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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 9, 2016Bowie County, Texas; Little River County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2016, 9:30 PM CDT for Bowie County, Texas; Little River County, Arkansas. It was in force for 45 min. 4 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, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Little River County, AR, Bowie County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 9:38 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 N De Kalb, TXFUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED
May 9, 10:00 PM CDTHAIL 1.751 Nw De Kalb, TXGOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT US HWY 259 AND US HWY 82
May 9, 10:21 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60De Kalb, TX
May 9, 10:21 PM CDTHAIL 0.88De Kalb, TX

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 9, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
May 9, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 136 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1192 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

227 
WFUS54 KSHV 100230
TORSHV
ARC081-TXC037-100315-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0063.160510T0230Z-160510T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
930 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...
  CENTRAL BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
    
* AT 929 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER DE KALB...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW BOSTON...
  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...
  NEW BOSTON AROUND 950 PM CDT. 
  HOOKS AROUND 1005 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE RED
BANK AND LEARY.

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 3347 9468 3358 9468 3365 9423 3348 9420
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 261DEG 27KT 3354 9461 

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

$$

ELEVEN
1 follow-up statement
722 
WWUS54 KSHV 100251
SVSSHV

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

ARC081-TXC037-100315-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160510T0315Z/
LITTLE RIVER AR-BOWIE TX-
951 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LITTLE RIVER AND CENTRAL BOWIE COUNTIES...
    
AT 951 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF NEW BOSTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
  NEW BOSTON AROUND 955 PM CDT. 
  HOOKS AROUND 1015 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE RED
BANK AND LEARY.

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 3347 9468 3358 9468 3365 9423 3348 9420
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 260DEG 21KT 3356 9446 

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

$$

ELEVEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRed River46 min
May 9, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVRed River45 min
May 9, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRed River57 min
May 9, 8:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVBowie, Red River3 hr
May 9, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVRed River47 min
May 9, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Red River56 min
May 9, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBowie, Red River53 min
May 9, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVRed River48 min
May 9, 9:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVBowie, Red River3 hr
May 9, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Franklin, Red River56 min
May 9, 10:30 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBowie45 min
May 9, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass53 min
May 9, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie32 min
May 9, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass30 min
May 9, 9:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHoward, Sevier42 min
May 9, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHoward, Sevier36 min
May 9, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Sevier52 min
May 9, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVColumbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada63 min
May 10, 12:27 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVColumbia, Lafayette, Miller4 hr
May 10, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVColumbia, Lafayette, Union61 min
May 10, 1:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVUnion40 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.