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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 22, 2024Columbia County, Lafayette County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2024, 6:54 PM CDT for Columbia County, Lafayette 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

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2024, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2024, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Columbia County, AR, Lafayette County, AR

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 22, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 2024-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2130 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 2024-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
9.9

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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 May 22, 5:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 5:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
531 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

...New UPDATE, SHORT TERM...

.UPDATE...
Issued at 527 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

Headlines for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 290 until 11 pm

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(This evening through Thursday Night)
Issued at 527 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

No changes to forecast parameters needed as they were already in
place, but we have a pre period issuance to cover the remaining
afternoon portion. /24/

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Friday through next Tuesday)
Issued at 250 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

As of this writing, Friday looks to begin with a discernible gap in
the precip grids, but this may be wise to take with a grain of salt,
as the ArkLaTex feels locked into something of a "rinse and repeat"
forecast cycle for at least a few more days while the pseudo-
stationary surface boundary draped along our north continues to work
with in tandem with upper level flow to steer one round of storms
after another into our region. This looks to be the case once again
by Friday evening, with storm chances along and north of the I-20
corridor developing and continuing overnight before diminishing
Saturday morning, followed by some drying Saturday afternoon and a
similar performance overnight into Sunday, this time restrained
largely to the I-30 corridor and areas to the north. Details
regarding coverage and timing are, of course, subject to change.

The weekend will see persistent southerly flow reinforce the warming
trend experienced this week, with widespread highs in the low 90s
across the region and an increase in highs climbing into the middle
90s, in concert with dewpoints in the low to mid 70s, these will
make for uncomfortable to oppressive humidity for portions of the
region before a regime change finally takes effect.

Said pattern shift looks to manifest during the day Monday, as the
upper level troughing associated with the surface boundary finally
gets nudged north and east by a building ridge out of the west. This
transitional pattern will allow for northwesterly flow to return
area lows to the 60s and highs to the 80s through at least the
middle of next week, followed by a fairly quick return to the 90s by
the end of this extended forecast period.

/26/

&&

.AVIATION...
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 100 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

VFR conditions are expected this afternoon and at least a portion
of this evening, with cu cigs expected to persist across much of
the region through this time. However, convection will continue to
increase through the afternoon across portions of NE TX/SW AR,
possibly affecting the TXK terminal by mid-afternoon. This
convection should eventually build farther SE across E TX and into
N LA by/after 00Z Thursday, affecting the I-20 terminals between
00-03Z. MVFR cigs with gusty winds/reduced vsbys are likely
in/near the convection, although these storms should develop a
cold pool deep enough to delay the onset of low cloud development
through much of the overnight hours generally along/N of I-20.
However, low MVFR/IFR cigs will be possible at LFK especially if
convection does not affect this terminal late this
evening/overnight. Once diurnal heating commences shortly after
daybreak, should begin to see IFR/low MVFR cigs develop over the
area, which will slowly lift/eventually scatter out by the end of
the 18Z TAF period. S winds 8-13kts with occasional higher gusts
to 20kts, will become SSE and diminish below 10kts, except gusty
in/near convection. Winds should diminish to 5kts or less once the
convection diminishes late tonight. /15/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  72  90  73  93 /  70  20  30   0
MLU  70  90  71  93 /  60  20  20   0
DEQ  66  84  67  87 /  60  50  60  10
TXK  69  87  70  91 /  70  40  50  10
ELD  67  87  68  91 /  80  30  40  10
TYR  70  88  73  92 /  70  20  20   0
GGG  70  88  72  91 /  70  20  30   0
LFK  71  91  73  93 /  40  10   0   0

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...None.
LA...None.
OK...None.
TX...None.
&&

SHORT TERM...24
LONG TERM....26
AVIATION...15
Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 3:23 AM CDT, 15 hours 31 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
323 AM CDT Wed May 22 2024

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-231200-
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-
323 AM CDT Wed May 22 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Strong to severe thunderstorms will become widespread late this
afternoon, into the evening and overnight hours across much of the
Four State Region. Large hail, damaging thunderstorm wind gusts and
locally heavy downpours will be the primary threats with an isolated
tornado threat as well. The severe weather threat should end from
northwest to southeast across the Four State Region overnight
tonight. While widespread flooding is not likely through tonight,
flooding of low lying and flood prone areas will be possible with
heavy downpours through tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Severe weather will be possible once again late Thursday into
Thursday Night, late Friday into Friday Night and again late in the
day on Saturday across mainly portions of Northeast Texas, Southeast
Oklahoma and Southwest Arkansas. Large hail and damaging
thunderstorm wind gusts will again be the main threats Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.

A strong cold front will move through the region on Memorial Day and
Monday Night bringing with it another chance of thunderstorms. Before
the cold front arrives late on Monday, we will see some of the
hottest temperatures of the late Spring Season with afternoon high
temperatures both Saturday and Sunday in the lower to middle 90s.
Combine this with high afternoon humidity and heat indices could
approach 105 degrees across some locations.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will be likely later this afternoon and into the
late evening and early overnight periods tonight with the development
of severe thunderstorms.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 22, 6:27 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
627 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0547 PM     Hail             4 SW Rocky Mound        32.99N 95.09W
05/22/2024  E1.50 Inch       Camp               TX   Public

            Photo of hail in Leesburg community via KLTV
            facebook page.

&&

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Local storm report, May 22, 6:31 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 22, 6:52 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
652 PM CDT Wed May 22 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0648 PM     Hail             6 S Shreveport          32.38N 93.80W
05/22/2024  E1.00 Inch       Caddo              LA   CO-OP Observer

            Reported in the Deepwoods Subdivision.

&&

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 8:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVAnderson, Cherokee, Houston13 hr
May 22, 9:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVFranklin, Morris, Red River, Titus3 days
May 22, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBowie26 min
May 22, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie52 min
May 22, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVRed River48 min
May 22, 4:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVWood26 min
May 22, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBowie52 min
May 22, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass54 min
May 22, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Franklin, Titus, Upshur, Wood59 min
May 22, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCamp, Franklin, Upshur, Wood35 min
May 22, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCass43 min
May 22, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Titus and 1 more62 min
May 22, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Panola43 min
May 22, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur68 min
May 22, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass40 min
May 22, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass, Harrison, Marion57 min
May 22, 5:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCaddo34 min
May 22, 6:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBossier24 min
May 22, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatSHVCaddo, De Soto67 min
May 22, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo44 min
May 21, 7:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSevier42 min
May 22, 1:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHempstead51 min
May 22, 2:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHempstead34 min
May 22, 2:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVLittle River46 min
May 22, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNevada33 min
May 22, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHempstead52 min
May 22, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHoward28 min
May 22, 3:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVClark17 min
May 22, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Nevada39 min
May 22, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Nevada33 min
May 22, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVMiller33 min
May 22, 6:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVLafayette25 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.