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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 4, 1989Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1989, 10:09 PM CDT for Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 66 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
Jun 4, 1989, 10:09 PM CDT (03:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1989, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 10:25 PM CDTHail 1Caddo, LA
Jun 4, 10:48 PM CDTHail 1Bossier, 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 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, Jun 4, 6:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVDe Soto86 min
Jun 4, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Webster95 min
Jun 4, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaddo95 min
Jun 5, 12:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVBossier, Caddo, Red River, Webster4 hr
Jun 5, 12:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVDe Soto4 hr
Jun 5, 4:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVCaddo, De Soto5 hr
Jun 5, 4:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVBossier, Red River5 hr
Jun 5, 4:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVClaiborne, Webster5 hr
Jun 5, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVEast Carroll, Madison, Richland78 min
Jun 5, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Lincoln, Union79 min
Jun 5, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVFranklin, Tensas91 min
Jun 5, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell91 min
Jun 4, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison62 min
Jun 4, 10:09 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHarrison66 min
Jun 4, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRusk86 min
Jun 5, 12:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVHarrison, Panola, Rusk4 hr
Jun 5, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Nevada, Pike88 min
Jun 5, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVColumbia83 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.