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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 30, 2016Camp County, Upshur County, Wood County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2016, 4:13 PM CDT for Camp County, Upshur County, Wood County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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 30, 2016, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Camp County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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
Mar 30, 4:20 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	11 W Gilmer, TX	SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTS FUNNEL CLOUD IN RHONESBORO COMMUNITY.
Mar 30, 4:25 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	11 W Gilmer, TX	BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTS SEEING FUNNEL/POSSIBLE TORNADO ON LIVE STORM CHASER FEED.
Mar 30, 4:56 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Pittsburg, TX

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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.

919 
WFUS54 KSHV 302113
TORSHV
TXC063-459-499-302200-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0019.160330T2113Z-160330T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CAMP COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  NORTHERN UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
    
* AT 412 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF ROSEWOOD...OR 14 MILES WEST OF GILMER...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
  ROSEWOOD AROUND 420 PM CDT. 
  GILMER AROUND 430 PM CDT. 
  PITTSBURG AROUND 440 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BETTIE...HOLLY SPRINGS...GRICE...LAFAYETTE...MIDWAY...HARVARD...ROCKY
MOUND...PERRYVILLE AND CENTER POINT.

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!

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 3307 9503 3307 9493 3305 9492 3302 9489
      3301 9486 3300 9485 3296 9479 3292 9476
      3291 9472 3289 9471 3284 9470 3284 9467
      3260 9521 3275 9534
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 232DEG 41KT 3273 9520 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

VII

1 follow-up statement

305 
WWUS54 KSHV 302147
SVSSHV

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

TXC063-459-499-302200-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160330T2200Z/
CAMP TX-WOOD TX-UPSHUR TX-
447 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR CAMP...
EAST CENTRAL WOOD AND NORTHERN UPSHUR COUNTIES...
        
AT 445 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LEESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN ROMESBORO. THIS
         STORM ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

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...
GILMER...PITTSBURG...LEESBURG...CEDAR SPRINGS...ROSEWOOD...MIDWAY...ROCKY
MOUND...BETTIE...HOLLY SPRINGS...GRICE...LAFAYETTE...HARVARD...PERRYVILLE
AND CENTER POINT.

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 3307 9503 3307 9493 3305 9492 3302 9489
      3301 9486 3300 9485 3296 9479 3292 9476
      3291 9472 3289 9471 3284 9470 3284 9467
      3271 9509 3280 9529
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 200DEG 38KT 3306 9505 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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, 3:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Smith	39 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.