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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2016, 11:59 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Arkansas; Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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, 11:59 PM CDT (04:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2016, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Lafayette County, AR, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 12:28 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Bradley, AR | TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES ON ARKANSAS HWY 160. |
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, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 835 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 455 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 577 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.9
- Supercell composite
- 11.8
The text
As transmitted.
707
WFUS54 KSHV 300459
TORSHV
ARC073-LAC015-017-300545-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0049.160430T0459Z-160430T0545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1159 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTH CENTRAL CADDO PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN BOSSIER PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
* AT 1158 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PLAIN DEALING...OR 15 MILES WEST OF
SPRINGHILL...MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BRADLEY AROUND 1235 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GIN
CITY...BOLINGER AND STATE LINE.
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!
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3276 9366 3281 9388 3316 9372 3309 9351
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 196DEG 17KT 3292 9372
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
15The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Nevada, Sevier | 10 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Hempstead | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Little River, Sevier | 66 min |
| Apr 29, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Nevada, Sevier | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 11:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada | 8 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 12:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette, Nevada | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 1:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Columbia, Nevada | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Columbia | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 2:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 4:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 53 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Nevada, Sevier | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SHV | Columbia | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 7:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bossier | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caddo | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caddo | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 12:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caddo | 55 min |
| Apr 30, 12:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Caddo | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 1:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 3:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, De Soto | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | De Soto | 9 days |
| Apr 30, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine | 60 min |
| Apr 30, 5:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, De Soto, Red River | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 6:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Sabine | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 7:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Caddo | 13 days |
| Apr 30, 8:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Natchitoches, Red River, Winn | 27 min |
| Apr 30, 8:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Jackson, Lincoln, Union | 25 min |
| Apr 30, 10:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Grant | 52 min |
| Apr 30, 11:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Ouachita | 3 days |
| Apr 30, 11:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Winn | 4 days |
| Apr 30, 12:08 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Red River, Webster | 10 days |
| Apr 30, 12:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | LaSalle | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 12:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, Red River | 8 days |
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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.