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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2014, 5:09 PM CDT for Hempstead County, Howard County, Little River County, Arkansas. It was in force for 36 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
- Apr 13, 2014, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -436 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
825
WFUS54 KSHV 132209
TORSHV
ARC057-061-081-132245-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0004.140413T2209Z-140413T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
509 PM CDT SUN APR 13 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...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 504 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR OGDEN...OR
8 MILES SOUTH OF ASHDOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SARATOGA BY 520 PM CDT...
TOLLETTE BY 525 PM CDT...
WASHINGTON BY 535 PM CDT...
BLEVINS BY 545 PM CDT...
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.
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 3394 9345 3359 9393 3355 9395 3358 9397
3354 9398 3357 9400 3356 9407 3357 9407
3357 9412 3355 9413 3359 9416 3359 9421
3375 9402 3375 9397 3379 9397 3399 9372
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 228DEG 48KT 3360 9404
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 3:53 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:10 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more | 32 hr |
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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.