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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 1, 1996Natchitoches Parish, Sabine Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1996, 4:39 PM CDT for Natchitoches Parish, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 51 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1996, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1996, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Natchitoches Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 4:50 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 65Hagewood, LA
Jun 1, 5:35 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55Many, LA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 12:00Z on 1996-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1512 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 12:00Z on 1996-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1512 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 012139
TORSHV
LAC069-085-012230-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
439 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
 
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...NATCHITOCHES PARISH...SABINE PARISH
 
AT 435 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST NORTH OF MANY
ALONG HIGHWAY 175. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND
25 MPH AND SHOULD CROSS INTO NATCHITOCHES PARISH BY 500 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...ABANDON YOUR CAR OR
MOBILE HOME FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR
CULVERT.
 
7/18
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 11:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaddo28 min
Jun 1, 11:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVCaddo4 hr
Jun 1, 12:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVBossier, Caddo53 min
Jun 1, 12:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo53 min
Jun 1, 2:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVBossier, Caddo3 hr

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.