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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Shreveport, LA

January 12, 2005Union County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 12, 2005, 11:21 PM CST for Union County, Arkansas. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 12, 2005, 11:21 PM CST (05:21 UTC)
Expired: Jan 13, 2005, 12:15 AM CST
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Union County, AR

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 12, 10:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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: 242 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1106 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 262 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 342 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 1.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KSHV 130521
TORSHV
ARC139-130615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1121 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1215 AM CST

* AT 1114 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  EL DORADO BY 1130 PM CST
  CALION BY 1145 PM CST

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.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
FOR...
  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
UNTIL 1215 AM CST.

LAT...LON 3332 9250 3332 9246 3327 9244 3329 9235
      3327 9233 3303 9263 3303 9286 3304 9287
      3312 9282 3337 9255

$$

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 Jan 12, 11:20 PM CST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 11:20 PM CST, 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1120 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

.DISCUSSION...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN REISSUED FOR ALL NORTH LOUSIANA...
EAST TEXAS LAKES...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 30...THROUGH 4 AM. LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAS
REINTENSIFIED. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ALSO
MARKEDLY INCREASED AHEAD OF THIS LINE. SOME STORMS SHOWING SIGNS OF
ROTATION. REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE ISOLATED...BUT INCREASING.

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  50  56  32  53 /  90   10   0   0
MLU  56  57  34  53 /  80   50   0   0
DEQ  46  48  25  50 /  100  10   0   0
TXK  49  51  31  52 /  100  10   0   0
ELD  50  55  32  52 /  90   20   0   0
TYR  47  56  30  54 /  90   10   0   0
GGG  49  56  30  54 /  90   10   0   0
LFK  50  57  33  56 /  80   20   0   0

&&

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

&&

VII

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 12:00 PM CST, 11 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-131200-
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 CST WED JAN 12 2005

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND MAINLY OVER
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND SPREAD EAST OVER
THE FOUR STATE REGION AS A SQUALL LINE. STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS
WILL BE THE MAIN PROBLEM...BUT LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
WILL BE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR AT TIMES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENDING EARLY THURSDAY...OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS...MAY BE NEEDED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 12, 7:00 PM CST, 4 hours 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
700 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

ARZ050-051-059>061-070-071-LAZ001-002-010-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-
124>126-136>138-149>153-165-130500-
ANGELINA-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-
GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-HOWARD-LAFAYETTE-LITTLE RIVER-MARION-
MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NEVADA-PANOLA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-
SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UPSHUR-WOOD-
700 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR
EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EXTREME NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...AND MUCH
OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM...FOR AREAS
GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE...FROM LUFKIN TEXAS THROUGH MANSFIELD
LOUISIANA...TO PRESCOTT ARKANSAS.

Local storm report, Jan 12, 10:32 PM CST, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1032 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

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

1025 PM     HAIL             DIXIE INN               32.59N 93.33W
01/12/2005  0.75 INCH        WEBSTER            LA   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

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Local storm report, Jan 12, 10:43 PM CST, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1043 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

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

1035 PM     HAIL             6 NE MINDEN             32.68N 93.21W
01/12/2005  0.88 INCH        WEBSTER            LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

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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.