Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 21, 1990, 5:30 PM CST for Natchitoches Parish, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 60 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
- Dec 21, 1990, 5:30 PM CST (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 1990, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Natchitoches Parish, LA, Sabine 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 5:45 PM CST | Hail 1 | Sabine, LA | |
| Dec 21, 6:01 PM CST | Hail 1 | Natchitoches, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 1707 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
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 severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 21, 5:10 PM CST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 505 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 STORM REPORTS WILL FOLLOW LATER THIS EVENING FOR THE ARKLATRX ARA IN GENERAL THE FOLLOWING IS KNOWN TODAY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS... BETWEEN LOGANSPORT AND GRANDCANE...CONSIDERABLE TIMBER DAMAGE.. BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS IN EXTREME SOUTHERN SOUTHEAST CADDO AND EXTREME SOUTHERN BOSSIER PARISE ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTH OF BARKSDALE AFB. TORNADOS ALSO TOUCHDOWNED IN PARTS OF MADISON PARISH...TENSAS PARISH AS WELL. SOME BARNS DESTROYED ALONG WITH SHEDS ETC. ONE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 2 MILES SOUTH OF TALLULAH THEN LIFTED AND WENT OVER TOWN AS A FUNNEL CLOUD ONLY TO TOUCHDOWN AGAIN 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF TALLULAH. ANOTHER TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED NEAR MOUND LOUISIANA DESTROYING A MOBILE HOME AND TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED. TORNADO TOUCH DOWNDS ALSO OCURRED SOUTHWEST OF WATERPROOF LOUISIANA AND SOUTH OF OF ST JOSEPH. LARGE HAIL ALSO FELL IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS...RANGING UP TO BASEBALL AND TENNIS BALL SIZE. TWO INCH HAIL FELL IN LONGANSPORT LOUISIANA...TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL FELL WEST OF GRANDCANE...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN GRAND CANE LOUISIANA ...ALSO NORTH OF SHELBYVILLE TEXAS...NEAR DEADWOOD TEXAS...NEAR HARLENTON...SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTA AND EAST OF JEFFERSON TEXAS. ALSO ONE INCH HAIL FELL SOUTHEAST OF LIBERTY HILL....NORTH OF JONESBORO... NEAR SIBLEY...5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINDEN...12 MILES SOUTH OF HOMER... 5 MILES SOUTH OF RUSTON...NEAR CHATHAM...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA ...5 MILES WEST OF LAKE PROVIDENCE AND NEAR DODSON ALL IN LOUISIANA. OTHER REPORT AS WELL ALONG WITH HIGH WINDS. A ROOF WAS TORN OFF A CHURCH NEAR DUNN LOUISIANA BETWEEN DELHI AND AND RAYVILLE. THE ONLY INJURIE3S KNOW SO FAR ARE THE TWO IN THE MOBILE HOME NEAR MOUND OR DELTA LOUISIANA. .
Local storm report, Dec 21, 5:14 PM CST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 505 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 STORM REPORTS WILL FOLLOW LATER THIS EVENING FOR THE ARKLATRX ARA IN GENERAL THE FOLLOWING IS KNOWN TODAY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS... BETWEEN LOGANSPORT AND GRANDCANE...CONSIDERABLE TIMBER DAMAGE.. BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS IN EXTREME SOUTHERN SOUTHEAST CADDO AND EXTREME SOUTHERN BOSSIER PARISE ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTH OF BARKSDALE AFB. TORNADOS ALSO TOUCHDOWNED IN PARTS OF MADISON PARISH...TENSAS PARISH AS WELL. SOME BARNS DESTROYED ALONG WITH SHEDS ETC. ONE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 2 MILES SOUTH OF TALLULAH THEN LIFTED AND WENT OVER TOWN AS A FUNNEL CLOUD ONLY TO TOUCHDOWN AGAIN 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF TALLULAH. ANOTHER TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED NEAR MOUND LOUISIANA DESTROYING A MOBILE HOME AND TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED. TORNADO TOUCH DOWNDS ALSO OCURRED SOUTHWEST OF WATERPROOF LOUISIANA AND SOUTH OF OF ST JOSEPH. LARGE HAIL ALSO FELL IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS...RANGING UP TO BASEBALL AND TENNIS BALL SIZE. TWO INCH HAIL FELL IN LONGANSPORT LOUISIANA...TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL FELL WEST OF GRANDCANE...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN GRAND CANE LOUISIANA ...ALSO NORTH OF SHELBYVILLE TEXAS...NEAR DEADWOOD TEXAS...NEAR HARLENTON...SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTA AND EAST OF JEFFERSON TEXAS. ALSO ONE INCH HAIL FELL SOUTHEAST OF LIBERTY HILL....NORTH OF JONESBORO... NEAR SIBLEY...5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINDEN...12 MILES SOUTH OF HOMER... 5 MILES SOUTH OF RUSTON...NEAR CHATHAM...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA ...5 MILES WEST OF LAKE PROVIDENCE AND NEAR DODSON ALL IN LOUISIANA. OTHER REPORT AS WELL ALONG WITH HIGH WINDS. A ROOF WAS TORN OFF A CHURCH NEAR DUNN LOUISIANA BETWEEN DELHI AND AND RAYVILLE. THE ONLY INJURIES KNOW SO FAR ARE THE TWO IN THE MOBILE HOME NEAR MOUND OR DELTA LOUISIANA. . ONE DEATH REPORTED TODAY AS A RESULT OF A LIGHTNING STRIKE. THIS OCCURRED NEAR FOUKE ARKANSAS. WAS A FEMALE WHO WENT TO CHECK ON LIVESTOCK DURING A THUNDERSTORM. SP6ECIFIC DATES AND TIMES OF ABOVE MENTIONED EVENTS WILL BE SENT LATER AS TIME AND WEATHER PERMITS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 12:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 68 min |
| Dec 21, 12:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Webster | 65 min |
| Dec 21, 12:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | East Carroll | 50 min |
| Dec 21, 10:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville | 57 min |
| Dec 21, 11:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Jackson, Lincoln | 55 min |
| Dec 21, 1:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Richland, West Carroll | 67 min |
| Dec 21, 1:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Jackson, Ouachita, Winn | 67 min |
| Dec 21, 1:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 72 min |
| Dec 21, 1:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | East Carroll, Madison | 89 min |
| Dec 21, 1:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Tensas | 89 min |
| Dec 21, 2:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Madison, Tensas | 58 min |
| Dec 21, 2:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Webster | 65 min |
| Dec 21, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Red River | 88 min |
| Dec 21, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Franklin, Madison, Tensas | 88 min |
| Dec 21, 4:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Tensas | 57 min |
| Dec 21, 5:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Madison, Tensas | 59 min |
| Dec 21, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Madison | 60 min |
| Dec 20, 10:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Panola, Rusk, Shelby | 67 min |
| Dec 20, 10:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison | 65 min |
| Dec 21, 8:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass, Marion | 61 min |
| Dec 21, 8:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison | 61 min |
| Dec 21, 1:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Panola, Shelby | 59 min |
| Dec 21, 11:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nevada | 41 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.