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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2015, 7:16 PM CDT for Bowie County, Texas; Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas. It was in force for 44 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
- May 9, 2015, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Little River County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Bowie County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 566 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
872
WFUS54 KSHV 100016
TORSHV
ARC081-133-TXC037-100100-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0021.150510T0016Z-150510T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
716 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN LITTLE RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN SEVIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTH CENTRAL BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 716 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF FOREMAN ALONG THE RED
RIVER...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FOREMAN AROUND 735 PM CDT.
WINTHROP AROUND 750 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ARDEN
AND WALLACE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3386 9413 3351 9434 3355 9452 3390 9438
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 201DEG 26KT 3360 9440
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
151 follow-up statement
913
WWUS54 KSHV 100053
SVSSHV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
753 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015
ARC081-133-TXC037-100102-
/O.EXP.KSHV.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150510T0100Z/
LITTLE RIVER AR-SEVIER AR-BOWIE TX-
753 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN LITTLE RIVER...SOUTHWESTERN SEVIER
AND NORTH CENTRAL BOWIE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ARKANSAS...SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3386 9413 3351 9434 3355 9452 3390 9438
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 201DEG 26KT 3360 9440
$$
15The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Morris | 61 min |
| May 9, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 43 min |
| May 10, 10:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Cass, Marion | 10 days |
| May 10, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Gregg, Upshur | 44 min |
| May 10, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Red River | 42 min |
| May 9, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Little River, Miller | 50 min |
| May 9, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette, Nevada | 50 min |
| May 9, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Hempstead | 47 min |
| May 9, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Nevada | 18 min |
| May 10, 8:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Howard, Little River, Sevier | 4 days |
| May 10, 11:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Sevier | 51 min |
| May 10, 5:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Lafayette | 47 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.