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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2020, 8:15 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 45 min. 5 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
- Apr 24, 2020, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2020, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Bowie County, TX, Cass County, TX, Morris County, TX, Red River County, TX, Titus County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 8:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 7 Nne Mount Pleasant, TX | HAIL REPORTED ON FM ROAD 1402. |
| Apr 24, 8:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 7 Nne Mount Pleasant, TX | HAIL REPORTED ON FM ROAD 1402 NEAR HARTS BLUFF SCHOOL. |
| Apr 24, 8:26 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 6 W Omaha, TX | REPORTED ALONG US HWY 67 EAST OF MT PLEASANT NEAR THE COOKVILLE COMMUNITY. |
| Apr 24, 8:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Omaha, TX | POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE TOWN. TREE DOWN ON HOME ON JOYNER STREET. |
| Apr 24, 8:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Omaha, TX | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON ROADWAYS ACROSS NORTHERN HALF OF MORRIS COUNTY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 319 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1943 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted.
398
WFUS54 KSHV 250115
TORSHV
TXC037-067-343-387-449-250200-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0049.200425T0115Z-200425T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
815 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2020
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Cass County in northeastern Texas...
Southwestern Bowie County in northeastern Texas...
Morris County in northeastern Texas...
Northeastern Titus County in northeastern Texas...
Southeastern Red River County in northeastern Texas...
* Until 900 PM CDT.
* At 815 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Cookville, or 7 miles northeast of Mount Pleasant,
moving southeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.
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...
Cookville around 820 PM CDT.
Us 259 And I 30 Intersection around 825 PM CDT.
Naples and Omaha around 830 PM CDT.
Rocky Branch around 835 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Bryans
Mill, Marietta and Douglassville.
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 3320 9502 3336 9493 3324 9426 3299 9458
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 294DEG 35KT 3325 9488
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
501 follow-up statement
824
WWUS54 KSHV 250134
SVSSHV
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
834 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2020
TXC387-449-250144-
/O.CAN.KSHV.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-200425T0200Z/
Titus TX-Red River TX-
834 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TITUS AND SOUTHEASTERN RED
RIVER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for northeastern
Texas.
LAT...LON 3315 9481 3332 9471 3324 9426 3299 9458
3310 9482
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 294DEG 35KT 3317 9467
$$
TXC037-067-343-250200-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-200425T0200Z/
Cass TX-Bowie TX-Morris TX-
834 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CASS...SOUTHWESTERN BOWIE AND CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTIES...
At 834 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Naples, or 17 miles east of Mount Pleasant, moving
southeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Cass, southwestern Bowie and central Morris Counties,
including the following locations... Bryans Mill, Marietta and
Douglassville.
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 3315 9481 3332 9471 3324 9426 3299 9458
3310 9482
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 294DEG 35KT 3317 9467
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
50The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Panola, Rusk | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Red River | 67 min |
| Apr 24, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Harrison | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Franklin, Red River, Titus | 52 min |
| Apr 24, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Panola | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass, Marion | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison, Panola | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison, Panola | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cass, Marion | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion, Panola | 25 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.