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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 5, 2025Claiborne Parish, Union Parish, Louisiana; Union County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2025, 11:50 AM CDT for Claiborne Parish, Union Parish, Louisiana; Union County, Arkansas. It was in force for 70 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: Apr 5, 2025, 11:50 AM CDT (16:50 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2025, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 70 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Union County, AR, Claiborne Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:53 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
Apr 5, 9:56 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 115 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 279 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 377 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.1
Supercell composite: 17.1

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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 Apr 5, 11:23 AM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 11:23 AM CDT, 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 5, 10:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 10:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1042 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

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

0910 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 NNW Nash              33.48N 94.15W
04/05/2025                   Bowie              TX   County Official

            Several reports of damage in the area.
            Higher concentration around Arnold Ln near
            Red Lick.

&&

AEC

Local storm report, Apr 5, 10:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1046 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

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

0911 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 ESE Texarkana         33.43N 93.96W
04/05/2025                   Miller             AR   County Official

            Several reports of damage across the AR side
            of Texarkana. No specific area given by
            dispatcher.

&&

AEC

Local storm report, Apr 5, 10:51 AM CDT, 59 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1051 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

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

0948 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 NE Garland            33.39N 93.67W
04/05/2025                   Lafayette          AR   Emergency Mngr

            Report of multiple power poles down on CR 5.

&&

AEC

Local storm report, Apr 5, 11:06 AM CDT, 44 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1106 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

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

0911 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     6 SSE Texarkana         33.37N 93.98W
04/05/2025                   Miller             AR   Amateur Radio

            Multiple trees snapped/uprooted and power
            lines down on Union Rd (from Hwy 71 to Hwy
            237).

&&

AEC

Local storm report, Apr 5, 11:08 AM CDT, 42 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1108 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

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

0910 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     5 S Texarkana           33.37N 94.01W
04/05/2025                   Miller             AR   Amateur Radio

            Picture of trees down on a house on Old
            Blackman Ferry Rd.

&&

AEC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 7:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	13 hr
Apr 4, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass, Harrison, Marion	61 min
Apr 4, 8:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Smith	40 min
Apr 4, 8:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Marion	12 hr
Apr 4, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Marion	45 min
Apr 4, 8:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Smith, Upshur, Wood	7 hr
Apr 4, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Smith	28 min
Apr 4, 8:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Gregg, Smith, Upshur	38 min
Apr 4, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	53 min
Apr 4, 9:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Smith, Upshur, Wood	10 days
Apr 4, 9:03 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Smith, Upshur, Wood	14 days
Apr 4, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Upshur	30 min
Apr 4, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Morris and 1 more	21 min
Apr 4, 10:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	SHV	Bowie	7 hr
Apr 5, 1:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Camp, Morris, Titus	32 min
Apr 5, 1:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie, Morris, Titus	54 min
Apr 5, 2:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie	53 min
Apr 5, 7:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Titus and 1 more	58 min
Apr 5, 7:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie	62 min
Apr 5, 8:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Wood	4 days
Apr 5, 8:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cass, Harrison, Marion, Panola	54 min
Apr 5, 8:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Rusk	24 hr
Apr 5, 8:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	48 min
Apr 5, 9:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass, Harrison, Marion, Panola	61 min
Apr 5, 9:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Bowie	3 hr
Apr 5, 1:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Panola	39 min
Apr 5, 2:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches and 4 more	6 hr
Apr 5, 2:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Nacogdoches	38 min
Apr 5, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Shelby	40 min
Apr 5, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Panola	37 min
Apr 5, 3:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cass, Marion	41 min
Apr 5, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Angelina	36 min
Apr 5, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	40 min
Apr 5, 4:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	San Augustine, Shelby	5 hr
Apr 5, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Shelby	26 min
Apr 4, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Webster	64 min
Apr 4, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	46 min
Apr 5, 10:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster	73 min
Apr 5, 10:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Claiborne, Webster	81 min
Apr 5, 12:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster	8 hr
Apr 5, 12:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Lincoln, Union	49 min
Apr 5, 1:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Union	44 min
Apr 5, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	20 min
Apr 5, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Lincoln, Union	27 min
Apr 5, 4:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Lincoln, Union and 1 more	6 hr
Apr 5, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Red River	43 min
Apr 4, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada and 1 more	67 min
Apr 4, 7:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada	47 min
Apr 4, 8:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Nevada	44 min
Apr 4, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada	44 min
Apr 4, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Sevier	43 min
Apr 4, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada	55 min
Apr 4, 11:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette, Nevada	53 min
Apr 4, 11:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Lafayette, Nevada	63 min
Apr 5, 12:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Howard, Sevier	51 min
Apr 5, 2:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Little River	50 min
Apr 5, 3:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead, Little River	64 min
Apr 5, 8:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Miller, Nevada	61 min
Apr 5, 9:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Ashley, Union	48 days
Apr 5, 9:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada	88 min
Apr 5, 9:49 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Nevada	41 min
Apr 5, 2:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Miller	36 min
Apr 5, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Howard, Little River, Sevier	36 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.