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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 16, 2003Lafayette County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2003, 7:41 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Arkansas. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2003, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2003, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lafayette County, AR

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 16, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1901 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1901 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1440 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
15.5

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The text

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

315 
WFUS54 KSHV 170041
TORSHV
ARC073-170115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
741 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 741 PM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR BRADLEY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF SPRINGHILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY AT 800 PM CDT

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
FOR...
  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
UNTIL 815 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3317 9374 3301 9367 3306 9348 3335 9352

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Miller42 min
May 16, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLafayette43 min
May 16, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVColumbia64 min
May 16, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUnion58 min
May 16, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUnion51 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2003Every tornado warning in 2003Tornadoes in 2003

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.