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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 23, 20265 counties in Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2026, 5:44 AM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 61 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: May 23, 2026, 5:44 AM CDT (10:44 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2026, 6:45 AM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Camp County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Upshur County, TX

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 23, 2:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 2:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 1:04 AM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 4:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 5:23 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 5:35 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola, Rusk	30 min
May 22, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Rusk	47 min
May 22, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola	46 min
May 22, 7:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Rusk	3 hr
May 22, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk	38 min
May 22, 8:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk	3 hr
May 22, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Rusk	32 min
May 22, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola	62 min
May 22, 8:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Harrison	60 min
May 23, 4:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Smith, Wood	55 min
May 23, 4:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Smith, Wood	59 min
May 23, 5:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Cherokee, Franklin, Smith, Upshur, Wood	62 min
May 23, 5:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus	48 min
May 23, 6:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River and 1 more	61 min
May 23, 6:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Panola, Shelby	54 min
May 23, 7:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie, Cass	64 min
May 23, 7:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass, Harrison, Marion, Panola	64 min
May 23, 7:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Angelina	56 min
May 23, 8:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	62 min
May 23, 8:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Sabine, San Augustine	3 hr
May 23, 9:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	56 min
May 23, 10:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Sabine, Shelby	3 hr
May 23, 11:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	San Augustine	9 hr
May 22, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	34 min
May 22, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Red River	41 min
May 22, 8:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Caddo	44 min
May 22, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Ouachita	44 min
May 22, 8:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Red River	45 min
May 22, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Ouachita	38 min
May 22, 8:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Ouachita	3 hr
May 22, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Ouachita	26 min
May 23, 1:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	26 min
May 23, 7:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	54 min
May 23, 9:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Natchitoches, Sabine	64 min
May 23, 10:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto, Grant, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Winn	67 min
May 23, 10:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Red River	49 min
May 23, 10:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Winn	62 min
May 23, 10:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Grant, Natchitoches, Winn	55 min
May 23, 11:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Jackson, LaSalle, Winn	50 min
May 23, 11:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Jackson, Natchitoches, Winn	37 min
May 23, 12:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita	56 min
May 23, 7:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Howard, Little River, Miller, Sevier	64 min
May 23, 8:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette	53 min
May 23, 9:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Columbia, Hempstead, Nevada	32 min
May 23, 9:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Columbia, Nevada	31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.