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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2021, 6:03 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Texas. It was in force for 27 min. 2 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, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Cherokee County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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. |
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, 11.1 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.
748
WFUS54 KSHV 272303
TORSHV
TXC073-272330-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0008.210327T2303Z-210327T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
603 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Cherokee County in northeastern Texas...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 603 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles southeast of Maydelle, or 9 miles southwest of
Rusk, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Rusk.
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 3189 9506 3177 9497 3162 9526 3163 9528
3165 9529 3166 9528 3168 9528 3170 9531
3171 9531 3171 9533 3172 9534
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 237DEG 25KT 3170 9525
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
191 follow-up statement
521
WWUS54 KSHV 272315
SVSSHV
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
615 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021
TXC073-272330-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210327T2330Z/
Cherokee TX-
615 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CHEROKEE COUNTY...
At 615 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Rusk, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Rusk.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3189 9506 3177 9497 3166 9518 3177 9526
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 237DEG 25KT 3175 9517
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
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, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk | 50 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.