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Tornado Warning 89, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 19, 2017, 7:05 PM CST for Cherokee County, Nacogdoches County, Rusk County, Texas. It was in force for 40 min. 8 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
- Dec 19, 2017, 7:05 PM CST (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2017, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Cherokee County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Rusk County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 7:06 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Rusk, TX | KETK LIVE FACEBOOK POST REPORTS METAL DEBRIS, METAL SHED DESTROYED, TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 23 SOUTH OF RUSK. |
| Dec 19, 7:06 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 S Rusk, TX | CONCRETE POWER POLES PUSHED OVER AND SNAPPED. |
| Dec 19, 7:11 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sw Rusk, TX | 3 HOMES WITHOUT ROOFS WITHIN 3 MILES ONE AT CR 2210 OFF 1857, ONE FM 23 AND 2159, TREES DOWN IN THE AREA, POWER LINES DOWN IN THE AREA. |
| Dec 19, 7:11 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Rusk, TX | SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS SEVERAL TREES DOWN, POWER LINES DOWN, AND SOME DAMAGE TO HOMES ON FM ROADS NEAR RUSK, REPORT DETAILS STILL COMING IN AT 835 PM. |
| Dec 19, 7:27 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Reklaw, TX | POWER OUT WEST OF REKLAW. |
| Dec 19, 7:30 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Reklaw, TX | MULTIPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN IN SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY ON 225 AND 84. |
| Dec 19, 7:31 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 Ne Reklaw, TX | A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WAS DESTROYED AS EF-2 TORNADIC WINDS OF AROUND 115 MPH LIFTED IT OFF OF PIER AND BEAM FOUNDATION AND MOVED IT ABOUT 15 YARDS INTO THE FOREST. A FIBERGLASS FISHING BOAT WAS LOFTED WITH WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN. SEVERAL PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED AB |
| Dec 19, 7:40 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Rusk, TX | SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS SEVERAL TREES DOWN, POWER LINES DOWN, AND SOME DAMAGE TO HOMES ON FM ROADS NEAR RUSK, REPORT DETAILS STILL COMING IN AT 835 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 513 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 393 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 450 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted.
298
WFUS54 KSHV 200105
TORSHV
TXC073-347-401-200145-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0089.171220T0105Z-171220T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
705 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2017
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Rusk County in northeastern Texas...
Northwestern Nacogdoches County in eastern Texas...
Central Cherokee County in northeastern Texas...
* Until 745 PM CST
* At 705 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Rusk, moving northeast at 45 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...
Rusk around 710 PM CST.
Ponta around 725 PM CST.
Sacul around 735 PM CST.
New Salem around 740 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Reklaw, Cushing and Gallatin.
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 3167 9520 3179 9528 3204 9495 3180 9478
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 239DEG 25KT 3176 9518
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
05The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 6:32 PM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg | 58 hr |
| Dec 19, 6:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Cherokee, Nacogdoches | 41 min |
| Dec 19, 6:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk and 2 more | 63 min |
| Dec 19, 7:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby | 40 min |
| Dec 19, 7:44 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Smith, Upshur | 3 hr |
| Dec 19, 7:46 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Dec 19, 7:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk | 40 min |
| Dec 19, 7:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk and 2 more | 64 min |
| Dec 19, 8:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Panola | 46 min |
| Dec 19, 8:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Panola, Rusk | 46 min |
| Dec 19, 9:49 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Harrison, Panola, Shelby | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.