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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 6:24 PM CDT for Smith County, Upshur County, Wood County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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
- Apr 26, 2011, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Smith County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 6:28 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | 3 W Lindale, TX | 3.25 INCH HAIL RELAYED FROM NWS FWD |
| Apr 26, 7:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Nne Hawkins, TX | TORNADO BRIEFLY DROPPED DOWN NORTHEAST OF HAWKINS AND QUICKLY WENT BACK UP |
| Apr 26, 7:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | 9 Ese Mineola, TX | AN EF0 TORNADO SNAPPED MULTIPLE TREES ALONG A 3 MILE TRACK JUST NORTH OF HWY. 80. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 7 MILES WEST OF HAWKINS AND CONTINUED EAST NORTHEAST ENDING ON CR 3840. PATH WIDTH WAS 50 YARDS WIDE. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 75-85 MPH. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 1:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1650 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
860 WFUS54 KSHV 262324 TORSHV TXC423-459-499-270015- /O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0038.110426T2324Z-110427T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 624 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... SOUTHWESTERN UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... SOUTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 619 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LINDALE... OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF MINEOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOARD...HAWKINS AND BIG SANDY... 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 3284 9512 3252 9505 3238 9542 3255 9551 TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 237DEG 24KT 3252 9537 $$ ELEVEN
1 follow-up statement
295 WWUS54 KSHV 262348 SVSSHV SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 648 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 TXC423-459-499-270015- /O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-110427T0015Z/ WOOD TX-UPSHUR TX-SMITH TX- 648 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR SMITH... UPSHUR AND WOOD COUNTIES... AT 646 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HAWKINS...OR 16 MILES EAST OF MINEOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BIG SANDY AND GRICE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM... MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. && LAT...LON 3253 9525 3259 9532 3284 9512 3252 9505 TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 237DEG 24KT 3259 9522 $$ ELEVEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 7:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Morris and 1 more | 60 min |
| Apr 25, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Smith | 64 min |
| Apr 25, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cass, Marion, Morris | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur | 54 min |
| Apr 25, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion | 60 min |
| Apr 25, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Panola, Rusk | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches | 50 min |
| Apr 25, 10:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Angelina, Nacogdoches | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 10:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Angelina, Nacogdoches | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina, Sabine, San Augustine | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 4:03 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches and 8 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus | 67 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Morris | 15 days |
| Apr 26, 9:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Franklin, Morris, Titus | 47 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Rusk | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee | 61 min |
| Apr 26, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Smith | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Rusk | 64 min |
| Apr 26, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Red River | 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.