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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Shreveport, LA

August 21, 2026LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2026, 4:17 PM CDT for LaSalle Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 40 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
Aug 21, 2026, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2026, 4:57 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County LaSalle Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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
Aug 21, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 209 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 12:00Z on 2026-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1263 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2026-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 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
1263 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-235 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1303 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 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
Aug 21, 12:29 AM CDTExtreme Heat WarningSHVAngelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches and 8 more20 hr
Aug 21, 11:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBowie30 min
Aug 21, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSan Augustine46 min
Aug 21, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSabine44 min
Aug 21, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSan Augustine42 min
Aug 21, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVAngelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine27 min
Aug 21, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVShelby45 min
Aug 21, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVShelby42 min
Aug 21, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSan Augustine50 min
Aug 21, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSabine, San Augustine, Shelby42 min
Aug 21, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVAngelina51 min
Aug 21, 6:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVShelby51 min
Aug 21, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCaldwell35 min
Aug 21, 3:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVOuachita37 min
Aug 21, 3:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSabine34 min
Aug 21, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVLaSalle51 min
Aug 21, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCaldwell41 min
Aug 21, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVLaSalle39 min
Aug 21, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNatchitoches47 min
Aug 21, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCaldwell51 min
Aug 21, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSabine46 min
Aug 21, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVGrant45 min
Aug 21, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGrant38 min
Aug 21, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGrant, Natchitoches60 min
Aug 21, 6:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVGrant40 min
Aug 20, 10:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNevada51 min
Aug 20, 11:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHoward45 min
Aug 20, 11:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHoward, Sevier50 min
Aug 21, 9:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSevier28 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.