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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2021, 5:55 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Nacogdoches County, Rusk County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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
- Mar 27, 2021, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cherokee County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Rusk County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 6:04 PM CDT | TORNADO | 9 Ssw Rusk, TX | AN EF2 TORNADO TRACKED FROM 9 MILES SSW OF RUSK TO 4 MILES ESE OF REKLAW. SEVERAL HUNDRED TREES WERE SNAPPED CONTINUOUSLY ALONG THE PATH ALONG CR-1211 AND CR-1209. EST. PEAK WINDS WERE 120 MPH. PATH LENGTH WAS 20.67 MILES. MAX. WIDTH WAS 500 YARDS. |
| Mar 27, 6:25 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Ssw Reklaw, TX | STORM CHASER REPORT OF A TORNADO ON THE GROUND CROSSING HIGHWAY 343. TREE AND STRUCTURE DAMAGE OBSERVED. |
| Mar 27, 6:33 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Se Reklaw, TX | TREES DOWN ACROSS HWY 204 NEAR THE RUSK COUNTY LINE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 951 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted.
978
WUUS54 KSHV 272255
SVRSHV
TXC073-347-401-272345-
/O.NEW.KSHV.SV.W.0032.210327T2255Z-210327T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
555 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Rusk County in northeastern Texas...
Northwestern Nacogdoches County in eastern Texas...
Central Cherokee County in northeastern Texas...
* Until 645 PM CDT.
* At 555 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles south of
Maydelle, or 12 miles southwest of Rusk, moving northeast at 30
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Rusk, Sacul, Ponta, Gallatin and Reklaw.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for eastern and
northeastern Texas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3197 9503 3181 9486 3157 9525 3159 9528
3161 9526 3163 9529 3166 9528 3168 9529
3171 9531 3171 9533 3172 9534 3174 9533
3173 9536
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 229DEG 27KT 3166 9528
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
191 follow-up statement
809
WWUS54 KSHV 272318
SVSSHV
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
618 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021
TXC073-347-401-272345-
/O.CON.KSHV.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-210327T2345Z/
Rusk TX-Nacogdoches TX-Cherokee TX-
618 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN RUSK...NORTHWESTERN NACOGDOCHES AND CENTRAL CHEROKEE
COUNTIES...
At 618 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rusk, moving
northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Rusk, Sacul, Ponta, Gallatin and Reklaw.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for eastern and
northeastern Texas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3183 9488 3167 9516 3180 9526 3197 9503
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 229DEG 27KT 3178 9512
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
19The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Cherokee | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 5:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Cherokee | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cherokee | 27 min |
| Mar 27, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Panola, Rusk, Shelby | 51 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.