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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 19, 1995Bowie County, Cass County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1995, 7:23 PM CDT for Bowie County, Cass County, Texas. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1995, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bowie County, TX, Cass County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 1995-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1543 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1543 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
9.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 200023
TORSHV
TXC037-067-200115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
723 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...EASTERN BOWIE COUNTY...NORTHERN CASS COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST
NORTHEAST OF HUGHES SPRINGS OR 10 MILES WEST OF LINDEN MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
 
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.
 
 
 
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Rusk51 min
Apr 20, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMarion51 min
Apr 20, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPanola, Rusk53 min
Apr 20, 3:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVShelby56 min
Apr 20, 3:19 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVPanola56 min
Apr 20, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVShelby68 min
Apr 20, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg, Harrison47 min
Apr 20, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison46 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.