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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 30, 2016Smith County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2016, 3:06 PM CDT for Smith County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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: Mar 30, 2016, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Smith County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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
Mar 30, 3:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Lindale, TX	REPORTED BY LINDALE POLICE IN THE POOL PARK AREA NEAR FM ROAD 849.

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 30, 2:31 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 141 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 568 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -248 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

426 
WFUS54 KSHV 302006
TORSHV
TXC423-302045-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0018.160330T2006Z-160330T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
306 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL SMITH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
    
* AT 305 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR EDOM...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF TYLER...MOVING EAST
  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. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LINDALE AROUND 325 PM CDT. 
  TYLER AROUND 345 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE RED
SPRINGS...CARROLL AND WINONA...AND POSSIBLY MOTORISTS ALONG
INTERSTATE 20 !!

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.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
SHREVEPORT.

&&

LAT...LON 3258 9525 3256 9524 3257 9521 3254 9519
      3255 9518 3255 9516 3257 9515 3254 9512
      3256 9509 3254 9508 3254 9503 3255 9502
      3235 9499 3230 9545 3237 9545 3237 9547
      3242 9551 3248 9559 3257 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 262DEG 27KT 3243 9556 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

VII

1 follow-up statement

071 
WWUS54 KSHV 302034
SVSSHV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
334 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

TXC423-302045-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160330T2045Z/
SMITH TX-
334 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
SMITH COUNTY...
    
AT 330 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER LINDALE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINEOLA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS LINDALE. A
POSSIBLE BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS REPORTED AT INTERSTATE 20 AND
HWY 110...NEAR HIDEAWAY LAKE !!

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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CENTRAL SMITH COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: RED SPRINGS
AND WINONA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.

&&

LAT...LON 3258 9525 3256 9524 3257 9521 3254 9519
      3255 9518 3255 9516 3257 9515 3254 9512
      3256 9509 3254 9508 3254 9503 3255 9502
      3235 9499 3230 9545 3237 9545 3237 9547
      3242 9551 3248 9551 3257 9549
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 240DEG 23KT 3252 9540 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

VII

The office that day

Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 11:07 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	SHV	Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more	11 hr
Mar 30, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Franklin, Red River, Titus	59 min
Mar 30, 2:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Red River, Titus, Wood	44 min
Mar 30, 4:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Camp, Upshur, Wood	47 min
Mar 30, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Morris, Red River, Titus and 1 more	48 min
Mar 30, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris, Titus	58 min
Mar 30, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Upshur, Wood	60 min
Mar 30, 6:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Smith, Wood	3 hr
Mar 30, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass, Marion	62 min
Mar 30, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Titus, Upshur, Wood	46 min
Mar 30, 6:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Morris, Titus, Upshur, Wood	3 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.