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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2008, 5:26 PM CDT for Sabine Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 34 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
- Mar 30, 2008, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Sabine Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 5:31 PM CDT | TORNADO | Fisher, LA | EF0 TORNADO...SEVERAL TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. ROOF TO A SHED WAS BLOWN OFF AND A WOODFRAME HOME SUSTAINED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KSHV 302226 TORSHV LAC085-302300- /O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0021.080330T2226Z-080330T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 526 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FLORIEN... OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANACOCO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FISHER BY 535 PM CDT... MOUNT CARMEL BY 545 PM CDT... 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 3157 9336 3142 9324 3132 9354 3144 9362 TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 240DEG 20KT 3144 9349 $$ VII
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 8:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 57 min |
| Mar 30, 9:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Sabine | 4 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 62 min |
| Mar 30, 11:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 66 min |
| Mar 30, 11:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Natchitoches and 3 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 30, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 52 min |
| Mar 30, 1:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Sabine | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 28 min |
| Mar 30, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 45 min |
| Mar 30, 4:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Sabine | 2 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sabine | 40 min |
| Mar 30, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sabine | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 42 min |
| Mar 30, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 5:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Winn | 48 min |
| Mar 30, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Grant, Natchitoches | 45 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.