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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 14, 2008Bienville Parish, Jackson Parish, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 2008, 9:13 PM CDT for Bienville Parish, Jackson Parish, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 32 min. 12 reports 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 14, 2008, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired: Mar 14, 2008, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 14, 9:13 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	4 Ene Grambling, LA	HAIL REPORTED JUST WEST OF US-167.
Mar 14, 9:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	Ruston, LA	QUARTER TO HALF-DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN RUSTON.
Mar 14, 9:20 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Ruston, LA
Mar 14, 9:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Ruston, LA	TREES DOWN IN RUSTON
Mar 14, 9:20 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Ruston, LA	PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED JUST WEST OF US-167 AND IH-20.
Mar 14, 9:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Ruston, LA	GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL PARISHWIDE
Mar 14, 9:23 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Ruston, LA	QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED JUST EAST OF US-167 AND IH-20.
Mar 14, 9:25 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Grambling, LA
Mar 14, 9:26 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	Ruston, LA	HALF-DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED JUST SOUTH OF TOWN ON US-167.
Mar 14, 9:35 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Choudrant, LA
Mar 14, 9:39 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	1 Ne Choudrant, LA	HALF-DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED ALONG IH-20 AT MILEPOST 91.
Mar 14, 9:39 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Ruston, LA	GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL BUSTED THE WINDSHIELD OF A CAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 14, 7:14 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 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: 1478 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 9.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KSHV 150214
TORSHV
LAC013-049-061-150245-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0009.080315T0213Z-080315T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
913 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN JACKSON PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHERN LINCOLN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RUSTON...GRAMBLING...
  EAST CENTRAL BIENVILLE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 909 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR            
  GRAMBLING...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IN ADDITION...THIS STORM   
  HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RUSTON BY 925 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST
TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3250 9290 3265 9277 3253 9241 3248 9241
      3226 9260
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 294DEG 33KT 3256 9274

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KSHV 150233
SVSSHV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
932 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2008

LAC049-061-150245-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080315T0245Z/
LINCOLN LA-JACKSON LA-
932 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL JACKSON AND SOUTHERN LINCOLN PARISHES...

AT 929 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO JUST TO THE 
WEST OF RUSTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IN ADDITION...THIS 
STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS.

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 300 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST
TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3254 9276 3263 9271 3256 9250 3255 9249
      3253 9241 3248 9241 3234 9254
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 294DEG 33KT 3249 9255

$$

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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 14, 7:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 7:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
735 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2008

...AN UPDATE TO TEXT FORECAST PRODUCTS WILL BE COMING...

.DISCUSSION...
THIS UPDATE IS MAINLY FOR THE ISSUANCE OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER
111. NO OTHER CHANGES WILL BE MADE AT THIS TIME.  /21/

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 312 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2008/

DISCUSSION...

WEAK SHORTWAVE WILL TOUCH OFF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
TONIGHT MAINLY NORTH AND EAST. WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WEAK FRONTAL
PASSAGE WHICH WILL TURN WINDS TO NW IN THE MORNING. BUT THEY WILL
QUICKLY VEER TO EASTERLY FOR SUNDAY...WHICH WILL BE A COOLER DAY
THAN THE FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THAT...BUT STILL QUITE MILD. STRONG
CLOSED LOW WILL SLIDE IN TO THE DESERT SW EARLY WEEK...AND WINDS
ALOFT WILL BECOME SW. WE WILL SEE MOISTURE INCREASE FROM THE
W...WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND TSTMS. ONLY QUESTION WILL BE
WHETHER THE CLOSED LOW WILL SLOW ENOUGH TO DELAY ONSET OF PRECIP
IN OUR CWA. WE ARE RAMPING UP TOWARD THE EVENT WITH LOW POPS
MONDAY...A LITTLE HIGHER MONDAY NIGHT...AND LIKELY POPS ALL AREAS
TUESDAY. BECAUSE ECMWF IS SLOWER WITH LOW...WE WILL NOT DROP POPS
TIL WEDNESDAY. /17/

AVIATION...

SFC WINDS ARE SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 KTS WILL PERSIST INTO THE
EVENING.  LOOK FOR A WEAK LOW OVER TEXAS TO DEEPEN AND SWING EAST
WITH AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE OVERNIGHT.  BEST CHANCE FOR WEATHER
OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS CLOSE TO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVERNIGHT. LOW
CLOUDS SLOW TO BREAK AGAIN 14 TO 16Z AS SFC WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST
AFTER SUNRISE AND THEN NORTHWEST BY LUNCH 10 TO 15 KTS...THEN
DIMINISHING BY SUNSET TOMORROW AND VEERING TO EAST OVERNIGHT. /24/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  61  77  47  70 /  20   0   0   0
MLU  60  78  46  68 /  30   0   0   0
DEQ  49  68  40  66 /  20  10   0   0
TXK  57  72  45  67 /  20  10   0   0
ELD  59  75  41  68 /  30  10   0   0
TYR  57  75  48  71 /  10   0   0   0
GGG  58  77  45  70 /  10   0   0   0
LFK  61  82  48  74 /  10   0   0   0

&&

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

BUTTS

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 12:00 PM CDT, 9 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2008

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-151200-
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 FRI MAR 14 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT. THESE STORMS WILL REMAIN SCATTERED IN NATURE...AND
CONFINED MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. HOWEVER...ISOLATED STORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME SEVERE WEATHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER...HAM RADIO OPERATOR...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
PERSONNEL ACTIVATION...IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 14, 8:18 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
818 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2008

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

0810 PM     HAIL             COTTON VALLEY           32.81N 93.42W
03/14/2008  E1.75 INCH       WEBSTER            LA   AIRPLANE PILOT

            GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN COTTON VALLEY

0810 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     COTTON VALLEY           32.81N 93.42W
03/14/2008                   WEBSTER            LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED JUST SOUTH OF COTTON VALLEY

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 8:42 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
842 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2008

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

0800 PM     HAIL             WALDO                   33.35N 93.30W
03/14/2008  E1.75 INCH       COLUMBIA           AR   BROADCAST MEDIA

            GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN WALDO

0800 PM     HAIL             1 NE MAGNOLIA           33.29N 93.22W
03/14/2008  E1.25 INCH       COLUMBIA           AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 8:43 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
843 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2008

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

0834 PM     HAIL             18 W EL DORADO          33.22N 92.97W
03/14/2008  E0.75 INCH       UNION              AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HAIL FELL IN THE MOUNT HOLLY COMMUNITY

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 9:03 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
903 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2008

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

0840 PM     HAIL             6 E MINDEN              32.62N 93.18W
03/14/2008  E1.75 INCH       WEBSTER            LA   AMATEUR RADIO

0840 PM     HAIL             3 N ARCADIA             32.59N 92.92W
03/14/2008  E0.88 INCH       CLAIBORNE          LA   AIRPLANE PILOT

&&

D. BUTTS

Local storm report, Mar 14, 9:05 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
905 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2008

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

0840 PM     HAIL             3 N ARCADIA             32.59N 92.92W
03/14/2008  E0.88 INCH       CLAIBORNE          LA   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

D. BUTTS

Local storm report, Mar 14, 9:11 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
911 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2008

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

0840 PM     HAIL             5 SE HOPE               33.62N 93.53W
03/14/2008  E1.75 INCH       HEMPSTEAD          AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

D. BUTTS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 14, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, Webster	40 min
Mar 14, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier, Webster	31 min
Mar 14, 8:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Webster	35 min
Mar 14, 8:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Webster	41 min
Mar 14, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Lincoln, Union	31 min
Mar 14, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Lincoln, Ouachita, Union	47 min
Mar 14, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita	46 min
Mar 14, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Ouachita, Union	48 min
Mar 14, 10:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Ouachita	30 min
Mar 14, 11:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Union	30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.