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Special Weather Statement, NWS Shreveport, LA

December 16, 2021Bossier Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this special weather statement at Dec 16, 2021, 2:49 PM CST for Bossier Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 41 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
Dec 16, 2021, 2:49 PM CST (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Dec 16, 2021, 3:30 PM CST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Hail
0.50 in
Wind
40

County Bossier Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2021-12-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 557 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 2021-12-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 268 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
557 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
644 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
334 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.6

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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 Dec 16, 12:06 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 12:06 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 16, 11:10 AM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1110 AM CST Thu Dec 16 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>167-171715-
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-
1110 AM CST Thu Dec 16 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...This Afternoon and Tonight...

Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms are expected today,
along and ahead of a weak cold front. While an isolated strong
storm capable of producing locally gusty winds and brief heavy
rainfall can not be ruled out, the threat for organized severe
thunderstorms remains very low.

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

Showers and a few embedded thunderstorms will become widespread
over the region Saturday morning along and behind the cold front,
gradually diminishing from northwest to southeast during the day.
However, no hazardous weather is expected.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 16, 2:49 PM CST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
249 PM CST Thu Dec 16 2021

ARZ070-LAZ001-002-162130-
Miller AR-Bossier LA-Caddo LA-
249 PM CST Thu Dec 16 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of south central Miller
County, northwestern Caddo and northwestern Bossier Parishes through
330 PM CST...

At 248 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Vivian, or 16 miles southeast of Atlanta, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Vivian, Plain Dealing, Hosston, Rodessa, Ida, Bolinger and Kiblah.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3300 9404 3309 9386 3306 9383 3304 9383
      3304 9382 3291 9362 3279 9404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 247DEG 25KT 3291 9401

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 16, 4:26 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVBowie64 min
Dec 16, 4:07 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNevada23 min

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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.