Tornado Warning 7, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

Apr 19, 1992, 10:43 PM CDT (03:43 UTC)

Expired

Apr 19, 1992, 11:30 PM CDT

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Morehouse Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, 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.

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TTAA00 KSHV 200346
TORSHV
LAC067-073-200430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1043 PM CDT SUN APR 19 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS..
 
IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN MOREHOUSE PARISH...NORTHEASTERN OUACHITA PARISH
 
AT 1040 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND ALSO A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST NORTHEAST OF
DOWNTOWN MONROE LOUISIANA. FUNNEL CLOUDS FROM THIS STORM HAVE BEEN
SPOTTED OVER THE PAST 15 MINUTES. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE A
TORNADO...SO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. ALONG WITH A POSSIBLE
TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.
 
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

In the hours before

OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-
002-003-004-005-006-200000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
505 PM CDT SUN APR 19 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EAST TEXAS...AND FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 9 PM...
...FLASH WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS
TONIGHT...

AT 505 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUED TO SHOW
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND OVER PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA. ONE 50 MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDED
FROM NEAR HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS TO TEXARKANA TO TENAHA TEXAS TO WOODVILLE.
ANOTHER BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR PARIS TEXAS
SOUTHWARD TO ATHENS. OVER NORTH LOUISIANA ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDER-
STORMS WERE INDICATED. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING NEAR LOGANSPORT
LOUISIANA...NEAR THE SAN RAYBURN RESERVOIR IN EAST TEXAS AND NEAR WILLS
POINT TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. THE THREAT OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS THE ARKLATEX.

PERSONS ACROSS THE ARKLATEX REGION SHOULD TAKE CAUTION IF TRAVELING TONIGHT.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLY
FLOODING IN LOW AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SEVERE STORMS CAN CAUSE FLOOD
PRODUCING RAINFALL...HIGH AND DAMAGING7 WINDS...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AS WELL AS TORNADOES.

Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes in 1992

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.