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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2022, 11:57 AM CDT for Natchitoches Parish, Red River Parish, Winn Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 33 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 30, 2022, 11:57 AM CDT (16:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2022, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Natchitoches Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 30, 12:02 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Campti, LA | SHERIFF DEPT REPORTS DAMAGE TO TREES, SNAPPED AND BROKEN AS WELL AS SHED OR OUTBUILDING SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND OR DESTROYED. |
| Mar 30, 12:27 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Calvin, LA | REPORTS OF A FEW TREES DOWN WEST OF CALVIN. |
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 30, 5:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 378 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
204
WFUS54 KSHV 301657
TORSHV
LAC069-081-127-301730-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0021.220330T1657Z-220330T1730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1157 AM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Red River Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
Northeastern Natchitoches Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
Northwestern Winn Parish in north central Louisiana...
* Until 1230 PM CDT.
* At 1156 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Campti, or 10 miles northwest of
Natchitoches, moving east at 45 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...
Campti around 1200 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Clear
Lake, Creston, Powhatan, Calvin, Goldonna and Black Lake.
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 3183 9320 3193 9325 3208 9277 3192 9270
TIME...MOT...LOC 1656Z 248DEG 39KT 3190 9317
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
201 follow-up statement
056
WWUS54 KSHV 301716
SVSSHV
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1216 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022
LAC081-301725-
/O.CAN.KSHV.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220330T1730Z/
Red River LA-
1216 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RED RIVER PARISH IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 PM CDT for north central
and northwestern Louisiana. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect
until 800 PM CDT for north central Louisiana.
LAT...LON 3186 9301 3200 9302 3208 9277 3192 9270
TIME...MOT...LOC 1715Z 248DEG 39KT 3198 9294
$$
LAC069-127-301730-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220330T1730Z/
Natchitoches LA-Winn LA-
1216 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN NATCHITOCHES AND NORTHWESTERN WINN PARISHES...
At 1215 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 11 miles northeast of Campti, or 17 miles west of
Winnfield, moving east at 45 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Natchitoches and northwestern Winn Parishes, including
the following locations... Clear Lake, Goldonna and Calvin.
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 3186 9301 3200 9302 3208 9277 3192 9270
TIME...MOT...LOC 1715Z 248DEG 39KT 3198 9294
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
20The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 10:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto | 47 min |
| Mar 30, 10:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 41 min |
| Mar 30, 10:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 11:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 11:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River | 39 min |
| Mar 30, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto, Grant, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Winn | 56 min |
| Mar 30, 11:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 39 min |
| Mar 30, 12:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Lincoln | 43 min |
| Mar 30, 12:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Natchitoches, Winn | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 12:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Winn | 52 min |
| Mar 30, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Grant, Natchitoches, Winn | 40 min |
| Mar 30, 12:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Grant, Natchitoches | 40 min |
| Mar 30, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Grant, Winn | 27 min |
| Mar 30, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union and 1 more | 57 min |
| Mar 30, 12:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union | 51 min |
| Mar 30, 1:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Winn | 41 min |
| Mar 30, 1:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Ouachita | 13 min |
| Mar 30, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle | 30 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.