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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2016, 5:55 PM CDT for Smith County, Upshur County, Wood County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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 29, 2016, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2016, 6:28 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Smith County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 5:55 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 E Lindale, TX | *** 2 INJ *** A LONG-TRACK MULTI-VORTEX EF2 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS BETWEEN 120-125 MPH BEGAN EAST OF LINDALE. NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED AS IT TRAVELED NE THROUGH SMITH...WOOD...AND UPSHUR COUNTIES. EF2 DAMAGE WAS FOUND IN SMITH COUNTY BETWEEN F |
| Apr 29, 6:23 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nnw Hawkins, TX | AT LEAST ONE HOME DAMAGE IN THE FM 14 AND FM 2869 AREA. |
| Apr 29, 6:28 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 Nne Hawkins, TX | NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED IN THE AREA OF FM 1002 AND FM 49. |
| Apr 29, 6:28 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Nnw Big Sandy, TX | SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGE OR DESTROYED IN THE SHADY GROVE AREA ALONG FM 1002. |
| Apr 29, 6:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 W Bettie, TX | OZARKA HAD ITS ROOF RIPPED OFF AND 18 WHEELERS ARE OVERTURNED. |
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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.
524
WFUS54 KSHV 292255
TORSHV
TXC423-459-499-292345-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0036.160429T2255Z-160429T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
555 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 555 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER LINDALE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINEOLA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER.
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...
HAWKINS AROUND 615 PM CDT.
BIG SANDY AROUND 625 PM CDT.
ROSEWOOD AROUND 635 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE RED
SPRINGS...PRITCHETT...GRICE AND WINONA.
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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3244 9534 3257 9545 3281 9511 3257 9494
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 240DEG 32KT 3252 9539
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
ITO2 follow-up statements
200
WWUS54 KSHV 292259
SVSSHV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
559 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
TXC423-459-499-292345-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160429T2345Z/
WOOD TX-UPSHUR TX-SMITH TX-
559 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WOOD...SOUTHWESTERN UPSHUR AND NORTHEASTERN SMITH
COUNTIES...
AT 558 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LINDALE BY
STORM SPOTTER ALONG WITH POWER FLASHES...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MINEOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HAWKINS AROUND 615 PM CDT.
BIG SANDY AROUND 625 PM CDT.
ROSEWOOD AROUND 635 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE RED
SPRINGS...PRITCHETT...GRICE AND WINONA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3244 9534 3257 9545 3281 9511 3257 9494
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 240DEG 32KT 3254 9536
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
ITO260
WWUS54 KSHV 292328
SVSSHV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
628 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
TXC423-459-499-292336-
/O.CAN.KSHV.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160429T2345Z/
WOOD TX-UPSHUR TX-SMITH TX-
628 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WOOD...SOUTHWESTERN UPSHUR
AND NORTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS A NEW WARNING COVERING THE
DETAILS OF THIS STORM...THUS THIS WARNING IS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3244 9534 3257 9545 3281 9511 3257 9494
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 240DEG 32KT 3267 9510
$$
ITOThe 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, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie | 37 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, 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 |
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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.