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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 18, 2013, 5:45 PM CST for Panola County, Rusk County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min. 5 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
- Feb 18, 2013, 5:45 PM CST (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2013, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Panola County, TX, Rusk County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 5:57 PM CST | TORNADO | 4 Nne Beckville, TX | AN EF-0 TORNADO SNAPPED NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS AND A FEW TREES ALONG FM 1794. SEVERAL PICTURES AND A VIDEO OF THE TORNADO WERE CAPTURED BY THE PUBLIC. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 1.25 MILES...AND PATH WIDTH WAS 50 YDS...AND THE ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS WERE 75 MPH. |
| Feb 18, 6:05 PM CST | TORNADO | 9 N Carthage, TX | AN EF-0 TORNADO SNAPPED NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS AND A FEW PINE TREES ALONG FM 1794 JUST SOUTH OF THE SABINE RIVER. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 0.80 MILES...THE PATH WIDTH WAS 30 YDS...AND MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH. |
| Feb 18, 6:09 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Beckville, TX | TELEPHONE AND POWERLINES DOWN ON 1794 |
| Feb 18, 6:13 PM CST | TORNADO | 10 Nne Carthage, TX | A BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO SNAPPED A SMALL HARDWOOD TREE ALONG COUNTY ROAD 307. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 20 YDS...THE PATH WIDTH WAS 10 YDS...AND MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH. |
| Feb 18, 6:19 PM CST | TORNADO | 9 Ne Carthage, TX | AN EF-0 TORNADO SNAPPED TWO PINE TREES ALONG FM 31 NEAR THE COUNTY ROAD 316 INTERSECTION. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 30 YDS...THE PATH WIDTH WAS 20 YDS...AND MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 510 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 670 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
712 WFUS54 KSHV 182345 TORSHV TXC365-401-190030- /O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0014.130218T2345Z-130219T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 545 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARTHAGE... NORTHEASTERN RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... * UNTIL 630 PM CST. * AT 544 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TATUM...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARTHAGE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BECKVILLE AND DEBERRY... 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. && LAT...LON 3222 9461 3237 9456 3228 9404 3199 9404 TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 290DEG 29KT 3227 9451 $$ 12
2 follow-up statements
730 WWUS54 KSHV 190006 SVSSHV SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 606 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 TXC401-190015- /O.CAN.KSHV.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-130219T0030Z/ RUSK TX- 606 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSK COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3222 9448 3234 9441 3228 9404 3204 9404 TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 290DEG 29KT 3221 9433 $$ TXC365-190030- /O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-130219T0030Z/ PANOLA TX- 606 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR PANOLA COUNTY... AT 601 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BECKVILLE...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF CARTHAGE...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DEBERRY...MIDYETT...FRONT AND DEADWOOD. 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. && LAT...LON 3222 9448 3234 9441 3228 9404 3204 9404 TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 290DEG 29KT 3221 9433 $$ 12
607 WWUS54 KSHV 190026 SVSSHV SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 626 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 TXC365-190030- /O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-130219T0030Z/ PANOLA TX- 626 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR PANOLA COUNTY... AT 624 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDYETT...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARTHAGE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FRONT AND DEADWOOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3204 9404 3217 9428 3231 9424 3228 9404 TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 284DEG 30KT 3223 9416 $$ 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 3:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass | 58 min |
| Feb 18, 4:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Rusk, Smith | 49 min |
| Feb 18, 4:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass, Marion | 46 min |
| Feb 18, 5:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Rusk, Smith | 34 min |
| Feb 18, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Gregg, Panola, Rusk | 32 min |
| Feb 18, 5:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 29 min |
| Feb 18, 5:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby | 34 min |
| Feb 18, 5:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk | 45 min |
| Feb 18, 5:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Marion | 26 min |
| Feb 18, 5:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby | 46 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.