Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1991, 7:07 PM CDT for Gregg County, Rusk County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min. 7 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
- Apr 26, 1991, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1991, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gregg County, TX, Rusk County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Rusk, TX | |
| Apr 26, 7:45 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Rusk, TX | |
| Apr 26, 7:57 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Rusk, TX | |
| Apr 26, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Rusk, TX | |
| Apr 26, 8:10 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Rusk, TX | |
| Apr 26, 8:15 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Gregg, TX | |
| Apr 26, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Rusk, TX |
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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 4104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.7
- Supercell composite
- 21.4
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 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, Apr 26, 1:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 5350 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR NORTH LOUISIANA.. BUT SEVERE THUNDERESTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ADJACENT SECTIONS OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI AND EASTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST LOUISIANA... ...SHOWERS AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER EAST TEXAS... AT 530 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS..NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.. AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI. THE AREA WAS GENEARLLY EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR HOT SPRINGS SOUTHEAST TO NEAR WILMOT ARKANSAS..ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST LOUISIANA TO NEAR OAK GROVE AND LAKE PROVIDENCE AND INTO MISSISSIPPI. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING dTO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. . RADAR ALSO SHOWED DEVELOPED SHOWERS AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TEXAS OVER ANDERSON COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 25 MPH.
Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
515 PM FRI APR 26 1991
STORM REPORTS FOR FRIDAY APRIL 26 1991
TIME CNTY/PRSH ST EVENT/LOCATION/DAMAGE
2:00 PM UNION LA .. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND
AT SPEARSVILLE LOUISIANA.
2:05 PM UNION LA .. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL
AT LOCKHART LOUISIANA.
2:45 PM UNION jLA .. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT ROCKY BRANCH.
.
3:10 PM MOREHOUSE LA .. ONE INCH SIZE HAIL 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BASTROP LOUISIANA.
.
3:20 PM UNION LA .. ONE INCH SIZE HAIL AT DEAN LOUISIANA.Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 530 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR NORTH LOUISIANA.. BUT SEVERE THUNDERESTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ADJACENT SECTIONS OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI AND EASTERN ARKANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST LOUISIANA... ...SHOWERS AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER EAST TEXAS... AT 530 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS..NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.. AND WESTERN MISSISSIPPI. THE AREA WAS GENEARLLY EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR HOT SPRINGS SOUTHEAST TO NEAR WILMOT ARKANSAS..ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST LOUISIANA TO NEAR OAK GROVE AND LAKE PROVIDENCE AND INTO MISSISSIPPI. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVIlNG TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. . RADAR ALSO SHOWED DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TEXAS OVER ANDERSON COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 6:46 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 645 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 100 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING... ...SHOWERS AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TEXAS... AT 630 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT AND LONGVIEW SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TEXAS FROM NEAR MINEOLA SOUTH TO NEAR NECHES. TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.. ONE NEAR FRANKSTON AND ANOTHER NEAR MINEOLA WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND PRODUCING LARGE HAIL..HIGH WINDS..AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. RADAR ALSO SHOWED MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND SHOWERS OVER SOUTH ARKANSAS NEAR MAGNOLIA AND OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA NEAR FARMERVILLE AND COLLINSTON. SURFACE REPORTS ALSO INDICATED LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA NEAR SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN EAST TEXAS AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKASAS AND WESTERN LOUISIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 118 min |
| Apr 26, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier | 118 min |
| Apr 27, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, Webster | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 70 min |
| Apr 27, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville | 88 min |
| Apr 27, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Webster | 89 min |
| Apr 27, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Jackson, Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Rusk | 98 min |
| Apr 26, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison, Panola | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 3:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 5:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 6:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 68 min |
| Apr 27, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cass | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Rusk | 75 min |
| Apr 27, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison, Panola | 98 min |
| Apr 27, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass | 98 min |
| Apr 27, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass | 57 min |
| Apr 27, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Little River, Sevier | 118 min |
| Apr 27, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Pike | 94 min |
| Apr 27, 4:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Little River | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Nevada | 2 hr |
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.