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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Shreveport, LA

July 16, 2026Bowie County, Cass County, Morris County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2026, 6:07 PM CDT for Bowie County, Cass County, Morris County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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
Jul 16, 2026, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2026, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bowie County, TX, Cass County, TX, Morris County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 264 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 2026-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1095 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 2026-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1095 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCherokee62 min
Jul 16, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSmith, Wood64 min
Jul 16, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Gregg, Harrison, Rusk, Smith, Upshur and 1 more44 min
Jul 16, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVRed River30 min
Jul 16, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVMorris29 min
Jul 16, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVMorris42 min
Jul 16, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBowie49 min
Jul 15, 7:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHempstead36 min
Jul 15, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNevada24 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.