Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 21, 1990, 8:00 PM CST for East Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 105 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 1990, 8:00 PM CST (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 1990, 9:45 PM CST
- In force
- 105 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County East Carroll Parish, LA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 220202 SVRSHV LAC035-041-065-083-220345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 800 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS.. IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...EAST CARROLL PARISH...NORTHERN FRANKLIN PARISH...MADISON PARISH ...EASTERN RICHLAND PARISH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 757 PM CST INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE PROVIDENCE TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINNSBORO. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST SLOWLY..WITH THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..AND FLOOD PRODUCING RAINFALL. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND O5CCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, 2 hours 50 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, 2 hours 46 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.
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 6:51 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002- 003-004-005-006-220130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 645 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 ...TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MADISON PARISH HAD EXPIRED...HOWEVER A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA ALONG AND AHEAD OF A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS... AT 640 PM CST THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED TO TORNADO IN MADISON PARISH HAD MOVED INTO MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST OF JACKSON. REFER TO STATEMENTS ISSUED BY JACKSON MISSISSIPPI FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS DANGEROUS STORM. THE BAND OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI SOUTHWESTWARD TO MONROE LOUISIANA...TO THE TOLEDO RESERVOIR DAM. THE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST SOUTHEAST WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. . THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE LOCATED WITHIN THIS BAND IN SABINE AND NATCHITOCHES PARISHES ARE NO LONGER SEVERE...BUT REMAIN VERY STRONG. THE LINE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SLOWLY EAST AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WHICH MAY RESULT IN BRIEF FLOODING...ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IN WAKE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS VERY COLD AIR HAS INVADED THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE ARKLATEX. WITHIN THIS AREA PATCHY LIGHT PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING...WITH LIGHT WINTER TYPE OF PRECIPITATION OCCURRING NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM TYLER TEXAS TO SMITHVILLE OKLAHOMA AND ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THE ARKLATEX AT THIS TIME.
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 6:57 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002- 003-004-005-006-220130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO 5TH PARAGRAPH... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 645 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 ...TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MADISON PARISH HAD EXPIRED...HOWEVER A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA ALONG AND AHEAD OF A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS... AT 640 PM CST THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED TO TORNADO IN MADISON PARISH HAD MOVED INTO MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST OF JACKSON. REFER TO STATEMENTS ISSUED BY JACKSON MISSISSIPPI FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS DANGEROUS STORM. THE BAND OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI SOUTHWESTWARD TO MONROE LOUISIANA...TO THE TOLEDO RESERVOIR DAM. THE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST SOUTHEAST WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. . THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE LOCATED WITHIN THIS BAND IN SABINE AND NATCHITOCHES PARISHES ARE NO LONGER SEVERE...BUT REMAIN VERY STRONG. THE LINE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SLOWLY EAST AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WHICH MAY RESULT IN BRIEF FLOODING...ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IN WAKE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS VERY COLD AIR HAS INVADED THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE ARKLATEX. WITHIN THIS AREA PATCHY LIGHT PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING...WITH LIGHT WINTER TYPE OF PRECIPITATION OCCURRING NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM TYLER TEXAS TO SMITHVILLE OKLAHOMA AND ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THE ARKLATEX AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Franklin, Madison, Richland | 105 min |
| Dec 22, 1:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Madison, Tensas | 40 min |
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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.