Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2016, 6:26 PM CDT for Nevada County, Arkansas. It was in force for 15 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2016, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2016, 6:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Nevada County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 157 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.
097
WFUS54 KSHV 292326
TORSHV
ARC099-300000-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0039.160429T2326Z-160430T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
626 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 625 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF PRESCOTT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH. TREES HAVE BEEN DOWNED EAST OF HOPE WITH THIS STORM.
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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
BOUGHTON.
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 3390 9330 3388 9331 3384 9329 3384 9326
3383 9326 3383 9323 3382 9322 3382 9320
3371 9333 3378 9340 3393 9334
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 222DEG 29KT 3380 9331
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
151 follow-up statement
203
WWUS54 KSHV 292341
SVSSHV
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
641 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
ARC099-292351-
/O.CAN.KSHV.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160430T0000Z/
NEVADA AR-
641 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ARKANSAS.
LAT...LON 3390 9330 3388 9331 3384 9329 3384 9326
3383 9326 3383 9323 3382 9322 3382 9320
3371 9333 3378 9340 3393 9334
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 222DEG 29KT 3390 9321
$$
15The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Little River | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Little River, Miller | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier | 62 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, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Miller, Sevier | 63 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, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River | 37 min |
| Apr 29, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.