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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 9, 2016Bowie County, Red River County, Texas; Little River County, Arkansas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2016, 8:52 PM CDT for Bowie County, Red River County, Texas; Little River County, Arkansas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 53 min. 2 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: May 9, 2016, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2016, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Little River County, AR, McCurtain County, OK, Bowie County, TX, Red River County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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
May 9, 8:59 PM CDT	TORNADO	8 Nnw De Kalb, TX	TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG FM 2735 JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 259...BEFORE LIFTING ALONG CR 3313. ALTHOUGH THE PRIMARY DAMAGE WAS SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES...ONE HOME HAD MINOR SIDING LOSS AND ONE OUTBUILDING WAS DAMAGED.
May 9, 9:06 PM CDT	TORNADO	9 N De Kalb, TX	TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AND LIFTED ALONG CR 3303...SNAPPING AND UPROOTING SEVERAL TREES.

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
May 9, 2:36 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 9, 7:23 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1065 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.5
Supercell composite: 10.9

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The text

As transmitted.

712 
WFUS54 KSHV 100152
TORSHV
ARC081-OKC089-TXC037-387-100245-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0061.160510T0152Z-160510T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
852 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN LITTLE RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  EAST CENTRAL RED RIVER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  NORTHWESTERN BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
    
* AT 852 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF DE KALB...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  BOXELDER...MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
  FOREMAN AROUND 930 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ALMONT...WALLACE...GOODLAKE...TOM AND BEAVERDAMS.

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 3355 9475 3368 9477 3379 9436 3358 9436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 254DEG 28KT 3363 9472 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

ELEVEN

1 follow-up statement

434 
WWUS54 KSHV 100214
SVSSHV

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
914 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

ARC081-OKC089-TXC037-387-100245-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-160510T0245Z/
LITTLE RIVER AR-MCCURTAIN OK-RED RIVER TX-BOWIE TX-
914 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LITTLE RIVER...SOUTHEASTERN MCCURTAIN...EAST CENTRAL RED
RIVER AND NORTHWESTERN BOWIE COUNTIES...
    
AT 913 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARKINDA...OR 7 MILES WEST OF FOREMAN...
MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
  FOREMAN AROUND 930 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ALMONT...WALLACE...GOODLAKE...TOM AND BEAVERDAMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3355 9475 3368 9477 3379 9436 3358 9436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 254DEG 28KT 3368 9453 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

ELEVEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	46 min
May 9, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Red River	45 min
May 9, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	57 min
May 9, 8:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Bowie, Red River	3 hr
May 9, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Red River	47 min
May 9, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	56 min
May 9, 8:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Red River	48 min
May 9, 9:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	3 hr
May 9, 9:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie	45 min
May 9, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Franklin, Red River	56 min
May 9, 10:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie	45 min
May 9, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	53 min
May 9, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	32 min
May 9, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	30 min
May 9, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Howard, Sevier	42 min
May 9, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Howard, Sevier	36 min
May 9, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Sevier	52 min
May 9, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada	63 min
May 10, 12:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette, Miller	4 hr
May 10, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette, Union	61 min
May 10, 1:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	40 min
May 9, 7:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	McCurtain	55 min
May 9, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	McCurtain	44 min

Nearby

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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.