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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 9, 1992Harrison County, Texas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 9, 3:05 PM CSTTornado F1Harrison, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 633 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 1992-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 297 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 10:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVBowie4 hr
Mar 9, 10:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVCass4 hr
Mar 9, 2:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg, Harrison, Rusk71 min
Mar 9, 3:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Panola97 min
Mar 9, 4:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass68 min
Mar 9, 5:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVCass3 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.