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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2014, 3:10 AM CDT for Columbia County, Lafayette County, Arkansas; Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 50 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 28, 2014, 3:10 AM CDT (08:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2014, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Columbia County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:13 AM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Ene Hosston, LA | *** 1 INJ *** HOME DAMAGED ON BUCKSHOT RD |
| Apr 28, 3:15 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Bradley, AR | |
| Apr 28, 3:22 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Plain Dealing, LA | MOBILE HOME DAMAGED BY LARGE TREE ON HIGHWAY 537 NEAR PLAIN DEALING |
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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
864 WFUS54 KSHV 280810 TORSHV ARC027-073-LAC015-017-119-280900- /O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0009.140428T0810Z-140428T0900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 310 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BOSSIER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... CADDO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... WEBSTER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPRINGHILL... COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... * UNTIL 400 AM CDT * AT 310 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HOSSTON... OR 22 MILES WEST OF SPRINGHILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PLAIN DEALING BY 315 AM CDT... 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRADLEY BY 325 AM CDT... TAYLOR...WELCOME...SPRINGHILL AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CULLEN BY 335 AM CDT... BUSSEY BY 340 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. 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 3294 9329 3284 9390 3293 9396 3324 9348 TIME...MOT...LOC 0810Z 242DEG 44KT 3294 9381 $$ 13
1 follow-up statement
529 WWUS54 KSHV 280829 SVSSHV SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 329 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014 LAC017-280837- /O.CAN.KSHV.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140428T0900Z/ CADDO LA- 329 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CADDO PARISH IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS. LAT...LON 3296 9377 3316 9343 3294 9329 3287 9373 TIME...MOT...LOC 0827Z 242DEG 44KT 3298 9361 $$ ARC027-073-LAC015-119-280900- /O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140428T0900Z/ COLUMBIA AR-LAFAYETTE AR-BOSSIER LA-WEBSTER LA- 329 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR LAFAYETTE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES...AND WEBSTER AND BOSSIER PARISHES... AT 327 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO JUST NORTHEAST OF PLAIN DEALING...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 50 MPH. DAMAGE WAS REPORTED EARLIER JUST EAST OF THE RED RIVER ON BUCKSHOT ROAD. RADAR CONFIRMED THIS TORNADO BY A STRONG INDICATION OF A DEBRIS BALL. IF YOU LIVE IN EXTREME NORTHEAST BOSSIER PARISH OR THE CULLEN AND SPRINGHILL AREAS...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... STATE LINE...SPRINGHILL AND CULLEN BY 335 AM CDT... WELCOME AND TAYLOR BY 340 AM CDT... 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUSSEY BY 345 AM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3296 9377 3316 9343 3294 9329 3287 9373 TIME...MOT...LOC 0827Z 242DEG 44KT 3298 9361 $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Miller | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 2:20 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Union | 9 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette, Miller | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 3:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caddo, De Soto | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 5:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, De Soto, Jackson, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine and 1 more | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 6:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Jackson, Ouachita, Union | 55 min |
| Apr 28, 7:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Bienville, Caldwell, Grant, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches and 5 more | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 8:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Jackson, Ouachita, Winn | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Grant, LaSalle | 60 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.