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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 25, 2012, 1:17 PM CST for Sabine County, Texas; Sabine Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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
- Jan 25, 2012, 1:17 PM CST (19:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2012, 1:45 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Sabine Parish, LA, Sabine County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 1:35 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Florien, LA | TREES DOWN ACROSS SOUTHERN SABINE PARISH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 7:56 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 484 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
144 WFUS54 KSHV 251917 TORSHV LAC085-TXC403-251945- /O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0003.120125T1917Z-120125T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 117 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL SABINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS... SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... * UNTIL 145 PM CST * AT 114 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANY...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF TOLEDO BEND DAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEGREET...FLORIEN...FISHER AND MOUNT CARMEL. 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 3147 9381 3172 9351 3148 9327 3130 9368 TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 240DEG 35KT 3144 9361 $$ 03
1 follow-up statement
863 WWUS54 KSHV 251933 SVSSHV SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 133 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012 TXC403-251943- /O.CAN.KSHV.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120125T1945Z/ SABINE TX- 133 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SABINE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3158 9368 3172 9351 3148 9327 3136 9358 TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 240DEG 35KT 3152 9345 $$ LAC085-251945- /O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120125T1945Z/ SABINE LA- 133 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CST FOR SABINE PARISH... AT 128 PM CST...USING DOPPLER RADAR...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FISHER...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANACOCO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT CARMEL 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 3158 9368 3172 9351 3148 9327 3136 9358 TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 240DEG 35KT 3152 9345 $$ 03
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 9:41 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | SHV | Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 25, 9:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk | 49 min |
| Jan 25, 9:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine | 46 min |
| Jan 25, 10:06 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Cherokee, Franklin, Red River, Smith, Titus | 82 days |
| Jan 25, 10:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby | 57 min |
| Jan 25, 10:35 AM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus | 5 days |
| Jan 25, 10:35 AM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Morris | 9 days |
| Jan 25, 10:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | Franklin, Morris, Titus | 5 days |
| Jan 25, 10:38 AM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | Smith, Wood | 6 days |
| Jan 25, 10:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby | 56 min |
| Jan 25, 10:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison, Panola | 32 min |
| Jan 25, 11:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion, Panola, Shelby | 58 min |
| Jan 25, 1:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine | 48 min |
| Jan 25, 1:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 47 min |
| Jan 25, 2:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 25 min |
| Jan 25, 3:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Winn | 60 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.