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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 22, 1995Caddo Parish, Louisiana; Harrison County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 1995, 4:38 AM CDT for Caddo Parish, Louisiana; Harrison County, Texas. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1995, 4:38 AM CDT (09:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1995, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Caddo Parish, LA, Harrison County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 37 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-318 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1718 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 220938
TORSHV
LAC017-TXC203-221015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
438 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...CADDO PARISH
 
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY
 
AT 435 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A
POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF CADDO LAKE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
 
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
 
 
 
NNNN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 1:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo68 min
Apr 22, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne48 min
Apr 22, 2:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaddo63 min
Apr 22, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Webster62 min
Apr 22, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Union40 min
Apr 22, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRed River59 min
Apr 22, 3:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Webster57 min
Apr 22, 3:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville53 min
Apr 22, 3:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUnion25 min
Apr 22, 3:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRed River63 min
Apr 22, 4:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaddo65 min
Apr 22, 4:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVDe Soto, Red River44 min
Apr 22, 4:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVJackson, Winn48 min
Apr 22, 5:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier50 min
Apr 22, 5:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaddo46 min
Apr 22, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRusk25 min
Apr 22, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPanola48 min
Apr 22, 4:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPanola, Rusk43 min
Apr 22, 5:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMarion41 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.