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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2016, 6:25 PM CDT for Camp County, Upshur County, Wood County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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 29, 2016, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Camp County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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, 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, 6:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 W Bettie, TX | OZARKA HAD ITS ROOF RIPPED OFF AND 18 WHEELERS ARE OVERTURNED. |
| Apr 29, 6:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 9 N Hawkins, TX | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN...NUMEROUS HOMES DAMAGED |
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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.
158
WFUS54 KSHV 292325
TORSHV
TXC063-459-499-300000-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0038.160429T2325Z-160430T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
625 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CAMP COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
EAST CENTRAL WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 624 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSEWOOD...OR 13 MILES WEST OF GILMER...MOVING NORTH
AT 35 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR 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...
ROSEWOOD AROUND 630 PM CDT.
NEWSOME AROUND 650 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GRICE
AND PERRYVILLE.
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!
&&
LAT...LON 3267 9507 3273 9526 3298 9516 3291 9492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 200DEG 31KT 3273 9519
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
ITO1 follow-up statement
519
WWUS54 KSHV 292337
SVSSHV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
637 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
TXC063-459-499-300000-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-160430T0000Z/
CAMP TX-WOOD TX-UPSHUR TX-
637 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CAMP...EAST CENTRAL WOOD AND NORTHWESTERN UPSHUR
COUNTIES...
AT 637 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSEWOOD...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF GILMER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NEWSOME AROUND 655 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GRICE
AND PERRYVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3274 9504 3279 9523 3298 9516 3291 9492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 206DEG 28KT 3281 9513
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
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, 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, 6:29 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.