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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 10, 2009Camp County, Franklin County, Titus County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2009, 9:12 PM CDT for Camp County, Franklin County, Titus County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Camp County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Titus County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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, 9:42 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mount Pleasant, TX	NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWNED ACROSS THE COUNTY.
Jun 10, 9:42 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Pittsburg, TX	SEVERAL TREES DOWNED ACROSS THE COUNTY.

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 2 storm reports to this tornado warning; the first came 11 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 140 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 110212
TORSHV
TXC063-159-449-110300-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0055.090611T0212Z-090611T0300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CAMP COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PITTSBURG...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  TITUS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOUNT PLEASANT...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 911 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MOUNT
  VERNON...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAGANSPORT...MOVING EAST AT 40
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PURLEY...WILKERSON...COOKVILLE AND CASON

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 3329 9531 3340 9493 3340 9488 3338 9482
      3299 9482 3296 9478 3293 9478 3306 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 271DEG 37KT 3319 9530

$$

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2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KSHV 110235
SVSSHV

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

TXC063-159-449-110300-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-090611T0300Z/
TITUS TX-FRANKLIN TX-CAMP TX-
935 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR CAMP...
FRANKLIN AND TITUS COUNTIES...

AT 933 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WINFIELD...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT PLEASANT...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HARVARD...PITTSBURG...WILKERSON...ROEDER...COOKVILLE AND CENTER POINT

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 3340 9494 3340 9488 3338 9482 3299 9482
      3296 9478 3293 9478 3305 9515 3332 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 271DEG 37KT 3324 9501

$$

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000 
WWUS54 KSHV 110301
SVSSHV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1001 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

TXC063-159-449-110312-
/O.EXP.KSHV.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-090611T0300Z/
TITUS TX-FRANKLIN TX-CAMP TX-
1001 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CAMP...FRANKLIN AND TITUS COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...

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 3340 9494 3340 9488 3338 9482 3299 9482
      3296 9478 3293 9478 3305 9515 3332 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 271DEG 37KT 3324 9502

$$

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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, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 9:08 PM CDT, 4 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 12 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.

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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, 9:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Smith, Wood	50 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

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.