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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2021, 10:12 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Rusk County, Texas. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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, 10:12 AM CDT (15:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2021, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Cherokee County, TX, Rusk County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS54 KSHV 081512
TORSHV
TXC073-401-081545-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0029.210608T1512Z-210608T1545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1012 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Rusk County in northeastern Texas...
East central Cherokee County in northeastern Texas...
* Until 1045 AM CDT.
* At 1011 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Ponta, or 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...
Ponta around 1020 AM CDT.
New Salem around 1030 AM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Reklaw
and Glenfawn.
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 3178 9509 3185 9514 3206 9491 3189 9482
TIME...MOT...LOC 1511Z 239DEG 23KT 3184 9508
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
042 follow-up statements
519
WWUS54 KSHV 081520
SVSSHV
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1020 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021
TXC073-401-081545-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210608T1545Z/
Rusk TX-Cherokee TX-
1020 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN RUSK AND EAST CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
At 1020 AM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Ponta, or 9
miles northeast of Rusk, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Law enforcement confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornado will be near...
New Salem around 1030 AM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Reklaw
and Glenfawn.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3183 9502 3188 9507 3206 9491 3189 9482
TIME...MOT...LOC 1520Z 239DEG 26KT 3187 9501
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
04519
WWUS54 KSHV 081531
SVSSHV
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1031 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021
TXC073-081541-
/O.CAN.KSHV.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210608T1545Z/
Cherokee TX-
1031 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3189 9482 3185 9497 3195 9498 3203 9489
TIME...MOT...LOC 1531Z 239DEG 23KT 3191 9494
$$
TXC401-081545-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210608T1545Z/
Rusk TX-
1031 AM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN RUSK COUNTY...
At 1031 AM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located over New Salem, or 14
miles northeast of Rusk, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Law enforcement confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Rusk County, including the following locations...
Glenfawn and Reklaw.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3189 9482 3185 9497 3195 9498 3203 9489
TIME...MOT...LOC 1531Z 239DEG 23KT 3191 9494
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
50The 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 | SHV | Smith | 26 min |
| Jun 8, 9:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cherokee | 23 min |
| Jun 8, 9:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Smith, Upshur, Wood | 46 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.