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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 12, 2015, 4:46 PM CST for Franklin County, Red River County, Titus County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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
- Dec 12, 2015, 4:46 PM CST (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 12, 2015, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Franklin County, TX, Red River County, TX, Titus County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 4:59 PM CST | TORNADO | 6 Ssw Bogata, TX | NWS SURVEY CREW CONFIRMS AN EF-1 TORNADO SSW OF BOGATA TX. SEVERAL TREES HAD LIMBS BROKEN OR SNAPPED TRUNKS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED WHEN MOST OF THE ROOF WAS REMOVED FROM A TWO-STORY HOME. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
887
WFUS54 KSHV 122246
TORSHV
TXC159-387-449-122315-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0063.151212T2246Z-151212T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
446 PM CST SAT DEC 12 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN RED RIVER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN TITUS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 515 PM CST
* AT 445 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT VERNON...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAGANSPORT...
MOVING NORTH AT 35 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAGANSPORT AND JOHNTOWN.
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3343 9531 3343 9509 3321 9524 3321 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 190DEG 20KT 3324 9528
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
091 follow-up statement
351
WWUS54 KSHV 122306
SVSSHV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
506 PM CST SAT DEC 12 2015
TXC159-449-122315-
/O.CAN.KSHV.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-151212T2315Z/
TITUS TX-FRANKLIN TX-
506 PM CST SAT DEC 12 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TITUS AND NORTHERN FRANKLIN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED
NORTHWESTERN TITUS AND NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THEREFORE THE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3343 9516 3338 9518 3337 9519 3338 9521
3337 9523 3337 9526 3338 9527 3337 9528
3338 9531 3343 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 181DEG 24KT 3344 9527
$$
TXC387-122315-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-151212T2315Z/
RED RIVER TX-
506 PM CST SAT DEC 12 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN RED RIVER COUNTY...
AT 505 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BOGATA...OR NEAR HAGANSPORT...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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JOHNTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3343 9516 3338 9518 3337 9519 3338 9521
3337 9523 3337 9526 3338 9527 3337 9528
3338 9531 3343 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 181DEG 24KT 3344 9527
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
09The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 4:27 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more | 36 hr |
| Dec 12, 9:18 AM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Red River | 5 days |
| Dec 12, 9:18 AM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | Cass, Marion | 10 days |
| Dec 12, 9:18 AM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | Franklin, Morris, Titus | 7 days |
| Dec 12, 3:43 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Wood | 47 min |
| Dec 12, 3:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Franklin, Wood | 49 min |
| Dec 12, 5:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Red River | 42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.