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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2016, 7:08 PM CDT for Union County, Arkansas. It was in force for 52 min. 3 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
- Mar 13, 2016, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Union County, AR
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 172 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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 7:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 N Strong, AR | ROPE TORNADO REPORTED IN THE NEW LONDON COMMUNITY |
| Mar 13, 8:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Strong, AR | 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED IN STRONG... ARKANSAS |
| Mar 13, 8:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Strong, AR | 1 INCH HAIL IN THE STRONG COMMUNITY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 163 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.
087
WFUS54 KSHV 140008 RRA
TORSHV
ARC139-140100-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0014.160314T0008Z-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...
SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 708 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER STRONG...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUTTIG...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STRONG...LAPILE AND NEW LONDON.
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 3312 9212 3302 9227 3314 9245 3326 9233
3326 9231 3328 9230 3326 9229 3327 9228
3325 9227 3325 9223 3323 9223 3323 9222
3321 9222 3320 9221 3321 9218 3316 9217
3317 9215 3316 9211
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 225DEG 20KT 3313 9232
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
062 follow-up statements
859
WWUS54 KSHV 140033
SVSSHV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
733 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
ARC139-140100-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160314T0100Z/
UNION AR-
733 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL UNION COUNTY...
AT 731 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAPILE....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CROSSING THE OUACHITA RIVER SHORTLY.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EAST CENTRAL UNION COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3312 9212 3312 9216 3317 9226 3325 9234
3326 9233 3326 9231 3328 9230 3326 9229
3327 9228 3325 9227 3325 9223 3323 9223
3323 9222 3321 9222 3320 9221 3321 9218
3316 9217 3317 9215 3316 9211
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 224DEG 20KT 3322 9221
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
06686
WWUS54 KSHV 140051
SVSSHV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
751 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
ARC139-140101-
/O.EXP.KSHV.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160314T0100Z/
UNION AR-
751 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL UNION COUNTY 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 200 AM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS.
LAT...LON 3312 9212 3312 9216 3317 9226 3325 9234
3326 9233 3326 9231 3328 9230 3326 9229
3327 9228 3325 9227 3325 9223 3323 9223
3323 9222 3321 9222 3320 9221 3321 9218
3316 9217 3317 9215 3316 9211
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 225DEG 20KT 3322 9221
$$
!06The 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 | Columbia, Union | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 11 min |
| Mar 13, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 33 min |
| Mar 13, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 67 min |
| Mar 13, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 42 min |
| Mar 13, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 24 min |
| Mar 13, 9:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SHV | Union | 66 hr |
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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.