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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2025, 6:49 PM CDT for Union County, Arkansas. It was in force for 19 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 23, 2025, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2025, 7:08 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Union County, AR
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 306 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 448 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 420 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 23, 6:48 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 6:48 PM CDT, 1 minute before
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Shreveport LA 648 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025 ...New AVIATION... .UPDATE... Issued at 628 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025 Tonight's Zone forecast has been updated to include Severe Thunderstorm Watch #63 until 1 AM for our area along and south of I-20 in Texas and Louisiana and east of I-49 in extreme SW AR/N LA. Hopefully we wash the pollen away for a while with limited impacts from this early Spring event. /24/ && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 648 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025 Mostly VFR conditions will continue through the 24/00Z TAF period. Scattered convection has begun to develop across portions of Srn AR/N LA and Deep E TX, along and ahead of a cold front that extends from a JDD, to just S of an ATA to near ADF as of 2330Z. This convection will effect all but the TXK terminal this evening, as the front continues to progress SE through the region this evening/overnight. Brief MVFR cigs, reduced vsbys, hail, and wind gusts in excess of 35 kts will be possible in/near the convection, before they shift S of the LFK/MLU terminals by/shortly after 06Z. 6-9kft cigs behind the front will also gradually scatter out from NW to SE tonight, with cirrus cigs scattering out as well by/after daybreak. WSW winds 5-10kts ahead of the front this evening, will become NNE 4-8kts with the fropa. Winds will gradually veer more ESE 4-7kts after 18Z. /15/ && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Issued at 648 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025 Spotter activation will be needed this evening for East Texas along and south of I-20, as well as North Louisiana and extreme Southern Arkansas. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 54 78 56 87 / 70 0 0 0 MLU 55 74 53 84 / 90 0 0 0 DEQ 44 76 47 86 / 0 0 0 10 TXK 49 78 53 88 / 20 0 0 0 ELD 48 77 51 87 / 70 0 0 0 TYR 53 78 57 88 / 40 0 0 0 GGG 52 78 55 87 / 60 0 0 0 LFK 58 80 59 87 / 80 10 0 0 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...None. LA...None. OK...None. TX...None. && SHORT TERM...24 AVIATION...15
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 4:49 PM CDT, 2 hours before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
449 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025
LAZ006-014-232200-
Union LA-Ouachita LA-
449 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL OUACHITA AND EAST
CENTRAL UNION PARISHES UNTIL 5 PM CDT...
At 449 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles northwest of Sterlington, or 17 miles northwest of Swartz,
moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Half inch size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Sterlington, Haile, Spencer, Linville, Deshard and Perryville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.
&&
LAT...LON 3299 9207 3296 9209 3292 9207 3288 9208
3284 9206 3274 9205 3273 9207 3271 9206
3271 9197 3270 9197 3269 9204 3270 9203
3270 9204 3269 9205 3268 9217 3279 9226
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 237DEG 26KT 3279 9216
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
09Special weather statement, Mar 23, 6:15 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
615 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025
LAZ004>006-232345-
Lincoln LA-Union LA-Claiborne LA-
615 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL UNION...EAST
CENTRAL CLAIBORNE AND NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN PARISHES UNTIL 645 PM
CDT...
At 615 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles southwest of Bernice, or 15 miles east of Homer, moving
northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Half inch size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Bernice, Cooley, Dubach, Lisbon, Lillie, Corinth and Shiloh.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional
information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 3269 9286 3279 9287 3293 9264 3273 9252
3268 9286
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 243DEG 23KT 3277 9280
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
09The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Union | 11 min |
| Mar 23, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Lincoln, Union | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Webster | 28 min |
| Mar 23, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 42 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.