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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 26, 2026Claiborne Parish, Lincoln Parish, Union Parish, Louisiana; Columbia County, Union County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2026, 2:13 AM CDT for Claiborne Parish, Lincoln Parish, Union Parish, Louisiana; Columbia County, Union County, Arkansas. It was in force for 62 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 26, 2026, 2:13 AM CDT (07:13 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2026, 3:15 AM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Columbia County, AR, Union County, AR, Claiborne Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 25, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 104 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1997 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 974 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 5.0

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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 26, 1:48 AM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 1:48 AM CDT, 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 26, 12:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1204 AM CDT Sun Apr 26 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1108 PM     Hail             Ozan                    33.85N 93.72W
04/25/2026  M1.75 Inch       Hempstead          AR   911 Call Center

            Report of golf ball size hail relayed to
            Hempstead County 911 call center from the
            town of Ozan, AR.

&&

16

Local storm report, Apr 26, 12:11 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1211 AM CDT Sun Apr 26 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1144 PM     Hail             Hope                    33.67N 93.59W
04/25/2026  E2.75 Inch       Hempstead          AR   Public

            Reports from social media of baseball size
            hail in Hope, Arkansas.

&&

CK

Local storm report, Apr 26, 12:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1224 AM CDT Sun Apr 26 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1050 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 S Center Point        33.98N 93.95W
04/25/2026                   Howard             AR   Public

            Multiple trees down and some property damage
            reported west of Nashville, AR.

&&

16

Local storm report, Apr 26, 12:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1251 AM CDT Sun Apr 26 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1133 PM     Hail             1 NNW Washington        33.78N 93.69W
04/25/2026  M1.50 Inch       Hempstead          AR   Trained Spotter

            Walnut sized hail reported just north of
            Washington, Arkansas.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 26, 1:26 AM CDT, 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 26, 1:49 AM CDT, 24 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
Apr 26, 6:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Marion	50 min
Apr 26, 7:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass, Marion	56 min
Apr 26, 8:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Marion	56 min
Apr 26, 3:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union	66 min
Apr 26, 3:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Caldwell, Ouachita	61 min
Apr 26, 4:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Jackson, Lincoln	41 min
Apr 26, 4:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Webster	63 min
Apr 26, 4:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Webster	45 min
Apr 26, 5:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln	60 min
Apr 26, 5:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Jackson, Lincoln	38 min
Apr 25, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Howard	28 min
Apr 25, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard	41 min
Apr 25, 10:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard	48 min
Apr 25, 11:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Nevada	58 min
Apr 25, 11:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Hempstead	45 min
Apr 25, 11:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada	56 min
Apr 25, 11:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead	52 min
Apr 26, 12:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada	65 min
Apr 26, 12:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Hempstead	3 hr
Apr 26, 12:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada, Union	65 min
Apr 26, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette, Union	67 min
Apr 26, 2:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead, Little River	44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2026 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2026 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

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.