Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1989, 9:35 AM CDT for Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; Harrison County, Texas. It was in force for 70 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
- May 16, 1989, 9:35 AM CDT (14:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1989, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 70 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Harrison County, TX
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 10:05 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Caddo, 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
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 1311 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:14 AM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 415 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 6 AM..A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WAS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS TODAY... AT 410 AM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A 90 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR MENA ARKANSAS TO NEAR GREENVILLE TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH. WITHIN THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CLARKSVILLE AND NEAR PARIS TEXAS. ALSO MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURING OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA IN AN AREA WHERE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED OVERNIGHT. WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED WITHIN THE HALF HOUR FOR MC CURTAIN COUNTY OKLAHOMA.
Local storm report, May 16, 7:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
740 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989
1130 PM...ROAD FM1843 WITH SIX INCHES OF WATER OVER ROAD IN BOWIE
COUNTY TEXAS.
1135 PM...FUNNEL CLOUD EAST OF DEKALB TEXAS IN BOWIE COUNTY TEXAS.
1138 PM...BARN COMPLETELY DESTROYED 1 MILE EAST OF DEKALB TEXAS IN
BOWIE COUNTY.
1140 PM...HIGHWAY 82 UNDER WATER IN SECTIONS IN BOWIE COUNTY TEXAS.
1250 AM...FUNNEL CLOUD AT HOOKS TEXAS IN BOWIE COUNTY.
1255 AM...FUNNEL CLOUD AT REDBANK AND AT BURNS TEXAS IN BOWIE COUNTY.
120 AM...TORNADO DESTROYED OUT BUILDING AND DOWNED TREES NEAR WAMBA
TEXAS IN BOWIE COUNTY.
615 AM....GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NORTH OF DEKALB IN BOWIE COUNTY TEXAS.
630 AM....ONE INCH HAIL NEAR HAWORTH OKLAHOMA IN MC CURTAIN COUNTY.The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 58 min |
| May 16, 8:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 100 min |
| May 16, 8:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier | 100 min |
| May 16, 9:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 3 hr |
| May 16, 9:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | De Soto | 3 hr |
| May 16, 10:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 80 min |
| May 16, 10:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 59 min |
| May 16, 10:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto, Red River | 92 min |
| May 16, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 85 min |
| May 16, 1:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Sabine | 3 hr |
| May 16, 1:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Winn | 3 hr |
| May 15, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 67 min |
| May 16, 12:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie | 65 min |
| May 16, 5:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 69 min |
| May 16, 7:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison | 65 min |
| May 16, 7:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 65 min |
| May 16, 7:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie | 3 hr |
| May 16, 8:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 73 min |
| May 16, 9:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Panola, Shelby | 80 min |
| May 16, 9:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Gregg, Rusk | 70 min |
| May 16, 9:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby | 3 hr |
| May 16, 9:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Cass, Marion | 3 hr |
| May 16, 9:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie | 3 hr |
| May 16, 6:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 66 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.