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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Shreveport, LA

October 29, 1992Harrison County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 29, 1992, 5:48 PM CST for Harrison County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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
Oct 29, 1992, 5:48 PM CST (23:48 UTC)
Expired
Oct 29, 1992, 6:45 PM CST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Harrison County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 29, 6:01 PM CSTHail 1.75Harrison, 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 31 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-10-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 197 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-10-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
197 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 292348
TORSHV
TXC203-300045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
548 PM CST THU OCT 29 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...HARRISON COUNTY
 
AT 545 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT AND LONGVIEW
INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HALLSVILLE MOVING
EAST SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH.
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUED IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CST...
 
 
 
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, Oct 29, 3:46 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-
002-003-004-005-006-292315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
345 PM CST THU OCT 29 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFCT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL
TEXAS...

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS WITH A FEW STORMS ALREADY INCREASING TO STRONG INTENSITY.

AT 340 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTOMS IN AN AREA FROM
PARIS TO LONGVIEW...WESTWARD TO BETWEEN FORT WORTH AND WACO. STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS WERE NEAR EMORY...SOUTHWESTWARD TO
JUST SOUTHEAST OF DALLAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED OVER
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.

STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVER NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SPREAD EAST AND NORTHEAST OVER THE
REMAINDER OF THE ARKLATEX LATER TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL REACH
SEVERE INTENSITY...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR AS WELL.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30
MILES PER HOUR.

THIS WILL BE ONLY THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
EVENTS OVER THE NEXY FEW DAYS. AFTER A RATHER PROLONG DRY PERIOD...
AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY WILL
RESULT IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY
MORNING...AND AGAINT BY SUNDAY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Oct 29, 5:07 PM CST, 41 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-
002-003-004-005-006-300200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
510 PM CST THU OCT 29 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND
CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CST.
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE WESTERN
SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX REGION...

AT 500 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS..SOME PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS..OVER NORTHEAST
TEXAS..NORTHWEST LOUISIANA..AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.  IN TEXAS...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MAUD..KILDARE..AND
SCOTTSVILLE WEST TO NEAR  COOPER..KAUFMAN..AND PALESTINE.  THE
STRONGER STORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR BETTIE AND GILMER AND SOUTHEAST
OF WILLS POINT.  IN ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA A BROKEN BAND OF SHOWERS
ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE EXTENDED FROM NEAR GURDON SOUTH TO NEAR CANFIELD
ARKANSAS AND INTO LOUISIANA TO NEAR PLAIN DEALING..SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER
CITY AND TO NORTH OF LOGANSPORT.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT NEAR 25 MPH.
THE STRONGER STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGNING
WINDS..HAIL..AND FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THE STORMS OVER UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS NEAR GILMER AND
BETTIE WERE INDICATED TO BE SEVERE AND WILL REQUIRE A WARNING
FOR GREGG AND HARRISON COUNTIES SHORTLY.

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.