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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 30, 2008Sabine Parish, Louisiana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 30, 5:31 PM CDTTORNADOFisher, LAEF0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2008-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1366 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2008-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 8:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSabine57 min
Mar 30, 9:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVSabine4 hr
Mar 30, 11:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSabine62 min
Mar 30, 11:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVDe Soto66 min
Mar 30, 11:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchSHVBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Natchitoches and 3 more41 hr
Mar 30, 12:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSabine52 min
Mar 30, 1:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVSabine3 hr
Mar 30, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSabine28 min
Mar 30, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSabine46 min
Mar 30, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSabine45 min
Mar 30, 4:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVSabine2 hr
Mar 30, 4:20 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVSabine40 min
Mar 30, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVSabine38 min
Mar 30, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSabine42 min
Mar 30, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVNatchitoches, Sabine50 min
Mar 30, 5:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVNatchitoches, Sabine3 hr
Mar 30, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVNatchitoches, Winn48 min
Mar 30, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGrant, Natchitoches45 min

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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.