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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 15, 2025Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2025, 6:44 AM CDT for Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 34 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
Mar 15, 2025, 6:44 AM CDT (11:44 UTC)
Expired
Mar 15, 2025, 7:18 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:45 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
Mar 15, 5:58 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 00:00Z on 2025-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1631 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 00:00Z on 2025-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1631 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1352 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
8.2

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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 Mar 15, 6:33 AM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 6:33 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 15, 5:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
504 AM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

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

0331 AM     Hail             4 WSW Gallatin          31.87N 95.21W
03/15/2025  M1.00 Inch       Cherokee           TX   Broadcast Media

            Corrects previous hail report from 4 WSW
            Gallatin. Public report of hail estimated to
            be quarter size near the Cherokee County
            Airport.

&&

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Special weather statement, Mar 15, 5:48 AM CDT, 56 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 15, 5:50 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
550 AM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

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

0530 AM     Hail             6 WNW Appleby           31.76N 94.71W
03/15/2025  E1.00 Inch       Nacogdoches        TX   Broadcast Media

            Public report of quarter size hail in the
            Caro community.

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 5:51 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
551 AM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

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

0546 AM     Hail             1 NW Blanchard          32.59N 93.90W
03/15/2025  E1.50 Inch       Caddo              LA   Public

            Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50
            in.).

&&

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Special weather statement, Mar 15, 6:15 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
615 AM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

ARZ061-072-151145-
Columbia AR-Nevada AR-
615 AM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL COLUMBIA AND
SOUTHEASTERN NEVADA COUNTIES UNTIL 645 AM CDT...

At 615 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles southeast of Willisville, or 7 miles north of McNeil, moving
northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Rosston, Willisville, Bluff City, Young, Waterloo and College Hill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3344 9330 3347 9334 3374 9311 3341 9312
      3336 9317
TIME...MOT...LOC 1115Z 218DEG 42KT 3345 9322

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Special weather statement, Mar 15, 6:36 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
636 AM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

LAZ005-006-013-014-151215-
Lincoln LA-Union LA-Ouachita LA-Jackson LA-
636 AM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN OUACHITA...SOUTHEASTERN
UNION...SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND NORTHEASTERN JACKSON PARISHES UNTIL
715 AM CDT...

At 636 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles northeast of Jonesboro, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Monroe, Claiborne, West Monroe, Brownsville-Bawcomville,
  Brownsville-Bawcom, Choudrant, Chatham, Eros, Downsville, Mineral
  Springs, Folksville, Caderville, Calhoun, Cheniere, Eureka, Lapine
  and Drew.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3250 9252 3276 9236 3257 9203 3228 9229
      3228 9231 3225 9231 3221 9235 3233 9262
TIME...MOT...LOC 1136Z 209DEG 39KT 3233 9249

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 8:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCherokee52 min
Mar 15, 3:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCherokee34 min
Mar 15, 3:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Rusk37 min
Mar 15, 3:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCherokee21 min
Mar 15, 4:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVRusk23 min
Mar 15, 4:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Nacogdoches36 min
Mar 15, 5:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHarrison42 min
Mar 15, 5:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Marion, Panola38 min
Mar 15, 5:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatSHVNacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby51 min
Mar 15, 6:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatSHVHarrison, Panola44 min
Mar 15, 8:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSabine49 min
Mar 15, 5:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVJackson27 min
Mar 15, 5:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatSHVBossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster48 min
Mar 15, 6:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGrant, Natchitoches, Sabine, Winn56 min
Mar 15, 6:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLincoln, Union49 min
Mar 15, 6:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatSHVBossier, Claiborne, Webster42 min
Mar 15, 6:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVJackson, Ouachita39 min
Mar 15, 6:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Caldwell, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Ouachita and 2 more53 min
Mar 15, 7:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLincoln, Ouachita, Union43 min
Mar 15, 7:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGrant, Natchitoches, Sabine, Winn49 min
Mar 15, 7:22 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVCaldwell, Jackson, Ouachita, Winn23 min
Mar 15, 7:38 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVWinn37 min
Mar 15, 7:43 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVCaldwell, Jackson, Ouachita32 min
Mar 15, 7:48 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVCaldwell, Jackson, Winn27 min
Mar 15, 7:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Caldwell, Grant, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches and 3 more56 min
Mar 15, 8:06 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVJackson, Winn24 min
Mar 15, 8:14 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVCaldwell, Ouachita31 min
Mar 15, 8:17 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVCaldwell, LaSalle31 min
Mar 15, 8:29 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVCaldwell, Jackson, Ouachita, Winn31 min
Mar 15, 9:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell, Jackson, Ouachita, Winn57 min
Mar 15, 9:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNatchitoches36 min
Mar 15, 9:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVCaldwell, Jackson, Ouachita, Union, Winn3 hr
Mar 15, 9:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVGrant, Natchitoches, Winn3 hr
Mar 15, 9:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNatchitoches34 min
Mar 15, 9:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBossier31 min
Mar 15, 9:35 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVOuachita40 min
Mar 15, 9:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGrant, Jackson, Natchitoches, Winn35 min
Mar 15, 10:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVOuachita51 min
Mar 15, 12:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVWebster8 hr
Mar 15, 1:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVOuachita25 min
Mar 15, 1:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCaldwell, LaSalle35 min
Mar 15, 1:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCaldwell23 min
Mar 14, 9:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHempstead27 min
Mar 14, 9:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHempstead32 min
Mar 14, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada39 min
Mar 14, 10:05 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Lafayette, Nevada40 min
Mar 14, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada49 min
Mar 14, 10:39 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVNevada36 min
Mar 14, 10:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVLafayette, Miller23 min
Mar 14, 11:06 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVNevada28 min
Mar 15, 1:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNevada28 min
Mar 15, 6:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNevada30 min
Mar 15, 7:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVColumbia46 min
Mar 15, 9:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVUnion25 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.