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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 28, 2014Cherokee County, Rusk County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2014, 2:03 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Rusk County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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: Apr 28, 2014, 2:03 AM CDT (07:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2014, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cherokee County, TX, Rusk County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 28, 2:30 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	8 N Mount Enterprise, TX	POWER LINES DOWN NEAR MOUNT ENTERPRISE

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 27, 11:08 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 1893 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1351 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 215 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 5.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

024 
WFUS54 KSHV 280703
TORSHV
TXC073-401-280800-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0007.140428T0703Z-140428T0800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
203 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 157 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PONTA...OR
  10 MILES NORTH OF RUSK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MINDEN BY 235 AM CDT...
  PINEHILL BY 245 AM 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3205 9517 3215 9459 3212 9459 3209 9460
      3198 9460 3198 9456 3185 9455 3184 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0701Z 254DEG 34KT 3194 9504

$$

06

2 follow-up statements

517 
WWUS54 KSHV 280735
SVSSHV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
235 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

TXC073-280744-
/O.CAN.KSHV.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140428T0800Z/
CHEROKEE TX-
235 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3215 9459 3212 9459 3209 9460 3198 9460
      3198 9456 3194 9456 3194 9480 3210 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0734Z 254DEG 34KT 3206 9470

$$

TXC401-280800-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140428T0800Z/
RUSK TX-
235 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR RUSK
COUNTY...

AT 229 AM CDT...USING DOPPLER RADAR...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRACHFIELD...OR 8 
MILES SOUTH OF HENDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
PINEHILL...MINDEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT 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 3215 9459 3212 9459 3209 9460 3198 9460
      3198 9456 3194 9456 3194 9480 3210 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0734Z 254DEG 34KT 3206 9470

$$

06

260 
WWUS54 KSHV 280756
SVSSHV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
256 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

TXC401-280805-
/O.EXP.KSHV.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140428T0800Z/
RUSK TX-
256 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RUSK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 300 AM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN 
ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND 
NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3215 9459 3212 9459 3209 9460 3198 9460
      3198 9456 3194 9456 3194 9480 3210 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0755Z 254DEG 34KT 3211 9447

$$

06

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Morris, Titus, Wood	53 min
Apr 27, 7:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Camp, Morris, Titus	27 min
Apr 27, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris, Titus	66 min
Apr 28, 12:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Franklin, Wood	42 min
Apr 28, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee	63 min
Apr 28, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Cass, Marion, Morris, Titus, Upshur	50 min
Apr 28, 1:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	44 min
Apr 28, 2:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	38 min
Apr 28, 2:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass, Marion	50 min
Apr 28, 2:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Panola, Rusk	29 min
Apr 28, 3:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Panola, Rusk, Shelby	26 min
Apr 28, 3:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk	59 min
Apr 28, 3:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Panola, Shelby	46 min
Apr 28, 5:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine	48 min
Apr 28, 6:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	45 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.