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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT for Hempstead County, Nevada County, Arkansas. It was in force for 33 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, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2016, 8:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Hempstead County, AR, Nevada County, AR
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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 |
| Mar 13, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.
144
WFUS54 KSHV 140030
TORSHV
ARC057-099-140115-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0015.160314T0030Z-160314T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
730 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL NEVADA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
CENTRAL HEMPSTEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 730 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WASHINGTON...OR 12 MILES WEST OF
HOPE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
WASHINGTON AROUND 745 PM CDT.
HOPE AROUND 755 PM CDT.
PERRYTOWN AROUND 800 PM CDT.
EMMET AROUND 810 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
OAKHAVEN AND MCNAB.
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 3365 9384 3373 9386 3385 9348 3368 9338
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 265DEG 25KT 3372 9379
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
MD2 follow-up statements
923
WWUS54 KSHV 140047
SVSSHV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
747 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
ARC057-099-140115-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160314T0115Z/
NEVADA AR-HEMPSTEAD AR-
747 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL NEVADA AND EAST CENTRAL HEMPSTEAD COUNTIES...
AT 746 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WASHINGTON...OR NEAR HOPE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HOPE AROUND 755 PM CDT.
PERRYTOWN AROUND 800 PM CDT.
EMMET AROUND 810 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
OAKHAVEN.
LAT...LON 3368 9366 3379 9368 3385 9348 3369 9339
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 265DEG 25KT 3373 9365
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
MD418
WWUS54 KSHV 140103
SVSSHV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
803 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
ARC057-099-140113-
/O.CAN.KSHV.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160314T0115Z/
NEVADA AR-HEMPSTEAD AR-
803 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL NEVADA AND EAST CENTRAL
HEMPSTEAD COUNTIES 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 SOUTHWESTERN
ARKANSAS.
LAT...LON 3368 9366 3379 9368 3385 9348 3369 9339
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 265DEG 25KT 3374 9351
$$
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 | Columbia, Union | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 11 min |
| Mar 13, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.