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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Shreveport, LA

February 25, 2013Bienville Parish, Natchitoches Parish, Red River Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 25, 2013, 1:47 PM CST for Bienville Parish, Natchitoches Parish, Red River 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: Feb 25, 2013, 1:47 PM CST (19:47 UTC)
Expired: Feb 25, 2013, 2:15 PM CST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Feb 25, 2:10 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	Martin, LA

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 25, 12:26 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 70 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 691 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 385 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

073 
WFUS54 KSHV 251947
TORSHV
LAC013-069-081-252015-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0022.130225T1947Z-130225T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
147 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BIENVILLE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  EASTERN RED RIVER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 215 PM CST

* AT 143 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LAKE END...
  OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF NATCHITOCHES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MARTIN...ASHLAND...WOMACK...SALINE AND CASTOR...

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 3190 9338 3193 9337 3193 9336 3194 9336
      3228 9319 3216 9296 3186 9329
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 212DEG 38KT 3196 9329

$$

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1 follow-up statement

244 
WWUS54 KSHV 252000
SVSSHV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
200 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

LAC013-069-081-252015-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-130225T2015Z/
RED RIVER LA-NATCHITOCHES LA-BIENVILLE LA-
200 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR
BIENVILLE...NATCHITOCHES AND RED RIVER PARISHES...

AT 151 PM CST...USING DOPPLER RADAR...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF MARTIN...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF
NATCHITOCHES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ASHLAND...WOMACK...SALINE AND CASTOR

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 3192 9324 3197 9334 3228 9319 3216 9296
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 212DEG 38KT 3207 9321

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Feb 25, 12:42 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 12:42 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1242 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

.DISCUSSION...
JUST SENT OUT A QUICK UPDATE FOR TORNADO WATCH 42 WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT. LATEST RADAR IMAGERY FROM KLCH INDICATES
SUBSTANTIAL CONVECTION STREAMING NORTHEAST ALONG AND AHEAD OF AN
EASTWARD MOVING DRY LINE ALONG THE WESTERN LOUISIANA BORDER.
TORNADO WATCH COVERS ALL OF OUR LOUISIANA PARISHES AND ADJACENT
TEXAS AND ARKANSAS COUNTIES. /05/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  38  59  35  60  34 /  30  10  10  10  10
MLU  41  57  35  61  36 /  50  10  10  10  10
DEQ  35  52  29  54  29 /  60  20  10  10  10
TXK  37  54  32  56  33 /  50  10  10  10  10
ELD  37  54  32  58  32 /  60  20  10  10  10
TYR  37  57  34  58  34 /  20  10  10  10  10
GGG  37  58  33  59  33 /  20  10  10  10  10
LFK  36  61  35  64  35 /  10  10  10  10  10

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073.

LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM CST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: LAZ001-002-010-017.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: LAZ003>006-011>014-018>022.

OK...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: OKZ077.

TX...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM CST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: TXZ108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CST TUESDAY
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ096-097.

&&

05/24

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 11:28 AM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1128 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013

ARZ071>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ110-124>126-136>138-
149>153-165>167-261730-
LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-
LINCOLN-UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-
SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-CAMP-WOOD-
UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-
NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
1128 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A SURFACE LOW AND
UPPER LOW MOVING ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND INTO
ARKANSAS...AND ALONG A DRY LINE/COLD FRONT SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE
AREA. HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY BE
POSSIBLE WITH SOME STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE DRY LINE/COLD FRONT
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG
AND NEAR THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR. A TRANSITION TO ENTIRELY
SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS MID MORNING TUESDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR
TONIGHT.

ARZ050-051-059>061-070-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108-109-111-112-261730-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-MCCURTAIN-
RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-MORRIS-CASS-
1128 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A SURFACE LOW AND
UPPER LOW MOVING ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND INTO
ARKANSAS...AND ALONG A DRY LINE/COLD FRONT SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE
AREA. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE DRY LINE/COLD FRONT
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG
AND NEAR THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR. A TRANSITION TO ENTIRELY
SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS MID MORNING TUESDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR
TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 25, 12:56 PM CST, 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1256 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

LAZ001-002-010-TXZ151-153-252000-
BOSSIER-CADDO-DE SOTO-PANOLA-SHELBY-
1256 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CST...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES AND PARISHES...

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
     PANOLA...
IN EASTERN TEXAS...
     SHELBY...
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
     DE SOTO...CADDO AND BOSSIER...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     BOSSIER CITY...LOGANSPORT...SHREVEPORT...STONEWALL AND
     JOAQUIN...

AT 1256 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JOAQUIN...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST
OF CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

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Local storm report, Feb 25, 12:58 PM CST, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1258 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1235 PM     HAIL             2 E WILTON              33.74N  94.11W
02/25/2013  E1.25 INCH       LITTLE RIVER       AR   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1300010

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Local storm report, Feb 25, 1:22 PM CST, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
122 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0122 PM     HAIL             PLAIN DEALING           32.91N  93.70W
02/25/2013  E1.00 INCH       BOSSIER            LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1300011

MDV

Local storm report, Feb 25, 1:27 PM CST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
127 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0110 PM     HAIL             NASHVILLE               33.94N  93.85W
02/25/2013  E1.00 INCH       HOWARD             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1300012

MDV

Special weather statement, Feb 25, 1:30 PM CST, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
130 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

ARZ060-061-070-071-252015-
HEMPSTEAD-LAFAYETTE-MILLER-NEVADA-
130 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM CST...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
     HEMPSTEAD...LAFAYETTE...MILLER AND NEVADA...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     BLEVINS...EMMET...FULTON...GARLAND...HOPE...LEWISVILLE...
     PERRYTOWN...PRESCOTT AND WASHINGTON...

AT 126 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF GARLAND...OR 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF LEWISVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

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Special weather statement, Feb 25, 1:37 PM CST, 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
137 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

LAZ002>004-252015-
BOSSIER-CLAIBORNE-WEBSTER-
137 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM CST...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...

IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
     CLAIBORNE...BOSSIER AND WEBSTER...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     DIXIE INN...DOYLINE...DUBBERLY...HAUGHTON...HOMER...MINDEN AND
     SIBLEY...

AT 134 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOSSIER CITY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 25, 12:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine	49 min
Feb 25, 12:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo	44 min
Feb 25, 1:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	43 min
Feb 25, 1:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine	62 min
Feb 25, 1:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, Webster	41 min
Feb 25, 1:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine	58 min
Feb 25, 1:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Natchitoches, Sabine	66 min
Feb 25, 1:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Webster	46 min
Feb 25, 2:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bienville, Natchitoches, Red River	47 min
Feb 25, 2:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne	55 min
Feb 25, 2:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Red River and 2 more	66 min
Feb 25, 2:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bienville, Jackson, Lincoln	42 min
Feb 25, 2:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Lincoln, Union	48 min
Feb 25, 2:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Winn	52 min
Feb 25, 3:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Lincoln, Union	45 min
Feb 25, 3:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union	57 min
Feb 25, 3:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Jackson, LaSalle, Ouachita, Winn	66 min
Feb 25, 3:31 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Union	59 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.