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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2000, 6:23 PM CDT for Bossier Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 67 min. 6 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, 6:23 PM CDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2000, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bossier Parish, LA
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado F3 | Elm Grove, LA | High precipitation supercells developed along the leading edge of a dry line across eastern Texas which moved into northwest Louisiana. Numerous trees and power lines were downed as the tornado moved across the area. The most extensive damage was noted near |
| Apr 23, 6:35 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Elm Grove, LA | Windows broken out of local church and a few automobiles. |
| Apr 23, 6:45 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Lake Bistineau South, LA | |
| Apr 23, 7:00 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Elm Grove, LA | |
| Apr 23, 7:10 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Lake Bistineau South, LA | |
| Apr 23, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Bossier City, LA | About 30 homes with roof damage. Several trees blown down and many tree limbs snapped. Fences blown down. This tornado continued from Caddo Parish. |
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, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
082 WFUS54 KSHV 232325 TORSHV LAC015-240030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 623 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BOSSIER PARISH IN LOUISIANA * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 623 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST WEST OF ELM GROVE LOUISIANA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NEAR 20 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THE ELM GROVE AREA NEED TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 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... SOUTHEASTERN BOSSIER PARISH IN LOUISIANA UNTIL 730 PM CDT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 9:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 52 min |
| Apr 23, 9:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches | 54 min |
| Apr 23, 10:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Grant | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | LaSalle | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caddo | 59 min |
| Apr 23, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier | 66 min |
| Apr 23, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caddo | 66 min |
| Apr 23, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Webster | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 53 min |
| Apr 23, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Webster | 66 min |
| Apr 23, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | De Soto | 47 min |
| Apr 23, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 64 min |
| Apr 23, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville | 54 min |
| Apr 23, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 67 min |
| Apr 23, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | De Soto | 32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.