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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 23, 2000Sevier County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2000, 3:55 PM CDT for Sevier County, Arkansas. It was in force for 65 min. 3 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: Apr 23, 2000, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2000, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Sevier County, AR

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 23, 3:58 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	De Queen, AR
Apr 23, 4:56 PM CDT	Tornado F1	Horatio, AR	Supercells developed in unstable airmass ahead of a multicellular squall line which moved east across the area. Both the supercells and squall line produced tornadoes. Damage consisted mainly of numerous snapped and fallen small trees. Shingles were partial
Apr 23, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado F1	De Queen, AR	This tornado occurred over wooded region with few homes or structures in the area. This tornado was one of two which occurred in the same area around the same time.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 23, 1:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 271 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 416 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

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

658 
WFUS54 KSHV 232057
TORSHV
ARC133-232200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
355 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SEVIER COUNTY IN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF DE QUEEN...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST  
  AT 20 MPH.

* THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...DEQUEEN BY 410 PM.

DURING A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY
AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
FOR...
  SEVIER COUNTY IN ARKANSAS
UNTIL 500 PM CDT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sevier	65 min
Apr 23, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Little River, Sevier	63 min
Apr 23, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Howard	59 min
Apr 23, 4:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Howard	62 min
Apr 23, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Miller	25 min
Apr 23, 5:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Lafayette	54 min
Apr 23, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia	57 min
Apr 23, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Miller	34 min
Apr 23, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Lafayette	47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.