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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2016, 6:20 PM CDT for Harrison County, Marion County, Upshur County, Texas. It was in force for 40 min. 5 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, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Upshur County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 6:24 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Gilmer, TX | A LARGE TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN BEHIND A HOME IN GILMER. |
| Apr 11, 6:24 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Gilmer, TX | A PICTURE WAS POSTED TO THE KLTV FACEBOOK PAGE OF LARGE HAIL ESTIMATED TO BE THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS THAT FELL IN GILMER. |
| Apr 11, 6:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 Ssw Ore City, TX | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL FELL IN THE DIANA COMMUNITY. |
| Apr 11, 6:44 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 7 Ssw Ore City, TX | PHOTO FROM KLTV FACEBOOK PAGE SHOWS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN DIANA COMMUNITY. |
| Apr 11, 6:45 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Bettie, TX | BASEBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT UNION HILL HIGH SCHOOL... |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 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.
615
WFUS54 KSHV 112320
TORSHV
TXC203-315-459-120000-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0028.160411T2320Z-160412T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
620 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
WESTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 619 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF GILMER...MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
CEDAR SPRINGS AROUND 635 PM CDT.
ORE CITY AROUND 640 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MIDWAY
AND BETTIE.
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 3290 9499 3287 9450 3263 9456 3275 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 277DEG 32KT 3284 9492
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
061 follow-up statement
099
WWUS54 KSHV 112336
SVSSHV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
636 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016
TXC203-315-459-120000-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160412T0000Z/
HARRISON TX-MARION TX-UPSHUR TX-
636 PM CDT MON APR 11 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HARRISON...WESTERN MARION AND NORTHEASTERN UPSHUR
COUNTIES...
AT 635 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ORE CITY...OR 13 MILES EAST OF GILMER...MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HARLETON AROUND 650 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3287 9473 3287 9450 3263 9456 3269 9481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 281DEG 34KT 3275 9472
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
06The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 10:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bowie, Titus | 35 min |
| Apr 11, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Morris, Red River, Titus | 39 min |
| Apr 11, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 58 min |
| Apr 11, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Red River | 50 min |
| Apr 11, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Red River | 61 min |
| Apr 11, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Franklin, Wood | 58 min |
| Apr 11, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Camp, Franklin, Upshur, Wood | 61 min |
| Apr 11, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Franklin, Gregg, Morris, Upshur, Wood | 53 min |
| Apr 11, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 53 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.