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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2014, 6:55 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 49 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
- Jun 8, 2014, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2014, 7:44 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Sevier County, AR
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 2072 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
155
WFUS54 KSHV 082355
TORSHV
ARC057-061-081-133-090100-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0013.140608T2355Z-140609T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
655 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HEMPSTEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
HOWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
LITTLE RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ASHDOWN...
SEVIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RICHMOND...
OR 6 MILES WEST OF ASHDOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ASHDOWN AND WILTON BY 705 PM CDT...
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEN LOMOND BY 715 PM CDT...
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND
NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3393 9403 3367 9390 3358 9428 3358 9429
3373 9439
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 247DEG 25KT 3368 9421
$$
061 follow-up statement
534
WWUS54 KSHV 090044
SVSSHV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
744 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014
ARC057-061-081-133-090053-
/O.CAN.KSHV.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140609T0100Z/
HEMPSTEAD AR-HOWARD AR-LITTLE RIVER AR-SEVIER AR-
744 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SEVIER...LITTLE RIVER...HOWARD AND
HEMPSTEAD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND
NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3393 9403 3367 9390 3358 9428 3358 9429
3373 9439
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 247DEG 25KT 3381 9384
$$
06The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 66 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.