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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 27, 2007Union County, Arkansas; Union Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2007, 3:41 PM CDT for Union County, Arkansas; Union Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 64 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: Mar 27, 2007, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2007, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Union County, AR, Union Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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
Mar 27, 12:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 738 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KSHV 272041
TORSHV
ARC139-LAC111-272145-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0019.070327T2041Z-070327T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
341 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  UNION PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA
  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 341 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF STRONG...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF JUNCTION CITY...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LOCKHART COMMUNITY IN NORTHWEST UNION PARISH  AT 345PM 
  STRONG BY 410 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 IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
FOR...
  UNION PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA
  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
UNTIL 445 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3306 9271 3289 9263 3314 9211 3329 9240

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KSHV 272103
SVSSHV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
356 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2007

LAC111-272106-
/O.CAN.KSHV.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-070327T2145Z/
UNION LA-
356 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR UNION PARISH IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHERN 
UNION COUNTY ARKANSAS. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS.

LAT...LON 3302 9276 3302 9244 3314 9211 3329 9240

$$

ARC139-272145-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-070327T2145Z/
UNION AR-
356 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR UNION
COUNTY...

AT 356 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF
STRONG...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF JUNCTION CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  4 MILES NORTHWEST OF STRONG BY 410 PM CDT

THE ROTATION IN THIS STORM HAS BEEN WEAKENING OVER THE LAST FEW 
MINUTES...BUT COULD STRENGTHEN AGAIN AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE EASTERN 
SECTIONS OF UNION COUNTY. 

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM SHOWING WEAK ROTATION WAS INDICATED OVER 
THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF EL DORADO. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS 
ALSO INDICATED ALONG HIGHWAY 15 JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE THREE CREEKS 
COMMUNITY IN SOUTHWEST UNION COUNTY. GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND PEA 
SIZED HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS.

LAT...LON 3302 9276 3302 9244 3314 9211 3329 9240

$$

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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 Mar 27, 3:06 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 3:06 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
306 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2007

.DISCUSSION...
LOCALIZED ROTATING STORMS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE KEPT US BUSY. THE
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL LESSEN EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT WE WILL
CONTINUE WITH THE TORNADO WATCH THROUGH THIS ISSUANCE OF THE
ZONES. THE WEAK UPPER SYSTEM THAT CAUSED ALL THIS HAVOK...WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTH ARKANSAS TONIGHT. WILL
HAVE A BREAK FROM THE STORMS WEDNESDAY AND MOST OF THURSDAY
BEFORE THE NEXT...STRONGER...SYSTEM MOVES OUR WAY. FRIDAY LOOKS TO
BE AN ACTIVE DAY...WITH SEVERE WEATHER A POSSIBILITY. AFTER
FRIDAY...ANOTHER QUITE PERIOD SHOULD OCCUR...IF WE HAVE THE TIMING
OF THE NEXT SYSTEM CORRECT. TEMPERATURES FROM THE GUIDANCE LOOK
GOOD...SO WONT VARY MUCH FROM THE GUIDANCE.

&&

.AVIATION...
SCATTERED TSRA ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION THIS AFTN...THEREFORE
WILL CONTINUE TEMPO WORDING FOR ALL SITES EXCEPT FOR NE TX. UPPER
LEVEL STORM SYSTEM DIRECTLY OVERHEAD THUS...DO NOT EXPECT MUCH
MORE REDEVELOPMENT ACROSS NE TX THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. IN THE
WAKE OF THE STORM SYSTEM...SOUTH WINDS CONTINUE WITH MVFR/IFR
CEILINGS ONCE AGAIN LIKELY AREAWIDE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS WED WITH SOME VSBY PROBLEMS ALSO LIKELY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  62  84  63  81 /  20   0   0  20
MLU  60  83  61  83 /  30   0   0  10
DEQ  57  82  60  80 /  20   0   0  20
TXK  60  84  63  84 /  20   0   0  20
ELD  60  83  60  85 /  30   0   0  10
TYR  62  83  65  82 /  20   0   0  20
GGG  61  84  62  80 /  20   0   0  20
LFK  63  85  64  81 /  20   0   0  20

&&

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

03/13

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 12:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2007

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-281100-
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 TUE MAR 27 2007

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH OKLAHOMA AND
ARKANSAS...THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...THERE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MOST OF THE AREA...THIS AFTERNOON. ANY
STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL...HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD ALSO
OCCUR...MAINLY IN FAR NORTHEAST TEXAS...NORTH LOUISIANA...AND SOUTH
ARKANSAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THERE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN FRIDAY AS A SECOND
STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE FOUR STATE AREA.  HOWEVER...NO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS...MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

03

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 27, 1:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
158 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2007

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

0150 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N BENTON              32.72N 93.74W
03/27/2007                   BOSSIER            LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN NORTH OF BENTON ALONG HIGHWAY 3.

&&

KFALK

Local storm report, Mar 27, 2:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
206 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2007

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

0155 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BENTON                  32.69N 93.74W
03/27/2007                   BOSSIER            LA   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREE ON A HOUSE AT THE INTERSECTION OF OAK RIDGE AND OLD
            PLAIN DEALING STREETS IN BENTON.

&&

KFALK

Local storm report, Mar 27, 2:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
208 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2007

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

0145 PM     HAIL             PLAIN DEALING           32.91N 93.70W
03/27/2007  M1.75 INCH       BOSSIER            LA   AMATEUR RADIO

            GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN PLAIN DEALING.

&&

KFALK

Local storm report, Mar 27, 2:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
210 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2007

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

0140 PM     TSTM WND DMG     STONEWALL               32.26N 93.82W
03/27/2007                   DE SOTO            LA   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN ACROSS TOWN...POWER OUTAGES REPORTED.

&&

KFALK

Local storm report, Mar 27, 2:43 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
243 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2007

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

0235 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N SAREPTA             32.91N 93.45W
03/27/2007                   WEBSTER            LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN JUST NORTH OF SAREPTA.

&&

KFALK

Local storm report, Mar 27, 3:20 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
320 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2007

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

0255 PM     TSTM WND DMG     9 NE HOPE               33.76N 93.48W
03/27/2007                   HEMPSTEAD          AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ALONG INTERSTATE 30 NEAR MILE MARKER 40 NEAR
            THE HEMPSTEAD/NEVADA COUNTY LINE

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 2:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Columbia	54 min
Mar 27, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	56 min
Mar 27, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sevier	31 min
Mar 27, 12:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo	55 min
Mar 27, 1:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Caddo	53 min
Mar 27, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto	59 min
Mar 27, 1:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier	64 min
Mar 27, 2:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Webster	55 min
Mar 27, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo	62 min
Mar 27, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville	60 min
Mar 27, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne	27 min
Mar 27, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	64 min
Mar 27, 3:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	55 min
Mar 27, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Webster	64 min
Mar 27, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville	32 min
Mar 27, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo	35 min
Mar 27, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Lincoln	60 min
Mar 27, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier	63 min
Mar 27, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne	53 min
Mar 27, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	65 min
Mar 27, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Webster	53 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2007 Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 2007 Every tornado warning in 2007 Tornadoes in 2007

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.