Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 1992, 8:07 PM CDT for Franklin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 68 min. 1 report 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, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 1992, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Franklin, 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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 697 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 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 270109 TORSHV LAC041-270215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 807 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...FRANKLIN PARISH AT 804 PM CDT SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO ALONG THE MADISON /FRANKLIN PARISH LINE ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINNSBORO LOUISIANA MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR FRANKLIN PARISH. ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR MADISON AND TENSAS PARISH UNTIL 845 PM CDT... ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUED IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREAS UNTIL 100 AM CDT... 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
Local storm report, Aug 26, 4:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
415 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992
STORM REPORTS FOR WEDNESDAY AUGUST 26TH
TIME CDT PARISH/COUNTY STATE EVENT/LOCATION
330 PM MOREHOUSE LA STATE POLICE REPORTED...STRUCTURAL DAMAG
JUST WEST OF BEEKMAN...TREES WERE
DOWNED ON LA HIGHWAY 140...MINOR
INJURIES.
407 PM UNION LA TORNADO SIGHTED IN POINT OR 15 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF FARMERVILLE.Local storm report, Aug 26, 4:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
425 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992
STORM REPORTS FOR WEDNESDAY AUGUST 26TH
TIME CDT PARISH/COUNTY STATE EVENT/LOCATION
330 PM MOREHOUSE LA STATE POLICE REPORTED...STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE JUST WEST OF BEEKMAN...TREES
WERE DOWNED ON LA HIGHWAY 140...MINOR
INJURIES IN MOBILE HOMES.
400 PM UNION LA TORNADO REPORTED JUST WEST OF MARION
CAUSING TREE DAMAGE.
407 PM UNION LA TORNADO SIGHTED IN POINT OR 15 MILES
> SOUTHEAST OF FARMERVILLE.
417 PM UNION LA BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 5 MILES
WEST SOUTHWEST OF POINT WITH 4
MINOR INJURIES.Special weather statement, Aug 26, 6:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-270030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 610 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN TIER PARISHES OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA UNTIL 1 AM... ...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA... AT 610 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN EAST OF A LINE FROM HOMER LOUISIANA TO NATCHITOCHES TO ALEXANDRIA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS INDICATED FROM NEAR LAKE PROVIDENCE TO MONROE ON TO JUST NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA. HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA MAY RESULT IN FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN LOW AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH. EARLIER ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER NORTH LOUISIANA HAVE DISSIPATED AND NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING AT 610 PM. . DUE TO PROLONGED RAIN OF 24 HOURS...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO OVER EIGHT INCHES MAY ACCUMULATE BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA fOVERNIGHT. ELSEWHERE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER WESTERN LOUISIANA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
Local storm report, Aug 26, 7:19 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
715 PM CDT WED AUG 26 1992
...STORM REPORT FOR AUG 26 1992...
TIME CDT PARISH/COUNTY STATE EVENT/LOCATION
710 PM MADISON LA TORNADO REPORTED 4 MILES EAST OF
TALLULAH. NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED
ACROSS THE PARISH ACCORDING TO
THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN TALLULAH.The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Franklin, Tensas | 62 min |
| Aug 26, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Madison, Tensas | 56 min |
| Aug 26, 8:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Franklin, Richland | 5 hr |
| Aug 26, 8:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | East Carroll, West Carroll | 5 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.