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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2015, 7:36 PM CDT for Harrison County, Panola County, Texas; Caddo Parish, De Soto Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 39 min. 12 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
- May 25, 2015, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2015, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Caddo Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Harrison County, TX, Panola County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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, 7:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ssw Greenwood, LA | TREE DOWN ON MOBILE HOME. |
| May 25, 8:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Shreveport, LA | |
| May 25, 8:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nnw Stonewall, LA | TREE FELL ON A HOUSE ON BOXWOOD DRIVE |
| May 25, 8:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 S Shreveport, LA | TREE DOWN ACROSS THE ROAD. |
| May 25, 8:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 S Shreveport, LA | TREE ON A HOUSE. |
| May 25, 8:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 S Shreveport, LA | TREES DOWN BLOCKING THE ROAD. |
| May 25, 8:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 S Shreveport, LA | HALF OF ROOF BLOWN OFF. |
| May 25, 8:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 75 | 5 Sse Shreveport, LA | |
| May 25, 8:13 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Shreveport, LA | ROOF DAMAGE TO DENNYS ON MANSFIELD ROAD... PART OF ROOF IN PARKING AREA |
| May 25, 8:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Shreveport, LA | SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS EST 20 FEET LONG DOWN ON PINE GROVE STREET IN SOUTHWEST SHREVEPORT |
| May 25, 8:16 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 7 Sse Shreveport, LA | |
| May 25, 8:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Shreveport, LA | LARGE TREE FELL ON HOME IN 10000BLOCK OF WINDING RIDGE ROAD IN ELLERBE AREA SHREVEPORT... CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE HOME |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 25, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
406
WFUS54 KSHV 260036
TORSHV
LAC017-031-TXC203-365-260115-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0049.150526T0036Z-150526T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
736 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CADDO PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN DE SOTO PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 735 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DEBERRY...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF CARTHAGE...
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
DEBERRY AROUND 740 PM CDT.
ELYSIAN FIELDS AROUND 745 PM CDT.
WASKOM AROUND 755 PM CDT.
GREENWOOD AROUND 800 PM CDT.
SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY AND STONEWALL AROUND 815 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
FRONT...GLOSTER...KEACHI...REEDS STORE...FORBING...MIDYETT...
KEITHVILLE...KEAT CHIE...DEADWOOD AND FRIERSON.
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 3244 9435 3254 9376 3251 9372 3243 9368
3242 9369 3240 9369 3239 9366 3224 9359
3224 9361 3220 9359 3219 9356 3217 9355
3209 9432
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 237DEG 39KT 3230 9427
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
061 follow-up statement
946
WWUS54 KSHV 260102
SVSSHV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
802 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
TXC203-365-260111-
/O.CAN.KSHV.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-150526T0115Z/
HARRISON TX-PANOLA TX-
802 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON AND NORTHEASTERN
PANOLA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. **! THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3230 9404 3245 9404 3254 9376 3253 9375
3251 9372 3243 9368 3242 9369 3240 9369
3239 9366 3233 9363
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 252DEG 36KT 3238 9390
$$
LAC017-031-260115-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-150526T0115Z/
CADDO LA-DE SOTO LA-
802 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CADDO AND NORTHERN DE SOTO PARISHES...
AT 801 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENWOOD...OR
8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHREVEPORT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WILL CROSS
SOUTH SHREVEPORT AND A ROPE TORNADO WAS SPOTTED 5 MILES SOUTH OF
GREENWOOD LOUISIANA.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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
SOUTHWESTERN CADDO AND NORTHERN DE SOTO PARISHES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SPRING RIDGE...FORBING...ROBSON...KEITHVILLE
AND CROSS LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3230 9404 3245 9404 3254 9376 3253 9375
3251 9372 3243 9368 3242 9369 3240 9369
3239 9366 3233 9363
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 252DEG 36KT 3238 9390
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
06The 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 | Tornado Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk | 56 min |
| May 25, 7:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion, Panola | 4 hr |
| May 25, 7:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Shelby | 4 hr |
| May 25, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches and 6 more | 63 min |
| May 25, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby | 60 min |
| May 25, 9:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Smith, Upshur, Wood | 15 days |
| May 25, 9:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg, Smith, Upshur, Wood | 19 days |
| May 26, 6:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg | 59 hr |
| May 26, 8:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg, Rusk | 20 days |
| May 26, 8:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk | 9 days |
| May 26, 3:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Sabine, San Augustine | 52 hr |
| May 25, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Natchitoches, Winn | 56 min |
| May 25, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Natchitoches, Winn | 38 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.