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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 24, 2017, 10:32 PM CDT for Sabine County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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
- Mar 24, 2017, 10:32 PM CDT (03:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2017, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Sabine County, TX
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 24, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
720
WFUS54 KSHV 250332
TORSHV
TXC403-250400-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0027.170325T0332Z-170325T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1032 PM CDT FRI MAR 24 2017
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Sabine County in eastern Texas...
* Until 1100 PM CDT
* At 1032 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located just south of Pineland, or 17 miles northeast
of Ebenezer, moving northeast at 40 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...
Hemphill around 1050 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Yellowpine.
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 3118 9403 3149 9375 3147 9375 3146 9373
3134 9367 3131 9369 3128 9365 3116 9387
3115 9398
TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 223DEG 36KT 3119 9393
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Gregg, Marion, Morris and 1 more | 51 min |
| Mar 24, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Cherokee, Rusk | 48 min |
| Mar 24, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Marion | 43 min |
| Mar 24, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Rusk | 44 min |
| Mar 24, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 23 min |
| Mar 24, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine | 65 min |
| Mar 24, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass, Harrison, Marion | 45 min |
| Mar 24, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine | 50 min |
| Mar 24, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Shelby | 37 min |
| Mar 24, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Shelby | 51 min |
| Mar 24, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine, Shelby | 47 min |
| Mar 24, 11:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Sabine | 3 hr |
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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.