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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 28, 2026Red River County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2026, 11:32 AM CDT for Red River County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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 28, 2026, 11:32 AM CDT (16:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2026, 12:30 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Red River County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:31 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 28, 10:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 226 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2026-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3408 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2026-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
3408 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
691 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
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 Apr 28, 11:11 AM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 11:11 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 8:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVFranklin35 min
Apr 27, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVFranklin, Red River, Titus35 min
Apr 27, 9:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVWood45 min
Apr 27, 9:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVTitus33 min
Apr 28, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRed River64 min
Apr 28, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVRed River56 min
Apr 28, 12:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVOuachita48 min
Apr 28, 12:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVUnion46 min
Apr 28, 12:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSevier48 min
Apr 28, 12:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHempstead46 min
Apr 28, 12:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSevier37 min
Apr 28, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHoward, Sevier38 min
Apr 28, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLittle River, Sevier27 min
Apr 28, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHoward, Sevier42 min
Apr 28, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLittle River, Sevier4 min
Apr 28, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVLittle River, Sevier43 min
Apr 28, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHoward, Sevier28 min
Apr 28, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Sevier48 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.