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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 29, 1989Panola County, Rusk County, Shelby County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 1989, 1:17 AM CST for Panola County, Rusk County, Shelby County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 1989, 1:17 AM CST (07:17 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 1989, 2:20 AM CST
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Panola County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Shelby 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 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 00:00Z on 1989-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 00:00Z on 1989-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 405 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
405 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
567 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 290721
TORSHV
TXC419-401-365-290820-

BULLETIN...EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
117 AM CST WED MAR 29 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 220 AM CST    FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN

NORTHEAST TEXAS......SHELBY..
                     RUSK..
                     PANOLA

AT 115 AM CST   THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT
INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR APPLEBY TEXAS AND ANOTHER NEAR
CUSHING TEXAS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED THE PARENT
THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 30 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 8:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg, Harrison66 min
Mar 28, 8:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMarion66 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.