Tornado Warning 40, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

Apr 29, 2016, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)

Expired

Apr 29, 2016, 6:51 PM CDT

In force

9 min

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Radar indicated

Hail

1.75 in

Counties Camp County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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459 
WFUS54 KSHV 292342
TORSHV
TXC063-459-499-300030-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0040.160429T2342Z-160430T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
642 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 730 PM CDT
    
* AT 642 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF HAINESVILLE...OR 13 MILES EAST OF
  MINEOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTHWESTERN CAMP...EAST CENTRAL WOOD AND NORTHWESTERN UPSHUR
  COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: GRICE AND PERRYVILLE.

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 3265 9517 3269 9534 3293 9523 3288 9502
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 205DEG 28KT 3269 9525 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

ITO

466 
WWUS54 KSHV 292351
SVSSHV

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

TXC063-459-499-300001-
/O.CAN.KSHV.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160430T0030Z/
CAMP TX-WOOD TX-UPSHUR TX-
651 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CAMP...EAST CENTRAL WOOD AND
NORTHWESTERN UPSHUR COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3265 9517 3269 9534 3293 9523 3288 9502
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 205DEG 28KT 3275 9521 

$$

ITO

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