Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2001, 6:01 PM CDT for Howard County, Sevier County, Arkansas. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2001, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Howard County, AR, Sevier County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 1253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KSHV 302302 TORSHV ARC061-133-310000- /NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0014.302301-310000/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 601 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HOWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS SEVIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 601 PM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GILLHAM...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DE QUEEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTY AT 620 PM CDT RURAL NORTHEASTERN SEVIER COUNTY AT 620 PM CDT RURAL NORTHERN HOWARD COUNTY AT 630 PM CDT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO...TAKE COVER...NOW 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... HOWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS SEVIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 700 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3413 9437 3401 9422 3429 9382 3446 9403
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sevier | 50 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2001Every tornado warning in 2001Tornadoes in 2001
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.