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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 3, 2012Bowie County, Red River County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2012, 4:55 PM CDT for Bowie County, Red River County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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
Apr 3, 2012, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bowie County, TX, Red River County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2012-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1328 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 2012-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1328 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.5

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The text

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

231 
WFUS54 KSHV 032155
TORSHV
TXC037-387-032300-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0023.120403T2155Z-120403T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
455 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  EASTERN RED RIVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  CLARKSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. CLARKSVILLE...ANNONA AND 
  ENGLISH ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ANNONA...ENGLISH AND BRYARLY.

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 3381 9495 3381 9491 3378 9491 3375 9487
      3374 9484 3376 9483 3375 9481 3374 9483
      3374 9479 3372 9474 3371 9476 3366 9463
      3343 9497 3352 9513 3385 9498
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 212DEG 19KT 3352 9502

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRed River, Titus63 min
Apr 3, 3:38 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVTitus37 min
Apr 3, 3:53 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVRed River67 min
Apr 3, 4:07 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBowie, Morris, Red River, Titus38 min
Apr 3, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVFranklin, Red River, Titus61 min
Apr 3, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBowie, Red River65 min
Apr 3, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSmith, Wood66 min
Apr 3, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBowie, Red River, Titus60 min
Apr 3, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie54 min
Apr 3, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCamp, Franklin, Titus66 min
Apr 3, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus46 min
Apr 3, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Smith, Upshur, Wood59 min
Apr 3, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Smith, Wood65 min
Apr 3, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Morris, Red River, Titus61 min
Apr 3, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass67 min
Apr 3, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur53 min
Apr 3, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCass67 min
Apr 3, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.