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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Shreveport, LA

November 19, 1988Harrison County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 19, 1988, 3:09 PM CST for Harrison County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 19, 1988, 3:09 PM CST (21:09 UTC)
Expired
Nov 19, 1988, 4:15 PM CST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Harrison County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 31 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, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1988-11-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1724 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, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1988-11-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1724 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
543 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
8.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 19, 2:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo, De Soto69 min
Nov 19, 2:46 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVCaddo59 min
Nov 19, 2:46 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVBossier59 min
Nov 19, 3:18 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVWebster57 min
Nov 19, 3:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRed River48 min
Nov 19, 3:33 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVClaiborne57 min
Nov 19, 3:43 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVBienville, Natchitoches, Red River62 min
Nov 19, 3:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo66 min
Nov 19, 4:17 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVJackson, Lincoln42 min
Nov 19, 4:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUnion61 min
Nov 19, 5:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVJackson, Ouachita69 min
Nov 19, 5:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMorehouse69 min
Nov 19, 5:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell, Winn63 min
Nov 18, 7:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Pike63 min
Nov 18, 9:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Pike3 hr
Nov 18, 11:14 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVLittle River, Sevier3 hr
Nov 19, 12:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMiller61 min
Nov 19, 12:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Lafayette, Nevada61 min
Nov 19, 1:13 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Lafayette, Miller92 min
Nov 19, 1:13 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVNevada92 min
Nov 19, 2:00 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVLafayette, Miller75 min
Nov 19, 2:46 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Howard59 min
Nov 19, 3:09 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVNevada66 min
Nov 19, 12:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg60 min
Nov 19, 12:53 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVGregg67 min
Nov 19, 12:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Marion61 min
Nov 19, 1:18 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVCass, Marion87 min
Nov 19, 1:18 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVHarrison87 min
Nov 19, 1:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRusk, Shelby85 min
Nov 19, 1:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg, Harrison85 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.