Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2002, 11:43 PM CDT for Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 32 min. 5 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 7, 2002, 11:43 PM CDT (04:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2002, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 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 7, 11:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 80 E | Hosston, LA | Several large trees and power lines were blown over. |
| Apr 7, 11:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Blanchard, LA | Two large trees fell across Roy Road south of Pine Hill Road. |
| Apr 7, 11:54 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 80 E | Plain Dealing, LA | Several large trees and power lines were blown over. Roofs were blown off a few buildings and reported damage to gas meters. |
| Apr 7, 11:55 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Shreveport, LA | Fell near the intersection of West 70th Street and Meriwether Road. |
| Apr 8, 12:12 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Elm Grove, LA | Several large trees and power lines down. |
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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 926 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KSHV 080443 TORSHV LAC015-017-080515- /NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0018.080443-080515/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1143 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BOSSIER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA CADDO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 1215 AM CDT * AT 1143 PM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF PLAIN DEALING...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF VIVIAN...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PLAIN DEALING AT MIDNIGHT CDT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO...TAKE COVER...NOW IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH...OR LOW SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD. REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING FOR... BOSSIER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA CADDO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL 1215 AM CDT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 55 min |
| Apr 8, 12:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Webster | 23 min |
| Apr 8, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 52 min |
| Apr 8, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 48 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.