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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Shreveport, LA

November 27, 2005Howard County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 2005, 4:31 PM CST for Howard County, Arkansas. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Nov 27, 2005, 4:31 PM CST (22:31 UTC)
Expired: Nov 27, 2005, 5:00 PM CST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Howard County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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
Nov 27, 4:50 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	8 W Nashville, AR	200 FEET OF A TIN ROOF BLOWN OFF A CHICKEN HOUSE IN CENTER PT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 27, 2:20 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KSHV 272231
TORSHV
ARC061-272300-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0013.051127T2231Z-051127T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
431 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM CST

* AT 431 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MINERAL SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
FOR...
  HOWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
UNTIL 500 PM CST.

LAT...LON 3405 9409 3385 9399 3392 9381 3417 9382
      3423 9393

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KSHV 272244
SVSSHV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
442 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

ARC061-272300-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-051127T2300Z/
HOWARD AR-
442 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR HOWARD COUNTY...

AT 442 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF
NASHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR CORINTH BY 450 PM.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3405 9409 3385 9399 3392 9381 3417 9382
      3423 9393

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 27, 3:36 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	SHV	Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more	18 hr
Nov 27, 3:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sevier	50 min
Nov 27, 3:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Little River	33 min
Nov 27, 3:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Howard	39 min
Nov 27, 3:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Sevier	33 min
Nov 27, 3:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Howard	24 min
Nov 27, 4:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Little River	45 min
Nov 27, 4:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Howard, Sevier	52 min
Nov 27, 5:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Little River	41 min
Nov 27, 5:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Howard	33 min
Nov 27, 5:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead	67 min
Nov 27, 5:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Miller	53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.