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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Shreveport, LA

November 3, 1992Shelby County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 3, 1992, 2:10 PM CST for Shelby County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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
Nov 3, 1992, 2:10 PM CST (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Nov 3, 1992, 3:15 PM CST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Shelby County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 3, 2:20 PM CSTHail 1.75Shelby, TX
Nov 3, 2:30 PM CSTTornado F0Shelby, 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 1992-11-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 113 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 1992-11-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 434 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-200 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
434 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
464 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 032010
TORSHV
TXC419-032115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
210 PM CST TUE NOV 3 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...SHELBY COUNTY
 
AT 158 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO NEAR CENTER MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 3, 1:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Panola81 min
Nov 3, 1:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVShelby81 min
Nov 3, 3:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVShelby85 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.