Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2001, 4:33 AM CDT for Cass County, Morris County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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
- Apr 14, 2001, 4:33 AM CDT (09:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2001, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cass County, TX, Morris County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:34 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 14, 5:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Naples, TX | Numerous trees were blown over. |
| Apr 14, 5:20 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 M | Atlanta, TX | Numerous trees were blown down across Hwy 251. |
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 00:00Z, 9.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KSHV 140935 TORSHV TXC067-343-141030- /NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0011.140933-141030/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 433 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CASS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 530 AM CDT * AT 433 AM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF NAPLES...OR ABOUT 17 MILES EAST OF MOUNT PLEASANT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO EFFECT MAINLY NORTHERN PORTIONS OF RURAL CASS COUNTY...INCLUDING MARIETTA. 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. REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERV4ICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING FOR... CASS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 530 AM CDT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Franklin | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Titus | 55 min |
| Apr 14, 1:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie | 115 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.