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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2017, 6:04 PM CST for Lafayette County, Miller County, Arkansas; Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 56 min. 3 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
- Jan 21, 2017, 6:04 PM CST (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2017, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Lafayette County, AR, Miller County, AR, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 6:07 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Hosston, LA | |
| Jan 21, 6:45 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | 1 Ssw Gilliam, LA | NICKEL SIZE HAIL, COVERING THE ROAD. |
| Jan 21, 7:03 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Ssw Gilliam, LA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 3:41 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 1144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 813 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 9.0
The text
As transmitted.
711
WFUS54 KSHV 220004 RRA
TORSHV
ARC073-091-LAC015-017-220100-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0009.170122T0004Z-170122T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
604 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2017
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Miller County in southwestern Arkansas...
South central Lafayette County in southwestern Arkansas...
Northwestern Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
Northwestern Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
* Until 700 PM CST
* At 603 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Hosston, or 24 miles southeast of Atlanta, moving
northeast at 20 mph. This storm will be moving toward Northwest
Bossier Parish.
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.
* Locations impacted include...
Vivian, Plain Dealing, Hosston, Gilliam and Bolinger.
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 3277 9387 3279 9397 3286 9404 3308 9376
3296 9354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 235DEG 19KT 3284 9390
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
06The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 6:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 6:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 59 min |
| Jan 21, 6:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 53 min |
| Jan 21, 6:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 65 min |
| Jan 21, 6:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 43 min |
| Jan 21, 6:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 6:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette | 57 min |
| Jan 21, 7:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 7:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 54 min |
| Jan 21, 7:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 42 min |
| Jan 21, 7:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 56 min |
| Jan 21, 7:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia | 68 min |
| Jan 21, 7:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 8:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 39 min |
| Jan 21, 6:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Grant, Winn | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 6:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Grant, Natchitoches | 61 min |
| Jan 21, 6:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Claiborne | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 6:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | LaSalle | 23 min |
| Jan 21, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Grant, LaSalle, Winn | 22 min |
| Jan 21, 7:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Grant | 52 min |
| Jan 21, 7:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Grant, LaSalle | 64 min |
| Jan 21, 8:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Webster | 57 min |
| Jan 21, 8:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lincoln, Union | 43 min |
| Jan 21, 8:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Webster | 42 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.