Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 3, 1992, 4:33 PM CST for Union Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 72 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, 4:33 PM CST (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 3, 1992, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 72 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Union Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Union, LA | |
| Nov 3, 5:15 PM CST | Hail 0.88 | 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 032234 TORSHV LAC111-069-127-032345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 433 PM CST TUE NOV 3 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...UNION PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA ...EASTERN NATCHITOCHES PARISH...WINN PARISH AT 430 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF FARMERVILLE LOUISIANA AND ALSO ON SALINE LAKE BETWEEN NATCHITOCHES AND WINNFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR SABINE... NATCHITOCHES...AND JACKSON PARISHES IN NORTH LOUISIASNA. THESE STORMS WERE WITHIN A LINE FROM HUTTIG ARKANSAS TO JONESBORO LOUISIANA TO MANY ACROSS THE LOWER TOLEDO BEND LAKE TO NEAR JASPER TEXAS. 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, Nov 3, 10:44 AM CST, 5 hours 49 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-031830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1045 AM CST TUE NOV 3 1992 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THEN INTENSIFY AS THEY SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. AT MID MORNING A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED OVER EASTCENTRAL OKLAHOMA WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD TODAY AND TONIGHT. ALSO..MOISTURE WAS MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM INTO EAST TEXAS LATE THIS MORNING. SHOWERS AT MID MORNING HAD DEVELOPED HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARKASAS. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP FROM NORTHWEST OF TEXARKANSA TO NEAR TYLER AN D COLLEGE STATION BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD EASTWARD. LATER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
Special weather statement, Nov 3, 10:46 AM CST, 5 hours 47 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-031830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1045 AM CST TUE NOV 3 1992 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THEN INTENSIFY AS THEY SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. AT MID MORNING A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED OVER EASTCENTRAL OKLAHOMA WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD TODAY AND TONIGHT. ALSO..MOISTURE WAS MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM INTO EAST TEXAS LATE THIS MORNING. SHOWERS AT MID MORNING HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARKASAS. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP FROM NORTHWEST OF TEXARKANSA TO NEAR TYLER AND COLLEGE, STATION BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD EASTWARD. LATER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS REQUIRED.
Special weather statement, Nov 3, 12:24 PM CST, 4 hours 9 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-031915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1220 PM CST TUE NOV 3 1992 LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEASTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AT MIDDAY...AND SHOULD SPREAD EAST AND INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...EXTREME EAST TEXAS...AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES EASTWARD. AT 1220 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM NEAR MURFREESBORO ARKANSAS...OR 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF TEXARKANA... ACROSS TEXASRKANA ON TO BETWEEN TYLER AND LONGVIEW TO 40 MILES WEST OF LUFKIN. THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WERE OCCURING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 70S TO NEAR 80. IN WAKE OF THE SYSTEM STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH COOLER AIR WJAS MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
Special weather statement, Nov 3, 1:16 PM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-032015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 110 PM CST TUE NOV 3 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AT 110 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A 15 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR ARKADELPHIA ARKANSAS TO HOPE...FOUKE ...TO JEFFERSON TEXAS ON TO LONGVIEW. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST NORTH- EAST OF JEFFERSON. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE AHEAD OF THIS LINE FROM NEAR LUFKIN TO NACOGADOCHES AND CENTER TO NEAR MANSFIELD LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH ARKANSAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA. A FEW WILL BE SEVERE. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL TEXAS...MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND MUCH SOUTH AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
Local storm report, Nov 3, 3:41 PM CST, 52 minutes before
STORM REPORTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 330 PM CST TUE NOV 3 1992 PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS FOR TUE NOV 3 1992 WIND DAMAGE AND/OR LARGE HAIL HAS OCCURRED WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. LARGE HAIL AND/OR WIND DAMAGE IN PARTS OF SHELBY...PANLOA...AND HARRISON COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS AND PARTS OF DESOTO...RED RIVER...CADDO.. BOSSER...RED RIVER...CLAIBORNE...BIENVILLE AND WEBSTER PARISHES IN NORTHWEST LOUISAIANA. ALSO IN COLUMBIA COUNTY ARKANAS. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE OCCURRED IN PARTS OF SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY METROPOLITAN AREA WITH THE MOST DAMAGE THUS FAR REPORTED IN AND AROUND THE DOWNTWON ARIPORT AREA ACROSS THE RED RIVER INTO BOSSIER CITY. VISUAL WIND GUSTS AT DOWNTOWN AIRPORT WAS 90 MPH WITH 7 HANGARS DAMAGED OR DEMOLISHED. AS OF YET THERE HAS BEEN NO REPORTED INJURIES.
Local storm report, Nov 3, 3:48 PM CST, 45 minutes before
STORM REPORTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 346 PM CST TUE NOV 3 1992 PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS FOR TUE NOV 3 1992 WIND DAMAGE AND/OR LARGE HAIL HAS OCCURRED WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. LARGE HAIL AND/OR WIND DAMAGE IN PARTS OF SHELBY...PANLOA...AND HARRISON COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS AND PARTS OF DESOTO...RED RIVER...CADDO.. BOSSER...RED RIVER...CLAIBORNE...BIENVILLE AND WEBSTER PARISHES IN NORTHWEST LOUISAIANA... ALSO IN COLUMBIA COUNTY ARKANAS. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE OCCURRED IN PARTS OF SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY METROPOLITAN AREA WITH THE MOST DAMAGE THUS FAR REPORTED IN AND AROUND THE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT AREA ACROSS THE RED RIVER INTO BOSSIER CITY. VISUAL WIND GUSTS AT DOWNTOWN AIRPORT WAS 90 MPH WITH 7 HANGARS DAMAGED OR DEMOLISHED. AS OF YET THERE HAS BEEN NO REPORTED INJURIES. BESIDES THE DAMAGE IN THE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT AREA OF SHREVEPORT THERE HAD BEEN DAMAGE ALSO REPORTED IN SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 1:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 94 min |
| Nov 3, 1:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 94 min |
| Nov 3, 2:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 70 min |
| Nov 3, 2:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | De Soto | 59 min |
| Nov 3, 2:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Webster | 76 min |
| Nov 3, 2:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Red River | 62 min |
| Nov 3, 3:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 59 min |
| Nov 3, 3:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 85 min |
| Nov 3, 3:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | De Soto, Red River | 61 min |
| Nov 3, 3:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Lincoln | 61 min |
| Nov 3, 3:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 99 min |
| Nov 3, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Winn | 77 min |
| Nov 3, 4:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Winn | 72 min |
| Nov 3, 5:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Jackson, Ouachita | 83 min |
| Nov 3, 5:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Franklin, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 75 min |
| Nov 3, 5:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | East Carroll, Madison, Tensas | 96 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.