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Tornado Warning 87, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 20, 2018Lafayette County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2018, 6:40 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Arkansas. It was in force for 20 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: Jun 20, 2018, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Lafayette County, AR

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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 nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 66 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 370 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

235 
WFUS54 KSHV 202340
TORSHV
ARC073-210000-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0087.180620T2340Z-180621T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
640 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2018

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Lafayette County in southwestern Arkansas...

* Until 700 PM CDT.
    
* At 640 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Bradley, or 16 miles west of Springhill, moving
  northeast at 20 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...
  Bradley around 655 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Gin
City.

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 3302 9376 3311 9382 3319 9365 3304 9357
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 236DEG 16KT 3307 9374 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement

907 
WWUS54 KSHV 202351
SVSSHV

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
651 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2018

ARC073-210000-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0087.000000T0000Z-180621T0000Z/
Lafayette AR-
651 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2018

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY...
    
At 650 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Bradley, or 14 miles northwest of Springhill, moving
northeast at 15 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...
  Bradley around 655 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Gin
City.

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 3302 9376 3311 9382 3319 9365 3304 9357
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 245DEG 15KT 3308 9369 

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

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada	33 min
Jun 20, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada	45 min
Jun 20, 5:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette	18 min
Jun 20, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette	15 min
Jun 20, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette	30 min
Jun 20, 6:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette	31 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.