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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 30, 2004Wood County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 8:38 PM CDT for Wood County, Texas. It was in force for 22 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 30, 2004, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2004, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 163 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.9
Supercell composite: 13.9

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The text

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

806 
WFUS54 KSHV 310138
TORSHV
TXC499-310200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
836 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 830 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF QUITMAN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINEOLA...
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  QUITMAN BY 850 PM CDT

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR MAY DEVELOP SHORTLY.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
FOR...
  WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3294 9563 3276 9560 3267 9516 3293 9516

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 30, 3:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
300 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

.DISCUSSION...
LINE OF SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG SURFACE FRONT ACROSS
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL EFFECT MOSTLY NORTHERN ZONES OF THE
CWA AS IT MOVES EAST TONIGHT. FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 20 ON MONDAY...WITH DRY LINE PUSHING DEEP INTO
NORTHWEST ZONES MONDAY NIGHT. UPPER TROF FLATTENS OVER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MONDAY NIGHT...THUS ANY RAIN WILL BECOME
ISOLATED UNTIL NEXT SHORT WAVE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
ANY DRY AIR THAT SLIPS INTO CWA TOMORROW NIGHT WILL NOT LAST
LONG...AS SOUTHERLY WINDS RETURN IN ERNEST TUESDAY.  NEXT GOOD
CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE NEXT WEEKEND...AS TROF IN NORTHWEST FLOW
CUTS INTO RIDGE OVER SOUTHWEST U.S.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  72  89  70  90 /  70  30  20  20
MLU  72  89  73  89 /  70  50  20  20
TXK  69  88  58  89 /  70  20  20  20
TYR  72  90  69  91 /  30  20  20  20
LFK  74  93  72  92 /  30  20  20  20

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 12:00 PM CDT, 8 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-311100-
ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-
CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-
HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION-
MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA-
PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR-
WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD-
1200 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON
AND ACROSS ALL OF THE REGION TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE STORMS WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE
ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS DURING
THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND OVER THE REMAINDER
OF THE REGION TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN
THREAT...HOWEVER THE WIND SHEAR WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH...THAT ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. THE FRONT SHOULD BECOME STATIONARY TONIGHT
ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND SERVE AS FOCUS FOR
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
THE FRONT WILL REMAIN STATIONARY ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND
THE LOUISIANA...ARKANSAS BORDER MEMORIAL DAY AND TUESDAY. THE
BOUNDARY WILL ALSO HELP FOCUS ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20
CORRIDOR THROUGH MIDWEEK. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS...MAY BE NEEDED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND THE ADJACENT SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 6:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
610 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     HAIL             2 S LOCKESBURG          33.94N 94.17W
05/30/2004  0.88 INCH        SEVIER             AR   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

VIII

Local storm report, May 30, 6:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED EVENT TIME TO 608 PM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
610 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0608 PM     HAIL             2 S LOCKESBURG          33.94N 94.17W
05/30/2004  0.88 INCH        SEVIER             AR   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

VIII

Local storm report, May 30, 6:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
624 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     HAIL             5 N FOREMAN             33.79N 94.40W
05/30/2004  0.88 INCH        LITTLE RIVER       AR   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            REPORT FROM VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT

&&

VIII

Local storm report, May 30, 7:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
700 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0633 PM     HAIL             WINTHROP                33.83N 94.35W
05/30/2004  1.75 INCH        LITTLE RIVER       AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

0640 PM     HAIL             3 SE HOPE               33.64N 93.55W
05/30/2004  2.75 INCH        HEMPSTEAD          AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORT FROM SHOVER SPRINGS COMMUNITY.

&&

VIII

Local storm report, May 30, 8:12 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
812 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0625 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 S HOPE                33.58N 93.59W
05/30/2004                   HEMPSTEAD          AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN BETWEEN PATMOS AND SHOVER SPRINGS

0645 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ROSSTON                 33.59N 93.28W
05/30/2004                   NEVADA             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF
            THE COUNTY

&&

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Local storm report, May 30, 8:14 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
814 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     FLASH FLOOD      HOPE                    33.67N 93.59W
05/30/2004                   HEMPSTEAD          AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            UNDERPASSES FLOODED IN HOPE

0745 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 SE HOPE               33.63N 93.54W
05/30/2004                   HEMPSTEAD          AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROADS FLOODED IN THE SHOVER SPRINGS COMMUNITY

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Wood	55 min
May 30, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Upshur, Wood	63 min
May 30, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Marion	53 min
May 30, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass	51 min
May 31, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina	63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.