug 18, 3:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Panola, Rusk, Shelby	3 hr
Aug 18, 4:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Smith	3 hr
Aug 18, 5:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Smith	3 hr
Aug 17, 7:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bienville	34 min
Aug 17, 8:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Lincoln	58 min
Aug 17, 9:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bossier	51 min
Aug 17, 10:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	De Soto	32 min
Aug 18, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Webster	34 min
Aug 18, 5:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto	2 hr
Aug 18, 6:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Ouachita	25 min
Aug 18, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	43 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.