Tornado Warning 8, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

May 11, 1992, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)

Expired

May 11, 1992, 11:45 PM CDT

In force

40 min

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Gregg County, 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.

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TTAA00 KSHV 120411 RRA
TORSHV
TXC183-120445-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1105 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS..
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...GREGG COUNTY
 
AT 1107 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS IN LONGVIEW AND
SHREVEPORT INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO EAST OF BROWNING TEXAS OR
ABOUT 12 MILES OF KILGORE TEXAS.
 
MOVEMENT WAS EAST NEAR 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
A HAM RADIO SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR THE SMITH/GREGG COUNTY
LINE.
 
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.

In the hours before

OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-
002-003-004-005-006-120500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1055 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992

TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

AT 1045 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED
AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF
A LINE FROM TYLER AND KARNACK TEXAS...ON TO RODESSA LOUISIANA...CANFIELD
...STEPHENS AND PRINCETON ARKANSAS. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR
MANNING ARKANSAS...TEXARKANA...ATLANTA...HUGHES SPRINGS...LONE STAR...
AND BIG SANDY TEXAS. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAMPBELL
TEXAS.

ISOLATED SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED DURING THE PAST HOUR NEAR FLORIEN AND
MANY LOUISIANA.
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES
PER HOUR.

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN
EXCESS OF ONE INCH IN A VERY SHORT TIME...RESULTING IN FLOODING
IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING
STRONG WINDS UP TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND UP TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 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.