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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 8, 2021Cherokee County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2021, 9:52 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Texas. It was in force for 23 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: Jun 8, 2021, 9:52 AM CDT (14:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2021, 10:15 AM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Cherokee County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:53 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
Jun 8, 10:02 AM CDT	TORNADO	1 Ne Rusk, TX	AN EF0 TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN AS IT CROSSED US HIGHWAY 84 JUST NORTHEAST OF RUSK. A FEW TREES SUSTAINED MINOR LIMB DAMAGE AND TWO WOODEN UTILITY POLES WERE ALSO LEFT BADLY LEANING.
Jun 8, 10:10 AM CDT	TORNADO	4 Wsw Reklaw, TX	TOUCHDOWN ALONG HWY 84 WEST OF REKLAW.
Jun 8, 10:23 AM CDT	TORNADO	Reklaw, TX	AN EF0 TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN AT RAMEY PLANT FARM WHERE IT COLLAPSED THE METAL LINING STRUCTURE OF A COUPLE GREENHOUSES AND SNAPPED OFF SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS FROM A MATURE OAK TREE. THE TORNADO THEN LIFTED AS IT CROSSED TX-204.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 1621 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.1

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The text

As transmitted.

669 
WFUS54 KSHV 081452
TORSHV
TXC073-081515-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0028.210608T1452Z-210608T1515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
952 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Cherokee County in northeastern Texas...

* Until 1015 AM CDT.
    
* At 951 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Rusk, moving northeast at 25 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 1005 AM CDT.
  Ponta around 1015 AM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Gallatin and Reklaw.

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 3168 9524 3179 9531 3199 9501 3174 9497
TIME...MOT...LOC 1451Z 242DEG 20KT 3176 9521 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

04

2 follow-up statements

373 
WWUS54 KSHV 081459
SVSSHV

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
959 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

TXC073-081515-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-210608T1515Z/
Cherokee TX-
959 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CHEROKEE COUNTY...
    
At 959 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Rusk, moving northeast at 25 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...
  Ponta around 1010 AM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Reklaw
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 3173 9520 3180 9526 3199 9501 3174 9497
TIME...MOT...LOC 1459Z 241DEG 23KT 3181 9511 

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

$$

04

003 
WWUS54 KSHV 081504
SVSSHV

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1004 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

TXC073-081515-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-210608T1515Z/
Cherokee TX-
1004 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY...
    
At 1003 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Rusk, moving northeast at 25 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...
  Ponta around 1020 AM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Reklaw.

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 3177 9516 3183 9518 3199 9501 3180 9498
TIME...MOT...LOC 1503Z 233DEG 22KT 3182 9514 

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

$$

04

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 3:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Red River	2 hr
Jun 8, 5:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	52 hr
Jun 8, 5:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Red River	3 hr
Jun 8, 5:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	14 hr
Jun 8, 9:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SHV	Smith	26 min
Jun 8, 9:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Smith, Upshur, Wood	46 min
Jun 8, 10:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Rusk	33 min
Jun 8, 10:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk	45 min
Jun 8, 10:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Rusk	32 min
Jun 8, 10:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk	54 min
Jun 8, 11:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby	45 min
Jun 8, 11:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola, Shelby	50 min
Jun 8, 12:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Sabine, Shelby	40 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.