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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 6, 1992Richland Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1992, 6:16 PM CDT for Richland Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 59 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: Jun 6, 1992, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 1992, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Richland Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 6, 6:27 PM CDT	Hail 0.8	Richland, LA
Jun 6, 6:38 PM CDT	Tornado F1	Richland, 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 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 158 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -163 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1146 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 062318
TORSHV
LAC083-070015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
616 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS..
 
IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...RICHLAND PARISH
 
AT 615 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVPORT INDICATED A
POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAYVILLE LOUISIANA. THIS STORM
WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
 
 
 
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.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita	55 min
Jun 6, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll	85 min
Jun 6, 6:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	East Carroll, Madison	57 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 1992 Every tornado warning in 1992 Tornadoes in 1992

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.