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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1989, 9:35 AM CDT for Gregg County, Rusk County, Texas. It was in force for 70 min. 2 reports 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 Gregg County, TX, Rusk 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, 9:35 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Rusk, TX | |
| May 16, 10:44 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Gregg, TX |
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 19 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSHV 161440
TORSHV
LAC015-017-TXC183-203-401-161545-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
935 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND PARISHES...
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
...BOSSIER...CADDO
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
...GREGG...HARRISON...RUSK
SHREVEPORT RADAR AT 930 SHOWED POSSIBLE TORNADOS AT THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS. 25 MILES SOUTH OF LONGVIEW NEAR CHALK HILL TEXAS...
ANOTHER 8 MILES WEST OF CENTER TEXAS...AND ANOTHER 15 MILES
EAST OF JEFFERSON TEXAS.
THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EASTNORTHEASTB NEAR 40 MPH.
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.
TORNADO WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PANOLA...SHELBY AND EASTERN
MARION COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST TEXAS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 8:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Rusk | 100 min |
| 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 | Harrison | 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, 1:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Shelby | 3 hr |
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.