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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Shreveport, LA

January 5, 2025Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 5, 2025, 1:01 PM CST for Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 30 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
Jan 5, 2025, 1:01 PM CST (19:01 UTC)
Expired
Jan 5, 2025, 1:31 PM CST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Ouachita Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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
Jan 5, 10:29 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 12:00Z on 2025-01-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 173 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 12:00Z on 2025-01-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 511 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-228 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
511 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
720 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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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 Jan 5, 12:37 PM CST, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 12:37 PM CST, 24 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1237 PM CST Sun Jan 5 2025

...New AVIATION...

.UPDATE...
Issued at 1154 AM CST Sun Jan 5 2025

Added Tornado Watch 1 to headlines and bumped max Ts.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(This afternoon through Monday)
Issued at 1154 AM CST Sun Jan 5 2025

Sorry for the update delay, but we wanted to get an 18Z balloon
going. Peaks of sunshine and a little lagniappe warming with highs
in the low to mid 70s. Might even touch near 80 in our SE
Parishes, but the clouds are bringing in spotty thunderstorms from
Toledo Bend Dam to Monroe now. The main line was a prefrontal
earlier in E TX, but with the core upper low going negative tilt
mid morning over central OK, things are merging at this hour.
Thunderstorms in this developing line stretch from near Lufkin to
Waskom and Magnolia. Movement of the line is east around 25mph
with warnings bearing slightly faster storm speeds in the deep SW
flow aloft. Our 18Z sounding will be available shortly with a
little extra gas for lift. Temps are falling quickly behind the
front with gusty NW winds 30-40mph and more. It's still 40s into
McCurtain and lower across I-30. Along I-20 the front is past
Longview and nearing Marshall with mid 60s moments ago. Stay tuned
for our first round of canceled counties and parishes with the
mid aftn issuance. /24/

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Monday Night through Sunday)
Issued at 434 AM CST Sun Jan 5 2025

Arctic sfc ridging will begin to build SE into the region Monday
afternoon and Monday night, although winds should keep the air
mixed enough to maintain temps in the 20s overnight under a mostly
clear sky. Some increase in cirrus is expected Monday night
though, ahead of a deepening upper trough that will dive S and
begin closing off Tuesday as it digs through the Desert SW Tuesday
into Baja CA/NW old MX Wednesday. The Arctic sfc ridging will
maintain the big chill over the Srn Plains/Lower MS Valley through
midweek, with temps struggling to climb into the 40s each
afternoon, with prolonged periods of subfreezing temps expected
after sunset. Dry conditions will continue though, before a SW
flow aloft begin to spread E over the region by Wednesday
night/Thursday as the Baja CA closed low begin to eject E and open
up across the Srn Rockies/Nrn Old MX.

The approach of this trough should induce sfc cyclogenesis over
the NW Gulf/Middle TX coast Thursday as it shifts E along the SE
TX/Srn LA coasts or the Nrn Gulf Thursday night/Friday (per the
deterministic GFS/ECMWF). The medium range ensembles are a bit
faster with its development/Ewd shifting of the trough, suggesting
areas of a cold -RA over much of TX occurring during the day
Wednesday, which may spread into Lower E TX S of I-20 late
Wednesday night. The column would have to saturate from the top
down around the periphery of the departing sfc ridge axis, with
evaporative cooling leading to the potential for -SN across these
areas through Thursday morning. However, weak warm advection
through the day Thursday should allow for an eventual changeover
to -RA especially along/S of I-20, although a wintry mix may
persist a bit longer across the Nrn zones as sfc temps and the
associated column will be slower to climb above freezing.

The ensembles continue the trend in warming sfc temps further
Thursday night as overrunning increases atop the cold air in
place, and thus have bumped up NBM temps a degree or two (but
still a bit colder than the ensemble and deterministic guidance)
with min temps near or slightly above freezing Thursday night
along/S of I-20. However, weakening overrunning and thus colder
sfc temps to the N should result in the slight potential for
accumulating IP/-SN, but amounts should remain light. However,
given the trends in the models towards warming sfc temps and thus,
the warming atmospheric columns in recent days, it's certainly
possible that the impacts of any wintry mix may decline in the
coming days and thus, all eyes should continue to be focused on
the additional updated forecasts as this potential threat is
further refined.

This precipitation should diminish from W to E Friday as drier air
entrains NE with the ejecting upper trough, with a slow warming
trend also commencing by next weekend.

15

&&

.AVIATION...
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 1229 PM CST Sun Jan 5 2025

For the 05/18z TAFS...Reduced flight categories remain across the
region, as showers and thunderstorms, with low cigs, continue to
push east across the region along and ahead of a cold front. The
convection has cleared KTYR/KGGG/KTXK, so we will see some brief
improvement, but low cigs are expected to return overnight and
hold across the remainder of the region in wake of the storm.
However, we will see clearing skies across our East Texas sites,
and possibly KTXK/KSHV by the end of the period. In wake of the
front, expect gusty NW winds near 20 mph, with gusts up to 35 mph.

/20/

&&

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Issued at 342 AM CST Thu Jan 2 2025

Spotter activation will be needed this afternoon over Deep East
Texas, North Louisiana, and Southern Arkansas, with the potential
for severe thunderstorms. /15/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  74  26  41  25 /  90   0   0   0
MLU  74  27  41  24 /  90  30   0   0
DEQ  61  20  38  17 /  80   0   0   0
TXK  69  23  40  22 /  90   0   0   0
ELD  68  24  40  21 /  90   0   0   0
TYR  72  24  39  25 /  80   0   0   0
GGG  72  24  40  22 /  90   0   0   0
LFK  75  26  43  24 /  90   0   0   0

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...Wind Advisory until 6 AM CST Monday for ARZ050-051-059>061-
     070>073.

     Cold Weather Advisory from midnight tonight to 9 AM CST Monday
     for ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073.

LA...Wind Advisory until 6 AM CST Monday for LAZ001>006-010>014-
     017>022.

     Cold Weather Advisory from midnight tonight to 9 AM CST Monday
     for LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022.

OK...Wind Advisory until 6 AM CST Monday for OKZ077.

     Cold Weather Advisory from midnight tonight to 9 AM CST Monday
     for OKZ077.

TX...Wind Advisory until 6 AM CST Monday for TXZ096-097-108>112-
     124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

     Cold Weather Advisory from midnight tonight to 9 AM CST Monday
     for TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

&&

SHORT TERM...24
LONG TERM....15
AVIATION...20

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 5, 9:42 AM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
942 AM CST Sun Jan 5 2025

ARZ070-TXZ097-110>112-125-126-136>138-149-150-051645-
Miller AR-Upshur TX-Gregg TX-Cherokee TX-Smith TX-Harrison TX-
Cass TX-Camp TX-Bowie TX-Marion TX-Morris TX-Rusk TX-
942 AM CST Sun Jan 5 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL MILLER...SMITH...
MARION...CASS...WESTERN HARRISON...NORTHWESTERN RUSK...SOUTHEASTERN
BOWIE...UPSHUR...SOUTHEASTERN MORRIS...SOUTHEASTERN CAMP...GREGG AND
NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 AM CST...

At 942 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Maud to near Tyler. Movement was east at
20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Lassater, Bivins, Warren City, Nesbitt, Rolling Meadows, Longview,
New Chapel Hill, New London, Kilgore, Tyler, Whitehouse, Fairview,
Chalk Hill, Ore City, Avinger, White Oak, Berea, Union Grove, Lone
Star, and Clarksville City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3225 9547 3226 9547 3255 9519 3254 9518
      3255 9518 3255 9516 3259 9515 3333 9442
      3331 9385 3200 9489 3205 9543 3209 9543
      3215 9548 3218 9546 3223 9549
TIME...MOT...LOC 1542Z 273DEG 16KT 3328 9441 3234 9539

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

20
Special weather statement, Jan 5, 9:47 AM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
947 AM CST Sun Jan 5 2025

ARZ050-051-059>061-070-TXZ097-051645-
Howard AR-Hempstead AR-Sevier AR-Little River AR-Miller AR-Nevada AR-
Bowie TX-
947 AM CST Sun Jan 5 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LITTLE RIVER...
HEMPSTEAD...NORTHERN MILLER...SOUTHEASTERN SEVIER...SOUTHEASTERN
HOWARD...NORTHWESTERN NEVADA AND SOUTHEASTERN BOWIE COUNTIES THROUGH
1045 AM CST...

At 946 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Mineral Springs to near Maud. Movement was east
at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Fulton, Bright Star, Mandeville, Nash, Washington, Boughton, McNab,
Redwater, Mineral Springs, Red Lick, Red Bank, Tollette, Genoa,
Oakhaven, Ogden, Ozan, Blevins, Saratoga, Ashdown, and McCaskill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3401 9382 3398 9365 3396 9362 3394 9351
      3396 9347 3395 9342 3396 9338 3390 9330
      3384 9329 3383 9322 3348 9360 3348 9372
      3344 9373 3343 9375 3344 9371 3342 9373
      3339 9370 3328 9381 3332 9445 3405 9382
TIME...MOT...LOC 1546Z 251DEG 53KT 3386 9391 3332 9430

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

20
Special weather statement, Jan 5, 10:44 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1044 AM CST Sun Jan 5 2025

LAZ001-TXZ136>138-149>152-051745-
Smith TX-Panola TX-Rusk TX-Cherokee TX-Gregg TX-Nacogdoches TX-
Harrison TX-Caddo LA-
1044 AM CST Sun Jan 5 2025

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN
NACOGDOCHES...CHEROKEE...GREGG...HARRISON...WESTERN PANOLA...
SOUTHEASTERN SMITH AND RUSK COUNTIES AND WEST CENTRAL CADDO PARISH
UNTIL 1145 AM CST...

At 1044 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from 7 miles west of Woodlawn to 6 miles
southwest of Maydelle, or extending from 11 miles northwest of
Marshall to 14 miles west of Rusk, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
  Longview, Marshall, Jacksonville, Henderson, Kilgore, Carthage,
  White Oak, Rusk, Hallsville, Overton, Waskom, Troup, Tatum, Alto,
  New London, Arp, Beckville, Mooringsport, Pinehill and Minden.

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 3266 9475 3266 9470 3273 9469 3269 9451
      3270 9418 3273 9409 3272 9409 3272 9411
      3271 9412 3269 9407 3272 9404 3272 9383
      3145 9504 3147 9510 3152 9510 3159 9517
      3158 9527 3168 9528 3176 9540 3184 9542
TIME...MOT...LOC 1643Z 259DEG 32KT 3268 9445 3227 9482 3173 9537

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

50
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 5, 2:57 AM CSTWind AdvisorySHVAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more27 hr
Jan 5, 3:05 AM CSTCold Weather AdvisorySHVAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more30 hr
Jan 5, 9:42 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCass, Gregg, Marion, Smith, Upshur63 min
Jan 5, 9:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass50 min
Jan 5, 10:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Marion65 min
Jan 5, 10:44 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Rusk61 min
Jan 5, 11:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby56 min
Jan 5, 11:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Marion66 min
Jan 5, 12:35 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVAngelina, San Augustine, Shelby55 min
Jan 5, 1:25 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSabine, San Augustine65 min
Jan 5, 2:07 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSabine38 min
Jan 5, 12:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo53 min
Jan 5, 12:08 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVJackson, Ouachita27 min
Jan 5, 12:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster58 min
Jan 5, 12:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Claiborne, Webster44 min
Jan 5, 12:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Winn29 min
Jan 5, 1:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Claiborne, Red River, Webster53 min
Jan 5, 1:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Union41 min
Jan 5, 1:31 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCaldwell44 min
Jan 5, 1:33 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVGrant57 min
Jan 5, 1:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union66 min
Jan 5, 2:00 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBienville60 min
Jan 5, 2:04 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVUnion26 min
Jan 5, 2:15 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBienville30 min
Jan 5, 2:15 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBienville60 min
Jan 5, 2:24 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVUnion21 min
Jan 5, 2:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Grant, Jackson, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine and 1 more50 min
Jan 5, 2:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union48 min
Jan 5, 2:45 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCaldwell, Grant, Natchitoches, Winn60 min
Jan 5, 3:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Winn45 min
Jan 5, 3:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGrant, Natchitoches, Winn47 min
Jan 5, 3:32 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCaldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Ouachita, Winn58 min
Jan 5, 4:22 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCaldwell, LaSalle53 min
Jan 5, 5:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLaSalle28 min
Jan 5, 5:06 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVGrant, LaSalle15 min
Jan 5, 9:47 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHempstead, Miller58 min
Jan 5, 10:34 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Nevada41 min
Jan 5, 2:09 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSHVUnion21 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.