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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Shreveport, LA

December 13, 2001Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 13, 2001, 2:28 PM CST for Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 13, 2001, 2:28 PM CST (20:28 UTC)
Expired
Dec 13, 2001, 3:00 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Natchitoches Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 2001-12-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-12-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1205 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

382 
WFUS54 KSHV 132031
TORSHV
LAC069-132100-
/NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0020.132028-132100/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
228 PM CST THU DEC 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 300 PM CST

* AT 228 PM CST...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NATCHITOCHES PARISH...
  OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTH OF NATCHITOCHES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN NATCHITOCHES PARISH

DURING A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM...ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME...OR BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
FOR...
  NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
UNTIL 300 PM CST.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 13, 11:45 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVNatchitoches, Sabine4 hr
Dec 13, 12:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVOuachita30 min
Dec 13, 12:51 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVGrant, Winn4 hr
Dec 13, 3:07 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVGrant53 min
Dec 13, 3:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLaSalle60 min
Dec 13, 3:44 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVNatchitoches3 hr

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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.