Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 1992, 5:39 PM CST for Madison Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 36 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 22, 1992, 5:39 PM CST (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 1992, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 5:55 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Madison, 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
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 222338 TORSHV LAC065-230015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 539 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS.. IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...EXTREME EASTERN MADISON PARISH AT 534 PM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN MADISON PARISH REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT MOUND LOUISIANA. THIS TORNADO HAS MOVED BACK UP INTO THE CLOUD AT THIS TIME. THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PRODUCED THIS BRIEF TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR TOWARD VICKSBURG MISSISSIPPI. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. 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, Mar 22, 1:17 PM CST, 4 hours 22 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-222100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 115 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... AT 115 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR VIVIAN LOUISIANA TO CANFIELD ARKANSAS ON TO LEWISVILLE AND READER. HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH STONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS SHOWER ACTIVITY WAS ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDED FROM LUFKIN TEXAS TO NEAR TEXARKANA AND PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...STONG GUSTY WINDS... AND POSSIBLY HAIL. STRONG WINDS ALONG THE FRONT WILL GUST FROM 20 TO 30 MPH. BOATERS ON ON AREA LAKES SHOULD USE CAUTION IF ON THE WATER TODAY. L
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 2:15 PM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-222200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 210 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... AT 210 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR MINDEN LOUISIANA TO HAYNESVILLE ON TO MAGNOLIA AND EL DORADO ARKANSAS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL ARE LIKELY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS SHOWER ACTIVITY WAS ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WAS LOCATED AT 2 PM FROM NEAR EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO SHREVEPORT TO LUFKIN TEXAS. GUSTY WINDS ALONG THE FRONT OF 25 TO 35 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED. TO THE NORTHWEST...TEMPERA- TURES HAVE BEEN FALLING RAPIDLY WITH TEXARKANA REPORTING 51 DEGREES WHILE SHREVEPORT HAD A TEMPERATURE OF 76 DEGREES AT 2 PM.
Local storm report, Mar 22, 3:47 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
345 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992
...STORM REPORTS FOR SUNDAY MARCH 22ND...
335 PM LINCOLN LA GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS AT
RUSTON. FROM SHERIFFS OFFICE.Local storm report, Mar 22, 4:05 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
405 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992
...STORM REPORTS FOR SUNDAY MARCH 22ND...
335 PM LINCOLN LA GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS AT
RUSTON. FROM SHERIFFS OFFICE.
358 PM UNION LA MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT ROCKY BRANCH. FROM
TROOP F.Special weather statement, Mar 22, 5:01 PM CST, 38 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-230100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 500 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA UNTIL 10 PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR OUACHITA AND NORTHEAST JACKSON PARISHES... AT 500 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST LOUISISANA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS EAST OF A LINE FROM BASTROP TO MONROE TO WINNFIELD. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR RAYVILLE TO NEAR COLUMBIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE SHOWN A WEAKENING TREND IN THE PAST HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTH- EAST LOUISIANA THIS EVENING AND END BY MIDNIGHT. WINDY AND COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL OCCbUR TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH- WEST.
Local storm report, Mar 22, 5:29 PM CST, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
530 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1992
...STORM REPORTS FOR SUNDAY MARCH 22ND...
335 PM LINCOLN LA GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS AT
RUSTON. FROM SHERIFFS OFFICE.
358 PM UNION LA MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT ROCKY BRANCH. FROM
TROOP F.
525 PM MADISON LA MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT TALLULAH.The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 3:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Lincoln, Union | 56 min |
| Mar 22, 3:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Jackson, Ouachita | 69 min |
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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.