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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 10, 2009Smith County, Wood County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2009, 9:10 PM CDT for Smith County, Wood County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. 4 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: Jun 10, 2009, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Smith County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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
Jun 10, 9:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Sw Lindale, TX	TREES DOWN SOUTHWEST OF LINDALE IN THE COMMUNITY OF HIDEWAY.
Jun 10, 9:15 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 S Mineola, TX	SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO ALONG THE SMITH COUNTY/WOOD COUNTY LINE SOUTH OF MINEOLA.
Jun 10, 9:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Lindale, TX	TREES DOWN BLOCKING HWY 16.
Jun 10, 9:30 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 S Lindale, TX	FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR HWY 69 AND I-20.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this tornado warning; the first came 5 minutes after it went out.

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
Jun 10, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 1677 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1341 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 3.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KSHV 110210
TORSHV
TXC423-499-110300-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0054.090611T0210Z-090611T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
910 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MINEOLA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 908 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MINEOLA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  LINDALE...HOARD...HAINESVILLE AND HAWKINS

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3281 9515 3257 9515 3254 9513 3241 9514
      3249 9560 3269 9560 3272 9562
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 267DEG 27KT 3261 9557

$$

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2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KSHV 110231
SVSSHV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
931 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

TXC423-499-110300-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-090611T0300Z/
WOOD TX-SMITH TX-
931 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SMITH
AND WOOD COUNTIES...

AT 930 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HOARD...OR 11
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINEOLA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RED
SPRINGS...HAWKINS AND WINONA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 200 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3273 9546 3281 9516 3279 9515 3257 9515
      3254 9513 3241 9514 3250 9549
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 267DEG 27KT 3259 9532

$$

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000 
WWUS54 KSHV 110257
SVSSHV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
957 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

TXC423-499-110306-
/O.EXP.KSHV.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-090611T0300Z/
WOOD TX-SMITH TX-
957 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SMITH AND WOOD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
1000 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH TRIGGERED THE WARNING IS NO LONGER INDICATING STRONG 
ROTATION.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3273 9546 3281 9516 3279 9515 3257 9515
      3254 9513 3241 9514 3250 9549
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 267DEG 27KT 3260 9510

$$

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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 Jun 10, 9:08 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 9:08 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
908 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

.DISCUSSION...
AN INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS
NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING. THIS LINE IS NOW BEGINNING TO ENTER THE
WESTERN FRINGES OF THE FOUR STATE REGION. HAVE DONE A QUICK UPDATE
TO EXPAND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SOUTHWARD BY A ROW OF
COUNTIES AND PARISHES SINCE THE SOUTHERN END OF THE LINE OF STORMS
IS HOLDING INTENSE THIS EVENING AND SHOULD BE AFFECTING THIS
COUNTIES AND PARISHES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM. THE LINE OF STORMS IS
MOVING RAPIDLY...AND SHOULD BEGIN TO REACH AROUND THE INTERSTATE
49 CORRIDOR BY ROUGHLY AROUND 11 PM TO MIDNIGHT. AS OF NOW IT
LOOKS LIKE THE TIMING OF THE WATCH SHOULD WORK OUT OKAY FOR OUR
EASTERN COUNTIES AND PARISHES.

HAVE AGAIN UPDATED POPS THIS EVENING TO RAISE POPS ACROSS MOST OF
THE CWFA...BUT MAINLY AROUND THE WATCH AREA. ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN
TO DECREASE ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA AFTER
MIDNIGHT TO GIVE QUIETER CONDITIONS. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD MAINLY BE
AROUND AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 49 CORRIDOR DURING THE EARLY
OVERNIGHT HOURS. OTHERWISE THE ONLY OTHER CHANGES WERE TO HOURLY
TEMPERATURES BASED ON OBSERVATIONAL TRENDS. /22/

&&

.AVIATION...
INTENSE BOW ECHO ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS MOVING EAST AROUND 35KTS
AND GIVEN THIS SPEED...LOOK FOR THE LINE TO BE EFFECTING OUR WESTERN
TAF SITES IN THE 01-03Z TIMEFRAME. STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE
MAIN THREAT BUT CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED HAIL/TORNADO THREAT
EITHER...ESPECIALLY IF WE GET CONVECTION TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE
BOW. NOT REAL CONFIDENT ON HOW THIS SYSTEM WILL EFFECT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF MVFR/IFR CEILINGS TOWARDS MORNING BUT HAVE MADE
MENTION OF THESE TYPE OF CEILINGS REGARDLESS. /13/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  75  91  73  94  73 /  60  20  30  30  20
MLU  74  90  73  93  73 /  20  10  30  30  20
DEQ  73  88  74  92  71 /  90  60  50  50  30
TXK  75  90  75  92  72 /  80  60  50  50  30
ELD  74  91  73  91  70 /  60  20  50  50  30
TYR  75  90  76  93  75 /  60  40  20  20  10
GGG  75  90  75  94  74 /  60  40  20  20  20
LFK  75  91  74  95  73 /  30  10  10  10  10

&&

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

22/13

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 12:00 PM CDT, 9 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>004-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-
124>126-136>138-111059-
BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CAMP-CASS-CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-FRANKLIN-GREGG-
HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-HOWARD-LAFAYETTE-LITTLE RIVER-MARION-MCCURTAIN-
MILLER-MORRIS-NEVADA-RED RIVER TX-SEVIER-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UPSHUR-
WEBSTER-WOOD-
1200 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS TONIGHT.
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

A COLD FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE FOUR STATE
REGION ON THURSDAY. THIS FRONT...COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE...WILL PROVIDE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY NORTH OF
I-20 ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

LAZ005-006-010>014-017>022-TXZ149>153-165>167-111059-
ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-CALDWELL-CHEROKEE-DE SOTO-GRANT-JACKSON-LA SALLE-
LINCOLN-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-OUACHITA-PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RUSK-
SABINE LA-SABINE TX-SAN AUGUSTINE-SHELBY-UNION LA-WINN-
1200 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

VII

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Gregg, Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Wood	65 min
Jun 10, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus	61 min
Jun 10, 9:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Titus	48 min
Jun 10, 9:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Red River	44 min
Jun 10, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Rusk, Smith and 2 more	63 min
Jun 10, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Morris, Red River, Titus and 1 more	50 min
Jun 10, 9:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Cass, Morris	50 min
Jun 10, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Panola and 1 more	55 min
Jun 10, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Smith	65 min
Jun 10, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	49 min
Jun 10, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Marion, Panola	55 min
Jun 11, 5:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Rusk, Smith	51 min
Jun 11, 6:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee	59 min
Jun 11, 6:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee	65 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.