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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 1995, 3:19 AM CDT for Panola County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 1995, 3:19 AM CDT (08:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1995, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Panola County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 200819 TORSHV TXC365-200915- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 319 AM CDT THU APR 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...PANOLA COUNTY AT 220 AM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A POSSIBLE DEVELOPING TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF CARTHAGE TEXAS OR NEAR WOODS TEXAS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR PANOLA COUNTY. 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
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, Apr 19, 10:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
OKZ077-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- 014-011-006-200430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1025 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995 ...TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR THE ARKLATEX... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AND PANOLA COUNTY OF TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 200 AM CDT. AT 1020 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT SHREVEPORT SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST LOUISIANA NEAR KISATCHIE AND FLATWOODS OF SOUTHERN NATCHITOCHES PARISH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED EAST OF DALLAS TEXAS AND MAY MOVE INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS LATER TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 11:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
OKZ077-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- 014-011-006-200530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1135 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AND PANOLA COUNTY OF TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 200 AM CDT. AT 1130 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT SHREVEPORT SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF WINNFIELD ON THE NATCHITOCHES...WINN PARISH LINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF A PARIS... TYLER TEXAS LINE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 12:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
OKZ077-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- 014-011-006-200615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1216 AM CDT THU APR 20 1995 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE ARKLATEX... AT 1210 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM HAWORTH OKLAHOMA TO MT PLEASANT... GLADEWATER AND PALESTINE TEXAS. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS LINE WERE LOCATED FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF GLADEWATER TO LAKE PALESTINE. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM FOR MOST OF THE ARKLATEX. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison, Rusk | 51 min |
| Apr 20, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Marion | 51 min |
| Apr 20, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Panola, Rusk | 53 min |
| Apr 20, 3:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Shelby | 56 min |
| Apr 20, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Shelby | 68 min |
| Apr 20, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison | 46 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.