Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 1993, 6:07 PM CST for Caldwell Parish, Jackson Parish, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 68 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 30, 1993, 6:07 PM CST (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 1993, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Caldwell Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 6:40 PM CST | Tornado F1 | To 3 Sw, 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
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 645 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 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 310007 TORSHV LAC021-073-049-310115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 607 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...NORTHERN CALDWELL PARISH...SOUTHERN OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA ...EASTERN JACKSON PARISH AT 604 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST EAST OF JONESBORO. THERE HAS BEEN WIND DAMAGE AND VERY LARGE HAIL REPORTED IN JONESBORO. THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. 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. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland | 55 min |
| Mar 30, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Tensas | 55 min |
| Mar 30, 7:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll | 69 min |
| Mar 30, 7:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Franklin | 69 min |
| Mar 30, 7:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 69 min |
| Mar 30, 7:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | East Carroll | 69 min |
| Mar 30, 8:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches | 58 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.