Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 1992, 2:31 PM CST for Harrison County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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
- Mar 9, 1992, 2:31 PM CST (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 1992, 3:30 PM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harrison County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 3:05 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Harrison, 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, 8.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 633 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Mar 9, 8:31 AM CST, 6 hours before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-091700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 815 AM CST MON MAR 9 1992 TORNADO WATCH IN EFFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS AND FLOOD PRODUCING RAINFALL EXSISTS FOR MUCH OF THE ARKLATEX BEFORE THE DAY IS OVER. PERSONS IN THE ARKLATEX ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANG- ING WEATHER CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY AFTER MID MORNING OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS AND OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE STORMS WERE INDICATED OVER THE IMMEDDIATE ARKLATEX AT 810 MPH CST..WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SHOWERS ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDER- STORMS CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE AREA. RAINFALL OF ONE TO OVER TWO INCHES OCCURRED OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...EXTREME NORTHEAST EXAS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. AT 810 AM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RARARIN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A 70 MILE WIDE ARA OF RAIN...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LAKEFROM POVIDENCE LOUISIANA...CADDO LAKE...TYLER AND WACO TEXCAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED AT 810 AM CST EAST OF SPRINGHILL LOUISIAN AND SOUTHEAST OF TEXARKANA. A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR TEXARKANA TO WACO TEXAS MOVING EAAST. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTHWEAST TEXAS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA BY MID MORNING AND STORNS OVER RHT WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY AND MAY REACH SEVERE INTENSITY AND SPREAD EAST AND NORTHEAST. FLOODING WILL LIKELU DEVELOP WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN LOW AREAS AS CREEKS ARE RUNNING HIGH AND THE GROUND IS NEAR SATURATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 8:47 AM CST, 5 hours 44 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-091700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 815 AM CST MON MAR 9 1992 TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS AND FLOOD PRODUCING RAINFALL EXSISTS FOR MUCH OF THE ARKLATEX BEFORE THE DAY IS OVER. PERSONS IN THE ARKLATEX ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANG- ING WEATHER CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY AFTER MID MORNING OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS AND OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE STORMS WERE INDICATED OVER THE IMMEDDIATE ARKLATEX AT 810 MPH CST..WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SHOWERS ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDER- STORMS CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE AREA. RAINFALL OF ONE TO OVER TWO INCHES OCCURRED OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. AT 810 AM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RARAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A 70 MILE WIDE AREA OF RAIN...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAKE POVIDENCE LOUISIANA...CADDO LAKE...TYLER AND WACO TEXCAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED AT 810 AM CST EAST OF SPRINGHILL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST OF TEXARKANA. A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR TEXARKANA TO WACO TEXAS MOVING EAST. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTHWWSST TEXAS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA BY MID MORNING AND STORNS OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY AND MAY REACH SEVERE INTENSITY AND SPREAD EAST AND NORTHEAST. FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN LOW AREAS AS CREEKS ARE RUNNING HIGH AND THE GROUND IS NEAR SATURATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 10:10 AM CST, 4 hours 21 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-091700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1005 AM CST MON MAR 9 1992 TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS AND FLOOD PRODUCING RAINFALL EXISTS FOR MUCH OF THE ARKLATEX BEFORE THE DAY IS OVER. PERSONS IN THE ARKLATEX ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANG- ING WEATHER CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY AFTER MID MORNING OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS AND OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE STORMS WERE INDICATED OVER THE IMMEDIATE ARKLATEX AT 1000 AM CST..WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SHOWERS ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDER- STORMS CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF. RAINFALL OF ONE TO OVER TWO INCHES OCCURRED OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED TO FALL OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS JUST NORTH OF THE LOUISIANA BORDER. ALSO HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT AREA OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS FROM ASHDOWN AND TEXARKANA ARKANSAS AND DEKALB TEXAS SOUTHWEST THROUGH MOUNT PLEASANT TO NEAR WACO TEXAS. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT FOR SOME OF THE COUNTIES IN THE MIDDLE SULPHUR RIVER BASIN AND FLASH FLOOD WARNIGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR BOWIE AND CASS COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS AND LITTLE RIVER..HEMPSTEAD..AND MILLER COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. AT 1000 AM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RARAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A 70 MILE WIDE AREA OF RAIN...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAKE PROVIDENCE LOUISIANA WEST ALONG THE LOUISIANA/ARKANSAS BORDER TO NEAR CADDO LAKE IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND TO NEAR TYLER AND WACO TEXAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A BAND JUST NORTH OF THE LOUISIANA/ARKANSAS BORDER AND FROM ASHDOWN ARKANSAS SOUTHWEST ACROSS NEW BOSTON..MT PLEASANT AND TO NEAR WACO TEXAS. THE SYSTEM WAS MOVING VERY LITTLE WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AND MOVING OVER THE SAME GENERAL AREA. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA BY MID MORNING AND STORMS OVER THE WESTE"RN SECTIONS OF THE AREA WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY AND MAY REACH SEVERE INTENSITY AND SPREAD EAST AND NORTHEAST. FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN LOW AREAS AS CREEKS ARE RUNNING HIGH AND THE GROUND NEAR SATURATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 10:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Cass | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Rusk | 71 min |
| Mar 9, 3:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison, Panola | 97 min |
| Mar 9, 4:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass | 68 min |
| Mar 9, 5:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Cass | 3 hr |
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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.