Tornado Warning 29, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

May 30, 1990, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)

Expired

May 30, 1990, 9:43 PM CDT

In force

96 min

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Caddo Parish, LA, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rusk County, TX

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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TTAA00 KSHV 310108
TORSHV
LAC015-017-031-119-TXC203-315-365-401-310315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
807 PM CDT WED MAY 30 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS..
 
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...BOSSIER PARISH...CADDO PARISH...DESOTO PARISH...WEBSTER PARISH
 
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...HARRISON COUNTY...MARION COUNTY...PANOLA COUNTY...RUSK COUNTY
 
AT 803 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED POSSIBLE TORNADOES
OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA NEAR STONEWALL..SOUTH OF DIXIE..SOUTH OF
BENTON..AND SOUTHWEST OF GREENWOOD AND IN EAST TEXAS NEAR DEBERRY
..NEAR HENDERSON..AND EAST OF CARTHAGE..ALSO NEAR JEFFERSON.
THEY HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT ACCOMPANY THE TORNADOS HAVE ALSO
PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING FLOODING OF STREETS..LOW
LYING..AND POOR DRAINAGE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ESTIMATED TO BE FROM
NEAR ONE TO OVER THREE INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
 
NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SHREVPORT WITH THE
STORMS.
 
 
 
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 LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

In the hours before

OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
003-004-005-006-310000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
445 PM CDT WED MAY 30 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...

...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTH ARKANSAS AND
ARE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND EAST TEXAS...

AT 440 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH ARKANSAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM TEXARKANA TO
EL DORADO. ALSO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND EAST TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT OVER
THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE ARKALTEX AND PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..HAIL..
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.

PERSONS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1990Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 1990Every tornado warning in 1990Tornadoes in 1990

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.