Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1987
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 1987, 10:00 PM CDT for Madison Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 1987, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 1987, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Madison Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 10:30 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Tensas, LA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 411 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 544 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSHV 140307
TORSHV
LAC107-065-140400-
BULLETIN...EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1000 PM CDT MON APR 13 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...NORTHEAST PART OF TENSAS AND EASTERN HALF OF
MADISON.
AT 1000 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN JACKSON WAS
INDICATING A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR NEWLETON LOUISIANA...OR 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF ST JOSEPH LOUISIANA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
.
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A PERMANENT
STRUCTURE ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR SMALL ROOM. GET UNDER A
PIECE OF HEAVY FURNITURE OR COVER YOURSELF WITH SOMETHING TO PROTECT
AGAINST FLYING OR FALLING DEBRIS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 13, 6:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
610 PM CDT MON APR 13 1987
1050 AM CDT...HIGH WINDS AND ONE INCH HAIL 5 MILES EAST OF REKLAW
TEXAS...RUSK COUNTY.
1058 AM CDT...PENNY SIZE HAIL AND LARGER...WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH 5
MILES NORTH OF MARSHALL TEXAS...HARRISON COUNTY.
1105 AM CDT...NEAR ONE INCH HAIL...WINDS TO 50 MPH NEAR CADDO LAKE
STATE PARK BETWEEN KARNACK AND JEFFERSON TEXAS...
MARION AND HARRISON COUNTIES.
1115 AM CDT...NEAR ONE INCH HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS NEAR KILLDARE TEXAS
...CASS COUNTY.
1122 AM CDT...ONE HAIL TO ONE INCH HAIL ALONG WITH HIGH GUSTY WINDS
OF 40 MPH...JUEST EAST OF THE WRIGHT PATMAN RESERVOIR
DAM...BOWIE COUNTY.
1138 AM CDT...ONE HALF TO ONE INCH HAIL NEAR FERGONSON ARKANSAS OR
SOOTHEAST OF TEXARKANA...STORNG WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH
...MILLER COUNTY.
1145 AM CDT...SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN IN IDABEL OKLAHOMA...ROOF DAMAGE
1155 AM CDT ...SEVERAL OUTBUILDING DAMAGE...ALSO SEVERAL TREES BLOW
DOWN BETWEEN BATTIEST AND SMITHVILLE OKLAHOMA...MCCURTAIN
COUNTY.
130 PM CDT...WIND DAMAGE TO SEVERAL CARS IN DOWNTOWN BOSSIER CITY...
WINDOWS BKOWN OUT...MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF A BUILDING
IN TGY SHOPPING CENTER...FUNNEL OBSERVED...IN PARKING LOT
THEN RECEEDED BACK INTO CLOUD...BOSSIER PARISH.
1250 PM CDT...SEVERAL TREES BLOW DOWN SOUTHWEST OF FOUR FORKS LOUISIANA
..DESOTO AND CADDO PARISH...SMALL HAIL REPORTED.
140 PM CDT...PENNY SIZE HAIL TO NEAR GOLF BALL SIZE ALONG HIGHWAY 29
5 MILES OOUTH OF LEWISVILLE ARKANSAS...LAFAYETTE COUNTY.
155 PM CDT...FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED NEAR LAKE BADCAU...SEVERAL TREES
WEST OF HORTMAN LOUISIANA...BOSSIER/WEBSTER PARISH.
202 PM CDT...FUNNEL CLOUD SOUTHEAST OF BLACKBURN LOUISIANA OR WEST
OF HOMER...SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN...CLIABORNE PARISH.
230 PM CDT...SEVERAL TREES BLOW DOWN...SOUTHEAST OF SIBELY LOUISIANA
IN NORTHWEST BIENVILLE PARISH...ALSO..ONE HAL INCH HAIL.
OTHER REPPRTS TO FOLLOW THIS EVENING.Special weather statement, Apr 13, 6:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 640 PM CDT MON APR 13 1987 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA INTO WESTERN MISSISSIPPI. TORNADO WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A OAK GROVE...20 MILES EAST OF A MONROE....WINNFIELD LOUISIANA LINE. AT 640 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A BROKEN BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST OF OAK GROVE LOUISIANA TO NEAR COLUMBIA LOUISIANA TO NEAR ALEXANDRIA TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DERIDDER. ALSO A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM NORTHEAST OF TALLULAH TO NEAR ST JOSEPH ON SOUTH INTO SOUTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE SYSTEMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 20 TO 35 MPH...WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AS THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS STILL EXISTS IN THAT AREA EASTWARD INTO MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Apr 13, 7:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 740 PM CDT MON APR 13 1987 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR AT 7:37 PM SHOWED A BAND OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST EAST OF MENTICELLO ARKANSAS EXTENDING THROUGH HAMBURG ARKANSAS AND BASTROP LOUISIANA... ON SOUTHWARD THROUGH MONROE TO NEAR COLFAX LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH. ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM JUST EAST OF RAYVILLE LOUISIANA TO NEAR HARRISONBURG. SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO T4HE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR RAPID LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 13, 8:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 745 PM CDT MON APR 13 1987 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR AT 7:43 PM SHOWED A BAND OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR LAKE VILLAGE ARKANSAS EXTENDING SOUTHWARD THROUGH RAYVILLE AND COLUMBIA LOUISIANA ON TO 10 MILES EAST OF ALEXANDRIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EASTNORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED NEAR RAYVILLE. VERY HEAVY AND POSSIBLE SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA FOR THIS EVENING...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.. STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS WINDS AND HAIL. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPID LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 13, 8:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 845 PM CDT MON APR 13 1987 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR AT 7:43 PM SHOWED A BAND OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR LAKE VILLAGE ARKANSAS EXTENDING SOUTHWARD THROUGH RAYVILLE AND COLUMBIA LOUISIANA ON TO 10 MILES EAST OF ALEXANDRIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EASTNORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED NEAR RAYVILLE. VERY HEAVY AND POSSIBLE SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA FOR THIS EVENING...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.. STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS WINDS AND HAIL. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPID LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Apr 13, 9:48 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
945 PM CDT MON APR 13 1987
ADDITIONAL STORM REPORTS
315 PM CDT...FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSTON...
RECEEDED BACK INTO CLOUD...SEVERAL TREES DOWNED 8
WEST NORTHWEST OF RUSTON...LINCOLN PARISH.
325 PM CDT...NEAR GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR FLORIEN LOUISIANA...
SABINE PARISH.
350 PM CDT...ONE INCH HAIL WEST OF CAMPTI LOUISIANA...NATCHITOCHES
PARISH.
405 PM CDT...ONE INCH HAIL AT ATLANTA LOUISIANA..WINN PARISH.
450 PM CDT...STORE DAMAGE 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF OAK GROVE LOUISIANA
...NEAR CONCORD LOUISIANA...DESTOYED ADJACENT OLD STORE
AND BARN...WEST CARROLL PARISH.
505 PM CDT...HIGH WINDS DOWNED SEVERAL TREES NEAR LAKE GASSOWAY IN
NORTHERN EAST CARROLL PARISH.
SEVERAL OTHER REPORTS OF HIGH WINDS AND SPOTTY SMALL HAIL...ALSO REFER
TO STORM REPORT ISSUED AT 610 PM CDT.The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Tensas | 65 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.