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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2009, 5:21 PM CDT for Red River County, Texas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 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
- May 2, 2009, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2009, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties McCurtain County, OK, Red River County, TX
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 12:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 1211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KSHV 022221 TORSHV OKC089-TXC387-022315- /O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0039.090502T2221Z-090502T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 521 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN RED RIVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... SOUTHWESTERN MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 518 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF BAGWELL...OR 13 MILES WEST OF CLARKSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BAGWELL BY 530 PM CDT... 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANCHESTER BY 540 PM CDT... IDABEL BY 615 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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 700 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3377 9531 3403 9496 3382 9458 3353 9531 TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 241DEG 30KT 3365 9528 $$ 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SHV | Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more | 34 hr |
| May 2, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie | 64 min |
| May 2, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Franklin, Red River, Titus, Upshur, Wood | 48 min |
| May 2, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Morris | 48 min |
| May 2, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 6 more | 67 min |
| May 2, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass | 63 min |
| May 2, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass, Marion | 46 min |
| May 2, 6:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Red River | 117 min |
| May 2, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cass | 67 min |
| May 2, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 65 min |
| May 2, 6:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie | 14 hr |
| May 2, 6:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Morris, Red River | 14 hr |
| May 2, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | McCurtain | 28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.