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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 3, 2014Little River County, Arkansas; Bowie County, Red River County, Titus County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2014, 10:06 PM CDT for Little River County, Arkansas; Bowie County, Red River County, Titus County, Texas. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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: Apr 3, 2014, 10:06 PM CDT (03:06 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2014, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Little River County, AR, Bowie County, TX, Red River County, TX, Titus County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 3, 10:34 PM CDT	HAIL 1	De Kalb, TX
Apr 3, 10:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 E De Kalb, TX	TREES DOWN ALONG FM1840 5 MILES EAST OF DE KALB
Apr 3, 10:40 PM CDT	HAIL 0.5	New Boston, TX	LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN TOP OF MAPLE TREE SNAPPED OFF... FM2149 EAST MAUD TEXAS

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
Apr 3, 8:54 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 2253 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 988 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 6.9

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The text

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

359 
WFUS54 KSHV 040306
TORSHV
ARC081-TXC037-387-449-040345-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0002.140404T0306Z-140404T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1006 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SIMMS...NEW BOSTON...
  RED RIVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOXELDER...
  TITUS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  LITTLE RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1005 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  WILKERSON...OR NEAR BOXELDER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3351 9502 3365 9432 3331 9426 3332 9478
      3337 9481 3332 9481 3332 9495
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 266DEG 34KT 3340 9489

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette, Nevada, Union	35 min
Apr 3, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier	49 min
Apr 3, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Little River, Miller	48 min
Apr 3, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 2 more	67 min
Apr 3, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette, Miller	66 min
Apr 3, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette, Union	55 min
Apr 4, 2:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	53 min
Apr 4, 4:10 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	SHV	Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more	12 hr
Apr 3, 9:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Red River, Titus	48 min
Apr 3, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Titus, Upshur and 1 more	56 min
Apr 3, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Morris, Smith, Upshur, Wood	60 min
Apr 4, 12:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Morris and 1 more	54 min
Apr 4, 3:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	67 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.