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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 25, 2011Hempstead County, Nevada County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2011, 9:05 AM CDT for Hempstead County, Nevada County, Arkansas. It was in force for 25 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
Apr 25, 2011, 9:05 AM CDT (14:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2011, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hempstead County, AR, Nevada County, AR

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 25, 9:05 AM CDTTORNADO2 Ne Fulton, ARAN EF0 TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN NORTHEAST OF FULTON ALONG HWY 195 WHERE SEVERAL PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED IN A PINE THICKET. THE TORNADO WAS AT ITS WIDEST POINT AT THIS TIME...APPROXIMATLY 100 YARDS WIDE. THE STORM THEN CONTINUED ON AN EAST NORTHEAST TRACK SNA
Apr 25, 9:10 AM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD4 Ne Fulton, AR
Apr 25, 9:10 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Fulton, AR10 TREES DOWN NORTH OF FULTON
Apr 25, 9:15 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGWashington, ARTREES DOWN BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND OAKHAVEN.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 25, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2011-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1213 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2011-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1213 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
759 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
491 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
11.5

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The text

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

448 
WFUS54 KSHV 251405
TORSHV
ARC057-099-251430-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0015.110425T1405Z-110425T1430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
905 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HEMPSTEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOPE...
  NORTHWESTERN NEVADA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PRESCOTT...

* UNTIL 930 AM CDT

* AT 901 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF WASHINGTON...OR 10 MILES WEST OF HOPE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PERRYTOWN AND BLEVINS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WARNING 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3397 9345 3382 9331 3356 9376 3370 9390
      3397 9353 3395 9350 3397 9348
TIME...MOT...LOC 1405Z 230DEG 31KT 3370 9373

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier58 min
Apr 25, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHoward, Little River, Sevier76 min
Apr 25, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLittle River, Sevier64 min
Apr 25, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Little River, Nevada, Sevier66 min
Apr 25, 3:48 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisorySHVColumbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more21 hr
Apr 25, 6:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHoward, Little River, Sevier61 min
Apr 25, 7:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier64 min
Apr 25, 8:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Little River, Miller, Nevada43 min
Apr 25, 9:26 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Nevada19 min
Apr 25, 1:22 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVSevier23 min
Apr 25, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHoward, Sevier35 min
Apr 25, 2:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVHoward, Little River, Sevier4 hr
Apr 25, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHoward, Little River, Sevier27 min
Apr 25, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLittle River, Sevier46 min
Apr 25, 3:28 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHoward, Sevier32 min
Apr 25, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLittle River, Sevier51 min
Apr 25, 3:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchSHVColumbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more39 hr
Apr 25, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier46 min
Apr 25, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVLittle River, Sevier28 min
Apr 25, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHoward, Sevier48 min
Apr 25, 5:14 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVLittle River31 min
Apr 25, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVLittle River, Sevier33 min
Apr 25, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Little River, Miller, Sevier45 min
Apr 25, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Little River, Nevada, Sevier39 min
Apr 25, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier45 min
Apr 25, 6:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier3 hr
Apr 25, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller51 min
Apr 25, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMiller48 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.