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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1994, 5:39 PM CDT for Gregg County, Harrison County, Rusk County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1994, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1994, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Rusk County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 6 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
- 1161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 132239 TORSHV TXC183-203-401-132345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 539 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...SOUTHEASTERN GREGG COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY ...NORTHEASTERN RUSK COUNTY AT 538 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE GREGG COUNTY AIRPORT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE HTO 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.
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, May 13, 2:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
OKZ076-077-049-053-TXZ095-097-TXZ106>112-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153- 166-167-ARZ050>053-ARZ059>061-ARZ066-ARZ070>073-LAZ001>027-13222M- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 200 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...SEVERE STORM WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF WESTERN LOUISIANA...ALSO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. AT 2 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS BETWEEN HOPE PRESCOTT AND SOUTHWEST OF HOT SPRINGS. ISLOLATED VERY STRONG THUNDER STORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOWER TOLEDO BEND LAKE TO BETWEEN THE HOUSTON AND COLLEGE STATION AREAS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD ALSO DEVELOPED SOUTH OF PALTINEE TEXAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORHEAST AT 25 MPH AND AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE ARKALTEX AND OVER THE EXTREME NORTHEAST SECTIONS.
Special weather statement, May 13, 2:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
OKZ076-077-049-053-TXZ095-097-TXZ106>112-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153- 166-167-ARZ050>053-ARZ059>061-ARZ066-ARZ070>073-LAZ001>027-13222M- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 200 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...SEVERE STORM WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF WESTERN LOUISIANA...ALSO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. AT 2 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS BETWEEN HOPE PRESCOTT AND SOUTHWEST OF HOT SPRINGS. ISLOLATED VERY STRONG THUNDER STORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOWER TOLEDO BEND LAKE TO BETWEEN THE HOUSTON AND COLLEGE STATION AREAS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD ALSO DEVELOPED SOUTH OF PALTINEE TEXAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORHEAST AT 25 MPH AND AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE ARKALTEX AND OVER THE EXTREME NORTHEAST SECTIONS.
Special weather statement, May 13, 3:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
OKZ076-077-049-053-TXZ095-097-TXZ106>112-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153- 166-167-ARZ050>053-ARZ059>061-ARZ066-ARZ070>073-LAZ001>027-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 355 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...SEVERE STORM WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF WESTERN LOUISIANA...ALSO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS AT 400 PM CDT. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED FROM NEAR WOODLAWN TO HALLSVILLE...AND HAD PRODUCED HAIL TO NICKLE SIZE NORTHEAST OF HALLSVILLE AND HIGH WINDS...FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED ALONG INTERSTATE 20 BREIFLY BUT DISSIPATED. THE STORM HAD DECREASED SOMEWHAT OVER THE PAST HALF HOUR. THE STORM WAS PART OF BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE INDICATED FROM NORTHEAST OF HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS TO NEAR LEWISVILLE ARKANSAS TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOUISIANA EAST OF RODESSA ON TO BETWEEN MARSHALL AND LONGVIEW TO NEAR PALESTINE TEXAS. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WITHIN THIS BAND WAS INDICATED BETWEEN LEWISVILLE AND PRESCOTT ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH. ANOTHER BAND OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOLEDO BEND DAM TO BETWEEN HOUSTON AND COLLEGE STATION TEXAS.
Special weather statement, May 13, 3:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
OKZ076-077-049-053-TXZ095-097-TXZ106>112-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153- 166-167-ARZ050>053-ARZ059>061-ARZ066-ARZ070>073-LAZ001>027-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 355 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...SEVERE STORM WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF WESTERN LOUISIANA...ALSO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS AT 400 PM CDT. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED FROM NEAR WOODLAWN TO HALLSVILLE...AND HAD PRODUCED HAIL TO NICKLE SIZE NORTHEAST OF HALLSVILLE AND HIGH WINDS...FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED ALONG INTERSTATE 20 BREIFLY BUT DISSIPATED. THE STORM HAD DECREASED SOMEWHAT OVER THE PAST HALF HOUR. THE STORM WAS PART OF BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE INDICATED FROM NORTHEAST OF HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS TO NEAR LEWISVILLE ARKANSAS TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOUISIANA EAST OF RODESSA ON TO BETWEEN MARSHALL AND LONGVIEW TO NEAR PALESTINE TEXAS. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WITHIN THIS BAND WAS INDICATED BETWEEN LEWISVILLE AND PRESCOTT ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE 6EAST NORTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH. ANOTHER BAND OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOLEDO BEND DAM TO BETWEEN HOUSTON AND COLLEGE STATION TEXAS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 57 min |
| May 13, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison | 61 min |
| May 13, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Rusk | 91 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.