Tornado Warning 49, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

May 4, 1999, 1:32 PM CDT (18:32 UTC)

Expired

May 4, 1999, 2:20 PM CDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, TX, Red River County, TX

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

999 
WFUS1 KSHV 041834 RRA
TORSHV
TXC159-387-041920-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
132 PM CDT TUE MAY 4 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS
  RED RIVER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS

* UNTIL 220 PM CDT

* AT AT 135 PM CDT... THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOGOTA TEXAS.  THE
  THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 35
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CLARKSVILLE AT 155 PM
  BOGOTA AT 145 PM


THIS THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE A TORNADO THAT IS OBSCURED BY
RAIN AND DIFFICULT TO SEE.  GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 4, 10:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1000 AM CDT TUE MAY 4 1999

CURRENT FORECAST STILL ON TRACK. LATEST ETA RUN SHOWS MID LEVEL JET
KICKING IN AROUND 18Z OVER CWA. ONLY SAVING GRACE AT THIS TIME IS
THE CLOUD COVER...WHICH IS HELPING TO HOLD STABILITY DOWN A TAD AS
WELL AS SURFACE WIND BELOW WIND ADVISORY THRESHOLD. THIS MAY CHANGE
IF LARGE UNANTICIPATED BREAKS OCCUR. BUT UNTIL ANY UNFORESEEN CHANGES
OCCUR..FORECAST CAN CONTINUE AS IS.

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In the hours before

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-041630-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1010 AM CDT TUE MAY 4 1999

...AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER COULD AFFECT MOST OF THE THE
FOUR STATE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THERE IS HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR ALL
OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...NORTH LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND
MC CURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE
AREA IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE.  A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT.  THUNDERSTORMS
WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA BY
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF ROTATING STORMS. THEREFORE THE THREAT WILL EXIST FOR
A FEW TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WIND.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. RESIDENTS IN THE
FOUR STATE REGION ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND
TO LISTEN TO RADIO...TELEVISION AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS LATER TODAY.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND
HAM RADIO OPERATORS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.