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Special Weather Statement, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this special weather statement at May 3, 2024, 3:33 AM CDT for McCurtain County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 27 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
- May 3, 2024, 3:33 AM CDT (08:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2024, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County McCurtain County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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</html>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 2, 6:50 PM CDT, 8 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 6:50 PM CDT, 8 hours 43 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 4:40 AM CDT, 22 hours 53 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Shreveport LA 440 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024 LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ136>138-149>153-165>167-031100- Caddo-Bossier-Webster-Claiborne-Lincoln-Union-De Soto-Red River- Bienville-Jackson-Ouachita-Sabine-Natchitoches-Winn-Grant-Caldwell- La Salle-Smith-Gregg-Harrison-Cherokee-Rusk-Panola-Nacogdoches- Shelby-Angelina-San Augustine- 440 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Louisiana, northwest Louisiana, east Texas and northeast Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Showers and thunderstorms will spread east across East Texas and North Louisiana today, ahead of an upper level disturbance that will shift east across the region from Central Texas. Locally heavy rainfall will be possible, with widespread rainfall amounts of one to three inches, with isolated higher amounts, expected. Given the saturated grounds from recent heavy rainfall, the threat for flash flooding will be possible, before diminishing from west to east late this morning through the afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms are expected to become more isolated to widely scattered this afternoon, before increasing once again late tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms will continue over the region Friday before diminishing by afternoon. Brief heavy rainfall may result in minor flooding of low lying, poor drainage areas. Showers and thunderstorms are expected to become more scattered over the region Saturday and Sunday, before drier and hotter conditions return Monday through Wednesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed today and late tonight for rainfall and potential flooding reports. ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-031100- Sevier-Howard-Little River-Hempstead-Nevada-Miller-Lafayette- Columbia-Union-McCurtain-Red River-Bowie-Franklin-Titus-Camp-Morris- Cass-Wood-Upshur-Marion- 440 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Arkansas, southwest Arkansas, southeast Oklahoma and northeast Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Showers and a few embedded thunderstorms will shift east across Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma, and Southwest Arkansas today, before diminishing from west to east by afternoon. However, additional scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop and spread over the region late tonight ahead of another upper level disturbance and weak surface front. Brief heavy rainfall will be possible in the stronger storms today and late tonight, which may result in minor flooding of low lying, poor drainage areas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms will continue over the region Friday before diminishing by afternoon. Brief heavy rainfall may result in minor flooding of low lying, poor drainage areas. Showers and thunderstorms are expected to become more scattered over the region Saturday through Monday, before drier and hotter conditions return Tuesday and Wednesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation should not be needed through tonight. 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Red River | 26 min |
| May 3, 3:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Red River | 37 min |
| May 3, 3:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Rusk | 29 min |
| May 3, 4:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Rusk | 32 min |
| May 3, 5:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bowie | 36 min |
| May 3, 7:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Webster | 62 min |
| May 3, 9:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Claiborne, Webster | 51 min |
| May 3, 9:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bienville, Lincoln | 38 min |
| May 3, 4:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 35 min |
| May 3, 4:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Howard | 18 min |
| May 3, 5:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Hempstead | 46 min |
| May 3, 6:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller | 36 min |
| May 3, 6:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada | 43 min |
| May 3, 7:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Union | 44 min |
| May 3, 7:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Union | 48 min |
| May 3, 8:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 55 min |
| May 3, 8:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Union | 45 min |
| May 3, 4:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | McCurtain | 28 min |
| May 3, 7:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | McCurtain | 52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.