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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 1992, 3:51 PM CDT for Lincoln Parish, Union Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 69 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
- Aug 26, 1992, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 1992, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lincoln Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Union, LA | |
| Aug 26, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Union, 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
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 547 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 913 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 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 262053 TORSHV LAC111-061-262200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 351 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...UNION PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA ...EASTERN LINCOLN PARISH AT 345 PM WEATHER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED POSSIBLE TORNADOS NEAR POINT LOUISIANA OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST FARMERVILLE AND ALSO NEAR MARION LOUISIANA OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF FARMERVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE WEST AT ABOUT 20 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.
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, Aug 26, 10:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-261700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 940 AM CDT WED AUG 26 1992 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF MISSISSIPPI. AT 940 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATING THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDER- STORMS SPREADING NORTHWARD AND NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL INTO NORTH- EAST LOUISIANA AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF MISSISSIPPI. THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDED FROM NEAR JACKSON MISSISSIPPI TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF MONROE TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHREVEPORT THROUGH LOWER TOLEDO BEND LAKE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN A BAND FROM NATCHEZ MISSISSIPI TO WINFIELD TO NEAR NATCHITOCHES. THIS BAND OF STORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD WITH INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING WEST AT 30 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR. NUMEROUS BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED SOUTH OF THAT AREA OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THESE BANDS OF STORMS WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD AS WELL AND POSE A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOUSIANA AND ADJACENT AREAS OF MISSISSIPPI. THE REMNANTS OF ANDREW ARE EXPECTED TO MOE SLOWLY NORTH TODAY AND TONIGHT CONSEQUENTLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOUSIANA WHILE CONTINUING OVER SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA. LOW AREA FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND FINALLY OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT, AS RAINFALL EXEEDS FIVE INCHES WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING IN EXCESS OF EIGHT INCHES. FORTUNATELY PRIOR TO THIS EPISODE ALL AREA STREAMS WERE AT LATE SUMMER LOW STAGES, AND THE GROUND WILL ABSORB THE INITIAL PART OF THE RAINFALL. HOW- EVER, DURATION OF RAINFALL WILL BE OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD OF TIME, AND LOW AREA FLOODING WILL EVENTUALLY DEVELOP. WINDS AROUND THE CIRCULATION OF ANDREW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TODAY AS IT MOVES VERY SLOWLY NORTHWARD. HOWEVER, HIGH WIND GUSTS WITH BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE OVER CE<NTRAL AND THE SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 11:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-261800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1140 AM CDT WED AUG 26 1992 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF MISSISSIPPI. AT 1140 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDER- STORMS SPREADING NORTHWARD AND NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL INTO NORTH- EAST LOUISIANA AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF MISSISSIPPI. THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDED FROM NEAR JACKSON MISSISSIPPI TO TALLULAH LOUISIANA TO MONROE TO COUSHATTA ACROSS LOWER TOLEDO BEND LAKE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN A BAND FROM NEAR TALLULAH TO NEAR COLUMBIA. THIS BAND OF STORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD WITH INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING WEST AT NEAR 25 MILES PER HOUR. NUMEROUS BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED SOUTH OF THAT AREA OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THESE BANDS OF STORMS WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD AS WELL AND POSE A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND ADJANCENT AREAS OF MISSISSIPPI. THE REMNANTS OF ANDREW ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH TODAY AND TONIGHT. CONSEQUENTLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOUSIANA WHILE CONTINUING OVER SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA. LOW AREA FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND FINALLY OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...AS RAINFALL EXEEDS FIVE INCHES WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING IN EXCESS OF EIGHT INCHES. FORTUNATELY PRIOR TO THIS EPISODE ALL AREA STREAMS WERE AT LATE SUMMER LOW STAGES AND THE GROUND WILL ABSORB THE INITIAL PART OF THE RAINFALL. HOW- EVER...DURATION OF RAINFALL WILL BE OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD OF TIME AND LOW AREA FLOODING WILL EVENTUALLY DEVELOP. WINDS AROUND THE CIRCULATION OF ANDREW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TODAY AS IT MOVES VERY SLOWLY NORTHWARD. HOWEVER...HIGH WIND GUSTS WITH BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE OVER CENTRAL AND THE SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 1:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-262000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 115 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF MISSISSIPPI. AT 115 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDER- STORMS SPREADING NORTHWARD AND NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH LOUISIANA AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF MISSISSIPPI. THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDED FROM NEAR GREEMWOOD MISSISSIPPI TO OAK GROVE LOUISIANA TO HOMER AND BOSSIER CITY ON TO THE TOLEDO BEND LAKE. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING EAST OF A LINE FROM RUSTON LOUISIANA TO WINNFIELD TO ALEXANDRIA. THE AREA WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD WITH INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING WEST AT NEAR 25 MILES PER HOUR. NUMEROUS BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THESE BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO THE NORTH AND POSE A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND ADJACENT AREAS OF MISSISSIPPI. THE REMNANTS OF ANDREW ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH TODAY AND TONIGHT. CONSEQUENTLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOUSIANA WHILE CONTINUING OVER SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA. LOW AREA FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND FINALLY OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...AS RAINFALL EXEEDS FIVE INCHES WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING IN EXCESS OF EIGHT INCHES. FORTUNATELY PRIOR TO THIS EPISODE ALL AREA STREAMS WERE AT LATE SUMMER LOW STAGES AND THE GROUND WILL ABSORB THE INITIAL PART OF THE RAINFALL. HOW- EVER...DURATION OF RAINFALL WILL BE OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD OF TIME AND LOW AREA FLOODING WILL EVENTUALLY DEVELOP. WINDS AROUND THE CIRCULATION OF ANDREW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TONIGHT AS IT MOVES VERY SLOWLY NORTHWARD. HOWEVER...HIGH WIND GUSTS WITH BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE OVER CENTRAL AND THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. ELSEWHERE ISOLATED SHOWERS HAVE FORMED IN THE PAST HOUR OVER EAST TEXAS SOUTH OF PALESTINE TO NACOGADOCHES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Morehouse | 56 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.