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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 24, 2025Cherokee County, Nacogdoches County, Rusk County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2025, 5:05 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Nacogdoches County, Rusk County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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 24, 2025, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2025, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cherokee County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Rusk County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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
Apr 24, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 249 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2025-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 600 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2025-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
600 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 8:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVAngelina, Nacogdoches28 days
Apr 24, 1:38 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVAngelina, Houston, Polk, Trinity, Tyler44 hr
Apr 24, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCherokee61 min
Apr 24, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby63 min
Apr 24, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVAngelina59 min
Apr 24, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNacogdoches, Panola, San Augustine, Shelby47 min

Nearby

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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.