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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Shreveport, LA

February 2, 1990Morehouse Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 1990, 7:55 PM CST for Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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
Feb 2, 1990, 7:55 PM CST (01:55 UTC)
Expired
Feb 2, 1990, 8:45 PM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Morehouse 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
Feb 2, 8:10 PM CSTTornado F1Morehouse, 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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1990-02-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 457 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1990-02-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
457 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 030216
TORSHV
LAC067-030245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
755 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING PARISH...
 
IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
          ...MOREHOUSE
 
A TORNADO WAS SPOTTED NEAR ROCKY BRANCH IN UNION PARISH AND WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR WARDVILLE IN MOREHOUSE
PARISH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE dLOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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, Feb 2, 4:05 PM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003-
004-005-006-022330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
415 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990

ISOLATED STRONG THRUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTH LOUISIANA
AND ADJACENT AREAS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
EFFECT NORTH LOUISIANA AND ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT.

ALTHOUGH NO WIDESPREAD THUNEDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED A FEW OF THESE
STROMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ALONG WITH
SPOTTY HAIL AND UPON DECAY HIGH WIND GUSTS.

AT 405 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDER-
STORMS DEVELOPING IN A BAND FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOUISISANA TO NEAR
LONGVIEW AND TYLER TEXAS. THE STORM OVER CADDO LAKE WAS INCREASING. ANOTHER
AREA OF SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING FROM MONROE TO THE LOWER TOLEDO BEND INTO
TEXAS TO NEAR LUFKIN. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVEOPING NEAR THE TOLEDO BEND
RESERVOIR NEAR MANY LOUISIANA.
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 5:28 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003-
004-005-006-030200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
525 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990

AT 525 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING NEAR CASTOR LOUISIANA 35 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF RUSTON LOUISIANA.

THE STORM WILL MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND PRODUCE HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCAL HIGH WIND GUSTS.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONROE
LOUISIANA...NORTH OF NATCHITOCHES...AND 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TEXARKANA.

THESE STORMS WERE WITHIN TWO BANDS OF SHOWERES AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT
WERE LOCATED FROM WEST OF OAK GROVE LOUISIANA TO NORTHWEST OF MONROE
TO NEAR COUSHATTA AND NATCHITOCHES TO NEAR LUFKIN TEXAS. THE OTHER
BAND WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR PRESCOTT ARKANAS TO THE TEXARKANA-
LEWISVILLE AREA TO NEAR GILMER TEXAS.

A FEW OTHER STRONG STORMS WPILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...HOWEVER COVERAGE WILL
BE ISOLATED BUT SOME WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN HAIL AND HIGH WIND GUSTS.
ONE OR TWO OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE.
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 6:33 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003-
004-005-006-030300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
630 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990

AT 625 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER NORTH LOUISIANA...SOUTH ARKANSAS
AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER JACKSON PARISH
NEAR QUITMAN...ALSO IN ARKANSAS OVER NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY NEAR KIRBY..AND IN
NORTHEAST TEXAS ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF WASKOM.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND WERE
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN HAIL AND HIGH GUSTY WINDS.

A FEW OTHER STRONG STORMS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...HOWEVER COVERAGE WILL
BE ISOLATED BUT SOME WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN HAIL AND HIGH WIND GUSTS.
ONE OR TWO OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE.
Special weather statement, Feb 2, 7:44 PM CST, 11 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003-
004-005-006-030400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
740 PM CST FRI FEB 2 1990

...STRONG ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ARKLATEX THIS EVENING...

AT 730 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN CADDO PARISH NEAR RODESSA AND IDA LOUISIANA.
REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THIS STORM IN MARSHALL TEXAS WERE RECEIVED
BUT NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE WERE REPORTED. THE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ISSUED
FOR HARRISON AND MARION COUNTIES IN TEXAS AND CADDO PARISH IN LOUISIANA
HAVE EXPIRED. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHT-
NING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN MONROE AND BASTROP LOUISIANA
AND WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN HIGH WIND GUSTS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND THE POSSIBILIT>Y FOR
STRONG AND POSSIBLY A COUPLE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 2, 6:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaddo59 min
Feb 3, 1:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVWebster59 min
Feb 3, 1:59 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVClaiborne, Webster46 min
Feb 3, 5:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVWebster3 hr
Feb 3, 5:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVBossier3 hr
Feb 3, 8:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne62 min
Feb 3, 1:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMadison61 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.