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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 24, 2003Union County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2003, 8:00 PM CDT for Union County, Arkansas. It was in force for 30 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
Apr 24, 2003, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2003, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Union County, AR

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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
Apr 24, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2003-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3303 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.9
Supercell composite
16.4

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The text

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

657 
WFUS54 KSHV 250100
TORSHV
ARC139-250130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
800 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 800 PM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES EAST OF EL DORADO...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CALION AT 815 PM CDT

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
FOR...
  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
UNTIL 830 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3322 9271 3309 9256 3333 9223 3349 9242

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUnion53 min
Apr 24, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVColumbia61 min
Apr 24, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVUnion50 min
Apr 24, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVUnion62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.