Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1992, 6:48 PM CDT for East Carroll Parish, Madison Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 57 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, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1992, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties East Carroll Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:10 PM CDT | Hail 1 | East Carroll, LA | |
| Jun 6, 7:14 PM CDT | Hail 0.8 | Madison, 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 062350 TORSHV LAC035-065-070045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 648 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS.. IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...SOUTHERN EAST CARROLL PARISH...NORTHERN MADISON PARISH AT 645 PM CDT NATIOANL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES EAST OF RAYVILLE ALONG INTERSTATE 20. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN SIGHTED BY LOUISIANA STATE POLICE SEVERAL TIMES. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. 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.t
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, Jun 6, 3:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-062130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 325 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AT 325 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED DEVELOP- ING THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. A 15 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED FROM 10 MILES EAST OF MONTGOMERY LOUISIANA TO NEAR BELLWOOD. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR FARMERVILLE AND MARION LOUISIANA. IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR LAKE VILLAGE. IN EAST TEXAS AND SOUTH LOUISIANA SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LUFKIN TEXAS TO ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGIEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS EVENING IN AND CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-062300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 445 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AT 435 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED DEVELOP- ING THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE ACTIVITY WAS TO THE EAST OF A WILMOT ARKANSAS... GIBSLAND...RINGGOLD...CLARENCE...AND LACAMP LOUISIANA LINE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR STANDARD...GOOD PINE...AND NEAR JONESVILLE LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS EVENING IN AND CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND FORECASTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-062330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 525 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AT 520 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST AND NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE ACTIVITY WAS INCREASING ALONG INTERSTATE 20 FROM MONROE TO SOUTH OF RUSTON TO EAST OF DRISKILL MOUNTAIN. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORNS WERE SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBIA TO EAST OF ST JOSEPH LOUISIANA EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD TO NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS THEY SPREAD INTO THE DELTA REGION...WITH SOME APPROACHING SEVERE CRITERIA. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE ARKLATEX...NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICAT-ED HOWEVER...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER MISSISSIPPI AND THE GULF COAST REGIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH LOUISIANA.
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, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Richland | 59 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes 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.