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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2009, 4:28 PM CST for Grant Parish, LaSalle Parish, Winn Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 32 min. 3 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
- Jan 3, 2009, 4:28 PM CST (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2009, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Grant Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 4:45 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Tullos, LA | GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN TULLOS. |
| Jan 3, 4:50 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Sw Tullos, LA | LAW ENFORCEMENT SITED A FUNNEL CLOUD ALONG THE GRANT/LASALLE PARISH LINE BETWEEN GEORGETOWN AND TULLOS. NO KNOWN TOUCHDOWNS AT THIS TIME. |
| Jan 3, 5:05 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Urania, LA | AT LEAST QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT THE HARDTNER MEDICAL CENTER IN URANIA. REPORT FROM A NURSE AT THE HOSPITAL. |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1311 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KSHV 032228 TORSHV LAC043-059-127-032300- /O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0002.090103T2228Z-090103T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 428 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN GRANT PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWESTERN LA SALLE PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... EAST CENTRAL WINN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... * UNTIL 500 PM CST * AT 424 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ZION...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINNFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TULLOS BY 435 PM CST... URANIA BY 445 PM CST... 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLAT CREEK BY 450 PM CST... 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. LAT...LON 3170 9235 3182 9257 3200 9243 3187 9218 TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 223DEG 18KT 3184 9241 $$ 18
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KSHV 032243
SVSSHV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
443 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009
LAC043-059-127-032300-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090103T2300Z/
WINN LA-GRANT LA-LA SALLE LA-
442 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN LA SALLE...NORTHEASTERN GRANT AND EAST CENTRAL WINN
PARISHES...
AT 439 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TULLOS...OR ABOUT
16 MILES EAST OF WINNFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IN ADDITION...
THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS TORNADO IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
URANIA AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLAT CREEK BY 455 PM CST...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3172 9234 3182 9252 3199 9242 3187 9218
3184 9221
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 223DEG 18KT 3185 9237
$$
18The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 3:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, LaSalle, Winn | 49 min |
| Jan 3, 3:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Grant, LaSalle | 50 min |
| Jan 3, 3:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Winn | 54 min |
| Jan 3, 3:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Grant, Winn | 36 min |
| Jan 3, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | LaSalle | 55 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.