Tornado Warning 37, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

Apr 29, 2016, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)

Expired

Apr 29, 2016, 6:35 PM CDT

In force

29 min

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Observed

Damage threat

Considerable

Hail

2.0 in

Counties Smith County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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627 
WFUS54 KSHV 292306
TORSHV
TXC423-459-499-292345-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0037.160429T2306Z-160429T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
606 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...
  NORTH CENTRAL SMITH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 606 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR HAWKINS...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MINEOLA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW! 

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS 
           MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE 
           HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
           BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE 
           DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

* THE 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 GRICE...
RED SPRINGS AND PRITCHETT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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!

A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3250 9527 3263 9536 3285 9509 3263 9494
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 238DEG 32KT 3258 9530 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

ITO

381 
WWUS54 KSHV 292335
SVSSHV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
635 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

TXC423-459-499-292344-
/O.CAN.KSHV.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160429T2345Z/
WOOD TX-UPSHUR TX-SMITH TX-
635 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WOOD...SOUTHWESTERN UPSHUR
AND NORTH CENTRAL 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 3250 9527 3263 9536 3285 9509 3263 9494
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 238DEG 32KT 3271 9505 

$$

ITO

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