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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2016, 7:08 PM CDT for Claiborne Parish, Louisiana; Union County, Arkansas. It was in force for 11 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
- Mar 13, 2016, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2016, 7:19 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Union County, AR, Claiborne Parish, LA
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 947 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted.
795
WFUS54 KSHV 140008
TORSHV
ARC139-LAC027-140100-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0013.160314T0008Z-160314T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
708 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN CLAIBORNE PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 708 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTA...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HOMER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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...
JUNCTION CITY AND WESSON AROUND 735 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CATESVILLE...THREE CREEKS...NEWELL AND JUNCTION CITY.
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 3307 9259 3301 9272 3302 9272 3301 9273
3291 9295 3299 9301 3321 9274
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 231DEG 26KT 3296 9295
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
MD1 follow-up statement
143
WWUS54 KSHV 140019
SVSSHV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
719 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
ARC139-LAC027-140028-
/O.CAN.KSHV.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160314T0100Z/
UNION AR-CLAIBORNE LA-
719 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN CLAIBORNE PARISHES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3307 9259 3301 9272 3302 9272 3301 9273
3291 9295 3299 9301 3321 9274
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 231DEG 26KT 3301 9288
$$
MDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Webster | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 67 min |
| Mar 13, 8:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Union | 47 min |
| Mar 13, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 24 min |
| Mar 13, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union | 17 min |
| Mar 13, 8:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SHV | LaSalle | 42 hr |
| Mar 13, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 8:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Caldwell | 21 hr |
| Mar 13, 8:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Ouachita | 48 min |
| Mar 13, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Caldwell | 55 min |
| Mar 13, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Jackson, Ouachita | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Ouachita | 20 min |
| Mar 13, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 52 min |
| Mar 13, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 33 min |
| Mar 13, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 42 min |
| Mar 13, 9:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SHV | Union | 66 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.