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Special Weather Statement, NWS Shreveport, LA

August 29, 2025Bossier Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this special weather statement at Aug 29, 2025, 1:21 AM CDT for Bossier Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 29, 2025, 1:21 AM CDT (06:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2025, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Bossier Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 336 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2025-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2025-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
912 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 28, 6:56 PM CDT, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 6:56 PM CDT, 6 hours 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 28, 9:02 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 28, 10:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 29, 12:32 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 29, 1:06 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
106 AM CDT Fri Aug 29 2025

ARZ071-072-LAZ002-003-290630-
Webster LA-Bossier LA-Columbia AR-Lafayette AR-
106 AM CDT Fri Aug 29 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL BOSSIER AND
NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER PARISHES AND SOUTHWESTERN COLUMBIA AND SOUTH
CENTRAL LAFAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...

At 106 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Bradley, or 10 miles west of Springhill, moving southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea 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...
  Springhill, Cullen, Bradley, Taylor, Welcome, State Line and
  Bolinger.

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.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3301 9380 3316 9361 3305 9336 3283 9356
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 302DEG 16KT 3304 9362

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Special weather statement, Aug 29, 1:21 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
121 AM CDT Fri Aug 29 2025

LAZ002-003-290700-
Webster LA-Bossier LA-
121 AM CDT Fri Aug 29 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN BOSSIER AND
NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER PARISHES UNTIL 2 AM CDT...

At 121 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Plain Dealing, or 11 miles southwest of Springhill, moving southeast
at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea 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...
  Plain Dealing, Cotton Valley, Sarepta, Rocky Mount, Ivan, Bolinger
  and Alden Bridge.

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.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3294 9375 3302 9355 3302 9351 3282 9335
      3271 9371
TIME...MOT...LOC 0621Z 335DEG 17KT 3293 9363

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 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
Aug 28, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHarrison, Panola38 min
Aug 28, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSmith46 min
Aug 29, 1:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCass40 min
Aug 29, 5:17 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVCamp, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Titus and 1 more6 hr
Aug 29, 5:41 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVHarrison, Marion, Panola3 hr
Aug 29, 6:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVHarrison, Panola5 hr
Aug 29, 6:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVGregg, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Rusk, Shelby and 1 more3 hr
Aug 29, 7:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVGregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur6 hr
Aug 29, 7:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVPanola, Shelby5 hr
Aug 29, 8:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVGregg, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby5 hr
Aug 29, 11:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVCamp3 hr
Aug 29, 1:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVGregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur111 min
Aug 29, 1:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVCamp112 min
Aug 28, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell, LaSalle, Winn40 min
Aug 28, 7:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBienville34 min
Aug 28, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVLaSalle43 min
Aug 28, 8:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVGrant, Natchitoches61 min
Aug 28, 8:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVLaSalle57 min
Aug 28, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVGrant43 min
Aug 28, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSabine48 min
Aug 29, 12:29 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVSabine2 hr
Aug 29, 1:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVLincoln23 min
Aug 29, 4:03 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVBienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Webster4 hr
Aug 29, 4:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCaddo25 min
Aug 29, 4:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Webster6 hr
Aug 29, 4:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVDe Soto, Red River59 min
Aug 29, 5:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVCaldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Winn3 hr
Aug 29, 7:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVCaldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Winn5 hr
Aug 29, 12:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVLafayette43 min
Aug 29, 1:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVLafayette24 min
Aug 28, 8:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVMcCurtain41 min

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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.