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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Sep 24, 2005, 8:50 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas; Sabine Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 70 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
- Sep 24, 2005, 8:50 AM CDT (13:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 70 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Sabine Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:49 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 5:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KSHV 241357
TORSHV
LAC085-TXC005-347-403-405-241500-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0007.050924T1350Z-050924T1500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
900 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ANGELINA COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS
NACOGDOCHES COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS
SABINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS
SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS
SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 900 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED
BANDS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AROUND
THE EYE OF HURRICANE RITA. THE EYE WAS LOCATED NEAR JASPER TEXAS...
MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LUFKIN...
NACOGDOCHES...
SAN AUGUSTINE...
HEMPHILL...
PINELAND...
BRONSON...
ZAVALLA...
FLORIEN...
MANY...
ZWOLLE...
REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
FOR...
ANGELINA COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS
NACOGDOCHES COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS
SABINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS
SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS
SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.
LAT...LON 3116 9476 3144 9493 3156 9488 3162 9493
3181 9493 3181 9449 3158 9429 3157 9387
3182 9375 3182 9345 3172 9345 3171 9338
3138 9325 3138 9338 3128 9344 3108 9442
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 7:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Angelina, Sabine, San Augustine | 58 min |
| Sep 24, 7:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Angelina, Sabine, San Augustine | 66 min |
| Sep 24, 9:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Sep 24, 9:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sabine, San Augustine | 66 min |
| Sep 24, 10:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Panola | 4 hr |
| Sep 24, 1:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Shelby | 2 hr |
| Sep 24, 2:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, De Soto | 3 hr |
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.