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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2016, 6:21 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 39 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 30, 2016, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Columbia County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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 30, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
559
WFUS54 KSHV 302321
TORSHV
ARC027-073-091-099-310000-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0022.160330T2321Z-160331T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
621 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHERN MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 620 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER IDA...OR 15 MILES EAST OF ATLANTA...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 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...
BRADLEY AROUND 640 PM CDT.
CANFIELD AROUND 645 PM CDT.
STAMPS AND LEWISVILLE AROUND 700 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CANALE...KIBLAH...PLEASANT VALLEY...MARS HILL...FORT LYNN...LERCH...
CORNELIUS...MOUNT VERNON...GIN CITY AND MCKAMIE.
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3316 9325 3302 9374 3302 9401 3308 9404
3347 9348
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 232DEG 37KT 3304 9391
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
VII1 follow-up statement
882
WWUS54 KSHV 302357
SVSSHV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
657 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
ARC027-073-091-099-310007-
/O.EXP.KSHV.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/
COLUMBIA AR-LAFAYETTE AR-MILLER AR-NEVADA AR-
657 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL COLUMBIA...LAFAYETTE...
SOUTHERN MILLER AND SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700
PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ARKANSAS.
LAT...LON 3316 9325 3302 9374 3302 9401 3308 9404
3347 9348
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 232DEG 37KT 3304 9391
$$
06The 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 | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Nevada | 51 min |
| Mar 30, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Union | 13 min |
| Mar 30, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Columbia | 66 min |
| Mar 30, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette, Miller | 62 min |
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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.