Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 1995, 2:48 PM CDT for Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 1995, 2:48 PM CDT (19:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1995, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ouachita Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -299 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1106 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 201948 TORSHV LAC073-202015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 248 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ...OUACHITA PARISH TORNADO WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR OUACHITA PARISH. SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR AT 2:45 PM SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONROE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. NNNN
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
Local storm report, Apr 20, 9:05 AM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
905 AM CDT THU APR 20 1995
TIME(CDT) ....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
800 PM CENTEZR POINT AR HEN EGG SIZE HAIL WITH
04/19/95 HOWARD DAMAGE TO CARS AND ROOFSSpecial weather statement, Apr 20, 11:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
TXZ097-112-126-137-138-150-151-153-ARZ050-051-059-060-070-071-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-010-012-013-018-019-021-017-014-011-006-201700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1104 AM CDT THU APR 20 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED AT 9:46 AM FOR WINN PARISH LOUISIANA EXPIRED AT 10:45. THE SEVERE THUNERSTORM HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND IS NO LONGER A THREAT. AT 10:55 AM THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF LUFKIN TEXAS EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS TOLEDO BEND LAKE THROUGH COUSHATTA AND JONESBORO LOUISIANA INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS BAND WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF LUFKIN TEXAS..NEAR COUSHATTA AND JONESBORO LOUISIANA AND NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR DE QUEEN ARKANSAS SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH MT. PLEASANT AND PITTSBURGH TEXAS TO WEST OF HENDERSON. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS AREA WERE NEAR NEW BOSTON..SOUTH OF MT. PLEASANT AND 10 MILES WEST OF LONGVIEW. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH. SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EASTERN TEXAS...WESTERN AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS INTO THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN TEXAS AND FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 12:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
TXZ097-112-126-137-138-150-151-153-ARZ050-051-059-060-061-070-071- 072-LAZ001-002-003-004-005-010-012-013-018-019-021-017-014-011- 006-201815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1209 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995 THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR AT 12:00 NOON SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHWEST OF LUFKIN TEXAS EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS TOLEDO BEND LAKE..THROUGH RUSTON AND JONESBORO LOUISIANA INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER TOLEDO BEND LAKE BETWEEN CENTER TEXAS AND MANY LOUSIANA... ALSO NEAR RUSTON LOUISIANA. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR GILMER TEXAS NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH TEXARKANA TO SOUTH OF HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS AREA WERE LOCATED FROM JUST SOUTH OF NASHVILLE ARKANSAS THROUGH TEXARKANA TO JUST NORTHEAST OF LINDEN TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN TEXAS AND FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 1:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
TXZ097-112-126-137-138-150-151-153-ARZ050-051-059-060-061-070-071- 072-LAZ001-002-003-004-005-010-012-013-018-019-021-017-014-011- 006-201915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 118 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS ISSUED AT 12:19 PM FOR SOUTHERN DESOTO AND NORTHERN SABINE PARISHES IN NORTHWEST LOUSISIANA HAS EXPIRED. THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR FARMERVILLE AND BASTROP LOUISIANA EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA ACROSS TOLEDO BEND LAKE TO EAST OF LUFKIN TEXAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER WESTERN LOUISIANA BETWEEN COUSHATTA AND NATCHITOCHES...JUST WEST OF WINNFIELD AND WEST OF BASTROP LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM WEST OF LONGVIEW TEXAS EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE TEXARKVANA AREA TO SOUTH OF HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS. TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN TEXAS AND FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 2:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 68 min |
| Apr 20, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Red River | 64 min |
| Apr 20, 5:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Jackson | 66 min |
| Apr 20, 9:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Winn | 59 min |
| Apr 20, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto, Sabine | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Ouachita | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Ouachita | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches | 42 min |
| Apr 20, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Winn | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 24 min |
| Apr 20, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Winn | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.