Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2016, 12:40 PM CDT for 6 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 50 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
- Apr 11, 2016, 12:40 PM CDT (17:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2016, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Columbia County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Union County, AR
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 12:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Lewisville, AR | TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE OFF OF COUNTY ROAD 18 SOUTH OF LEWISVILLE. TREES AND POWER LINES WERE ALSO DOWNED ACROSS LAFAYETTE COUNTY. |
| Apr 11, 12:58 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Waldo, AR | TREE ACROSS HIGHWAY 82 JUST INSIDE THE COUNTY LINE |
| Apr 11, 1:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Garland, AR | SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS THE EASTER PART OF THE COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 520 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted.
847
WFUS54 KSHV 111740
TORSHV
ARC027-057-073-091-099-139-111830-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0025.160411T1740Z-160411T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1240 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
EAST CENTRAL MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHERN NEVADA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN HEMPSTEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 130 PM CDT
* AT 1240 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER GARLAND...OR NEAR LEWISVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 60 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...
LEWISVILLE AROUND 1245 PM CDT.
STAMPS AROUND 1250 PM CDT.
BUCKNER AROUND 1255 PM CDT.
WALDO AROUND 100 PM CDT.
WILLISVILLE AROUND 105 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
FALCON...YOUNG...PINEY GROVE...MEDLOCK...BETHEL...LAMARTINE...MOUNT VERNON...
LAUGHLIN...COLLEGE HILL AND SPIRIT LAKE.
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 3338 9312 3338 9296 3334 9294 3324 9373
3341 9380 3368 9311
TIME...MOT...LOC 1740Z 251DEG 50KT 3335 9368
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
051 follow-up statement
956
WWUS54 KSHV 111802
SVSSHV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
102 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016
ARC057-091-099-139-111811-
/O.CAN.KSHV.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160411T1830Z/
MILLER AR-NEVADA AR-HEMPSTEAD AR-UNION AR-
102 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MILLER...SOUTHERN NEVADA...
SOUTHEASTERN HEMPSTEAD AND NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3332 9312 3326 9354 3341 9351 3344 9312
TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 251DEG 50KT 3345 9335
$$
ARC027-073-111830-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160411T1830Z/
COLUMBIA AR-LAFAYETTE AR-
102 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN COLUMBIA AND NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTIES...
AT 101 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WILLISVILLE...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALDO...MOVING
EAST AT 60 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN COLUMBIA AND NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: BETHEL...MOUNT VERNON...LAMARTINE...COLLEGE
HILL...LAUGHLIN AND MCKAMIE.
LAT...LON 3332 9312 3326 9354 3341 9351 3344 9312
TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 251DEG 50KT 3345 9335
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
05The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 9:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Polk | 27 min |
| Apr 11, 10:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 46 min |
| Apr 11, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Little River, Miller, Sevier | 39 min |
| Apr 11, 11:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 48 min |
| Apr 11, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada | 58 min |
| Apr 11, 12:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette, Miller | 29 min |
| Apr 11, 1:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Nevada | 26 min |
| Apr 11, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Columbia, Union | 44 min |
| Apr 11, 1:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 49 min |
| Apr 11, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 49 min |
| Apr 11, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 61 min |
| Apr 11, 5:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 42 min |
| Apr 11, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.