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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2016, 5:23 PM CDT for Bowie County, Texas; Little River County, Arkansas. It was in force for 37 min. 2 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 29, 2016, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Little River County, AR, Bowie County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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 29, 5:32 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 N Hooks, TX | TWO MILES NORTH OF HOOKS A ROPE TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND NORTH OF I 30. |
| Apr 29, 5:43 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 N Hooks, TX | TWO MILES NORTH OF HOOKS A ROPE TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND NORTH OF I 30. |
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 29, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 1756 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 451 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 14.9
The text
As transmitted.
873
WFUS54 KSHV 292223
TORSHV
ARC081-TXC037-292300-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0033.160429T2223Z-160429T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
523 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LITTLE RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
CENTRAL BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 523 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW BOSTON...MOVING NORTH 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...
HOOKS AROUND 535 PM CDT.
RICHMOND AROUND 555 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE RED
BANK AND LEARY.
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 3334 9429 3337 9441 3369 9434 3365 9415
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 194DEG 27KT 3342 9435
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
192 follow-up statements
586
WWUS54 KSHV 292236
SVSSHV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
536 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
ARC081-TXC037-292300-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160429T2300Z/
LITTLE RIVER AR-BOWIE TX-
536 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LITTLE RIVER AND EAST CENTRAL BOWIE COUNTIES...
AT 535 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF HOOKS...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
RICHMOND AROUND 555 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE RED
BANK AND LEARY.
LAT...LON 3347 9423 3350 9438 3369 9434 3365 9415
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 194DEG 27KT 3351 9432
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
19700
WWUS54 KSHV 292246
SVSSHV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
546 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
ARC081-TXC037-292300-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160429T2300Z/
LITTLE RIVER AR-BOWIE TX-
546 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LITTLE RIVER AND EAST CENTRAL BOWIE COUNTIES...
AT 535 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF HOOKS
...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED A ROPE TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH
OF HOOKS JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 30.
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 TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RICHMOND AROUND 555 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE RED
BANK.
LAT...LON 3350 9422 3354 9437 3369 9434 3365 9415
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 194DEG 27KT 3357 9430
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
19The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:56 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Franklin, Morris, Titus | 8 days |
| Apr 29, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bowie, Franklin, Morris, Titus | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bowie | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Morris, Red River, Titus | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 3:35 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 63 min |
| Apr 29, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg, Rusk | 19 days |
| Apr 29, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk | 19 days |
| Apr 29, 10:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Rusk | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 11:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Harrison | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 11:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 12:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Smith, Upshur | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Wood | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 12:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Marion | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 12:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Franklin, Smith, Upshur, Wood | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 12:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Harrison, Panola | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 12:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Gregg | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Upshur | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 1:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Camp, Upshur, Wood | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Franklin, Titus, Upshur, Wood | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 1:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Camp, Franklin, Smith, Titus, Upshur, Wood | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Red River | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Camp, Morris, Titus, Wood | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 2:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby | 9 days |
| Apr 29, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Camp, Wood | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 2:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Camp, Franklin, Morris, Smith, Titus, Upshur and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Smith, Wood | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bowie | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Smith | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Smith, Upshur, Wood | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Smith, Upshur, Wood | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Camp, Upshur, Wood | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Smith, Upshur, Wood | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Camp, Upshur, Wood | 9 min |
| Apr 29, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Smith | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 6:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 29, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Camp, Morris, Titus, Upshur | 20 min |
| Apr 29, 2:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Howard | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Little River, Sevier | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 4:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 37 min |
| Apr 29, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 5:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 6:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Nevada | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 6:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nevada | 12 min |
| Apr 29, 7:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Howard, Little River, Sevier | 12 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 9:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 31 min |
| Apr 29, 10:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 10:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Nevada, Sevier | 12 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Little River | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 11:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Howard | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 11:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Sevier | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 1:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Sevier | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 2:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Howard, Little River, Sevier | 71 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Nevada | 15 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.