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Tornado Warning 78, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 28, 2017Shelby County, Texas; De Soto Parish, Sabine Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2017, 6:30 PM CDT for Shelby County, Texas; De Soto Parish, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 26 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
May 28, 2017, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2017, 6:56 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties De Soto Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Shelby County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 28, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 12:00Z on 2017-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2017-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -304 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1753 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-304 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

047 
WFUS54 KSHV 282330
TORSHV
LAC031-085-TXC419-290015-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0078.170528T2330Z-170529T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
630 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern De Soto Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
  Northwestern Sabine Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
  Northeastern Shelby County in eastern Texas...

* Until 715 PM CDT
    
* At 630 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 10 miles southeast of Logansport, or 15 miles east of
  Center, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Converse around 650 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Oak
Grove, Huxley and Toledo Bend Reservoir North.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3180 9406 3193 9395 3183 9360 3161 9376
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 287DEG 35KT 3183 9393 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement
167 
WWUS54 KSHV 282356
SVSSHV

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
656 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

LAC031-085-TXC419-290005-
/O.CAN.KSHV.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-170529T0015Z/
De Soto LA-Sabine LA-Shelby TX-
656 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DE SOTO...NORTHWESTERN SABINE
PARISHES IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the 
area and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
northwestern Louisiana...and eastern Texas.

LAT...LON 3180 9406 3193 9395 3183 9360 3161 9376
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 287DEG 35KT 3176 9365 

$$

05

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 1:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBowie51 min
May 28, 2:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie40 min
May 28, 2:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVRed River37 min
May 28, 2:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBowie, Red River41 min
May 28, 3:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBowie, Franklin, Titus45 min
May 28, 4:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCamp, Upshur, Wood36 min
May 28, 6:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBowie, Franklin, Morris, Titus43 min
May 28, 7:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCamp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Titus, Upshur and 1 more41 min
May 28, 8:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVMarion38 min
May 28, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVWood40 min
May 28, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCamp, Harrison, Marion, Upshur42 min
May 28, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee58 min
May 28, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg, Harrison, Marion, Smith, Upshur55 min
May 28, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass, Harrison, Marion67 min
May 28, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg, Harrison, Rusk32 min
May 28, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVGregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk49 min
May 28, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg, Harrison, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby45 min
May 28, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison31 min
May 28, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk38 min
May 28, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Panola64 min
May 28, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPanola, Shelby38 min
May 28, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVPanola25 min
May 28, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPanola, Shelby53 min
May 28, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSabine, San Augustine, Shelby50 min
May 28, 6:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVAngelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk3 hr
May 28, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk53 min
May 28, 8:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVJackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union37 min
May 28, 9:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Webster37 min
May 28, 10:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVClaiborne, Webster42 min
May 28, 10:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBossier40 min
May 28, 11:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVWebster43 min
May 28, 1:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCaldwell42 min
May 28, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Claiborne, Webster59 min
May 28, 6:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Webster3 hr
May 28, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River and 3 more54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.