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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 12, 2023Sabine County, San Augustine County, Texas; Natchitoches Parish, Sabine Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2023, 2:31 PM CDT for Sabine County, San Augustine County, Texas; Natchitoches Parish, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 12, 2023, 2:31 PM CDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2023, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Natchitoches Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 12, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 12, 1:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 1:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 12:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 10:03 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 12, 12:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 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
Jun 11, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Red River	51 min
Jun 11, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Red River	44 min
Jun 11, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Red River, Titus	40 min
Jun 11, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	47 min
Jun 12, 10:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Red River	42 min
Jun 12, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	60 min
Jun 12, 12:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Natchitoches	23 min
Jun 12, 1:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto, Grant, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Winn	58 min
Jun 12, 1:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Natchitoches, Sabine	61 min
Jun 12, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Red River, Winn	63 min
Jun 12, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Winn	28 min
Jun 11, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Little River, Sevier	61 min
Jun 11, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead	43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2023 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2023 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2023

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.