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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 25, 20154 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2015, 7:07 PM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 38 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: May 25, 2015, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2015, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
May 25, 7:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 W Lucky, LA	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 25, 5:51 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 87 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: 2131 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1156 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.6
Supercell composite: 16.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

303 
WFUS54 KSHV 260007
TORSHV
LAC013-049-069-127-260045-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0048.150526T0007Z-150526T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
707 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WINN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN BIENVILLE PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  WEST CENTRAL JACKSON PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  NORTH CENTRAL NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
    
* AT 706 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAMPTI...OR 18 MILES
  NORTH OF NATCHITOCHES...MOVING NORTH AT 20 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHWESTERN WINN...SOUTHEASTERN BIENVILLE...WEST CENTRAL JACKSON
  AND NORTH CENTRAL NATCHITOCHES PARISHES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  LOCATIONS...LUCKY...FRIENDSHIP...SALINE...CRESTON...BLACK LAKE...
  GOLDONNA...CHESTNUT...LIBERTY HILL...BIENVILLE AND ASHLAND.

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 3191 9290 3195 9311 3236 9307 3232 9276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 190DEG 19KT 3201 9299 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 25, 4:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 4:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
440 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

.DISCUSSION...
THIS AFTERNOON A CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS OVER
THE EASTERN PAN HANDLE OF TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA WITH A
TRAILING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE DROPPING SOUTH INTO SOUTH TEXAS
SEVERAL SMALLER SCALE PERTUBATIONS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST IN THE
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOF. THESE DISTURBANES ALONG WITH A DEEP AND RICH
SUPPLY OF UNSTABLE AIR FRESH OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT AND SPREADING OF SHOWERS
AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...HIGH
AND DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH FLASH FLOODING
POSSIBLE...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND TORNADOES. MUCH OF THE AREA WEST
OF A TEXARKANA ARKANSAS TO SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA...AND NACOGDOCHES
TEXAS LINE WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH AREAS TO THE EAST OF THIS LINE
GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF THROUGH TONIGHT. LATER INTO THE NIGHT THE
AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SHIFTING TO THE EAST AS THE
UPPER LOW SHIFTS EAST AND THE UPPER TRAILING TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE SWINGS EAST AS WELL. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
TAPERING OFF WITH THE EXIT OF THE UPPER TROUGH...HOWEVER THE NEXT
IN A CONTINUED STREAM OF DISTURBANCES WILL PROVIDE CHANCES FOR
SHOERS AND THUNDERSTORMS JUST ABOUT THROUGH THE ENTIRE REMAINDER
OF THE FORECAST PERIOD THROUGH NEXT WEEK. A WEAKLY AMPLIFIED UPPER
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SEE THESE DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH
KEEPING A WET PATTERN GOING. /06/

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1217 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015/

UPDATE...
TO LOWER THE CLOUD COVER FOR TODAY...RAISE THE FORECAST HIGHS
FOR TODAY...INCREASE THE WINDS.

DISCUSSION...
SATELLITE AND WATER VAPOR LOOP CONTINUED TO SHOW UPPER
DISTURBANCES MOVING AROUND THE BASE OF AN TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
OVER THE PAN HANDLE OF TEXAS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
TEXAS. THESE DISTURBANCES ALONG WITH AVAILABLE MOISTURE SPREADING
NORTH INTO THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY HAVE
BEEN PRODUCING SHOWES AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER OKLAHOMA...AND INTO
TEXAS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
AND SPREAD EAST AND NORTHEAST AHEAD OF THE UPPER DISTURBANCES
AS THEY MOVE IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THE SUN WAS OUT ACROSS
MUCH OF THE FOUR STATE REGION THIS MORNING AND WILL HELP PROVIDE
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE FORECAST AREA THAT WILL PROVIDE
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. ALONG WITH THE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL COME
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT WILL QUICKLY RESULT IN THE THREAT FOR
FLASH FLOODING. SOILS HAVE BEEN PRIMED WITH RECENT RAINS. FOR THE
REST OF TODAY AND OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY BE ALERT FOR HIGH WATER.
DO NOT CROSS FLOODED AREAS ESPECIALLY IF THE WATER IS MOVING
QUICKLY. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES. /06/

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1058 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015/

AVIATION...

SCT TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN A
VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. CURRENT MVFR CEILING TO MIX OUT AND
DISSIPATE BY EARLY AFTERNOON NEAR 18Z.

BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING NEAR 08Z...EXPECT WIDESPREAD MVFR AND IFR
CEILINGS TO REDEVELOP IN MOIST UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. /VIII/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  70  85  70  87 /  90  60  30  40
MLU  70  82  70  87 /  90  70  30  40
DEQ  66  81  68  84 /  90  50  40  40
TXK  68  84  69  86 /  90  50  30  40
ELD  70  83  70  86 /  90  70  30  40
TYR  68  84  71  86 /  90  40  30  30
GGG  69  85  70  87 /  90  40  30  30
LFK  70  86  71  88 /  90  40  30  40

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR ARZ050-051-059>061-
     070>073.

LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR LAZ001>006-010>014-
     017>022.

OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR OKZ077.

TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR TXZ096-097-108>112-
     124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 6:13 AM CDT, 12 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
613 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-251700-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-DE SOTO-
RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-
GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-
MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-
PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-
613 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON OVER THE REGION...AHEAD OF STRONG UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE THAT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST. HOWEVER...A
COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER
THIS MORNING OVER WESTCENTRAL TEXAS...WHICH WILL SHIFT EAST ACROSS
NORTH AND NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS
AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION TONIGHT.
DAYTIME HEATING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO MODERATE INSTABILITY DEVELOPING
AHEAD OF THIS COMPLEX THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THESE STORMS EXPECTED
TO BECOME SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE
POSSIBLE...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO OCCUR IN THE
STRONGER STORMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE
INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE ATOP
ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASED
RUNOFF AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. THESE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH
THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL PERSIST OVER
NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA THROUGH DAYBREAK TUESDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING ACROSS
NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA AND POSSIBLY SOUTHCENTRAL ARKANSAS TUESDAY
MORNING...BUT SHOULD DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON. BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ALTHOUGH THIS THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH AS
THESE STORMS EXIT THE REGION. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AREAWIDE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...AND
POSSIBLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A SLOW
MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SINKS SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

AVTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND AMATEUR
RADIO OPERATORS...WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
FOR SEVERE WEATHER...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FLASH FLOOD REPORTS.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 6:43 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
643 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SW JACKSONVILLE       31.91N 95.32W
05/25/2015                   CHEROKEE           TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE ON A HOUSE ALONG COUNTY ROAD 3208 AND
            3209.

&&

NWS SHREVEPORT LA
IRIS SYSTEM

Local storm report, May 25, 6:45 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
645 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N JENA                31.73N 92.13W
05/25/2015                   LA SALLE           LA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. SEVERAL ROOFS
            BLOWN OFF.

&&

AS

Local storm report, May 25, 6:50 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
650 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0645 PM     FLASH FLOOD      TEXARKANA               33.44N 94.07W
05/25/2015                   BOWIE              TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            PLEASANT GROVE AROUND RICHLAND ROAD AREA.
            STREET FLOODING. CLOSED ROADS.

&&

AS

Local storm report, May 25, 6:56 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
656 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0405 PM     TSTM WND DMG     13 SSW HAUGHTON         32.35N 93.56W
05/25/2015                   BOSSIER            LA   AMATEUR RADIO

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

&&

AS

Local storm report, May 25, 6:58 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
658 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0649 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 NW MOUNT ENTERPRISE  32.01N 94.80W
05/25/2015                   RUSK               TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN IN LANEVILLE TX OFF OF FM 1798.

&&

NWS SHREVEPORT LA
IRIS SYSTEM

Local storm report, May 25, 7:06 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
706 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0605 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 NE QUITMAN            32.86N 95.37W
05/25/2015                   WOOD               TX   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

&&

AS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Natchitoches, Winn	56 min
May 25, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Sabine	63 min
May 25, 7:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Caddo, De Soto	39 min
May 25, 8:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Lincoln	52 min
May 25, 8:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto	44 min
May 25, 8:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto	4 hr
May 25, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Natchitoches and 2 more	64 min
May 25, 8:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Webster	42 min
May 25, 9:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Natchitoches, Red River, Winn	40 min
May 25, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Caldwell, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches and 4 more	53 min
May 25, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union, Winn	40 min
May 25, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Jackson, LaSalle, Ouachita, Union, Winn	31 min
May 26, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Natchitoches, Sabine	47 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.