Tornadoes · United States · Texas · 2022
EF1 tornado, Red Hill to Springdale, Texas, March 21, 2022
From Red Hill to Springdale, this EF1 tornado ran 1.8 miles across Cass County on March 21, 2022, touching down at 11:21 PM CDT and reaching 150 yards wide. It killed nobody.
The rating scale
Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.
EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mphthis tornado
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.
The record
- Rating
- EF1
- Date
- March 21, 2022
- Touchdown
- 11:21 PM CDT (04:21 UTC)
- Lifted
- 11:23 PM CDT (04:23 UTC)
- On the ground
- 2 minutes
- Path length
- 1.8 miles (2.9 km)
- Path width
- 150 yards (137 m)
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- County
- Cass County
- Touchdown point
- 33.161, -94.308
- Lift-off point
- 33.169, -94.278
- Record number
- 2203212221-01
The damage survey
19 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS SHV, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EF1. The highest wind the damage implies is 104 mph.
Survey points are preliminary and are the raw material the published rating was built from. Source: NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit.
What the Weather Service recorded
A closed upper low emerged out of the Rockies and into the Central Plains during the afternoon and evening hours of March 21st, with the attendant upper trough swinging east through Central Texas and Oklahoma. Strong southerly low level winds allowed for the rapid return of warm, moist, and unstable north behind a warm front which lifted north through East Texas and North Louisiana. Large scale forcing began to increase across Northern and Central Texas during the evening, with showers and thunderstorms becoming numerous across this area which spread into East Texas and North Louisiana during the late evening through the early morning hours of the 22nd. Given the extent of forcing within the unstable air mass in place, severe thunderstorms developed over North-central Texas and spread into East Texas, resulting in numerous reports of damaging winds, large hail, and even isolated tornadoes. Redevelopment of these storms continued overnight as well over the same areas of East Texas and Northwest Louisiana, which resulted in instances of flash flooding as well, as widespread rainfall amounts of 3-6 inches fell over these areas. These storms diminished during the early morning hours of the 22nd with the passage of a cold front through the region.
An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds around 90 mph embedded within a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) briefly touched down and uprooted approximately 10 hardwood and softwood trees along Highway 77 just southeast of Douglassville. The tornado lifted north of Highway 77 and east of FM 2791.
An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 100 mph embedded within a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) briefly touched down on County Road 3658, before crossing Highway 59 between the Queen City and Domino communities. The tornado continued to track northeast, crossing County Road 3664 before lifting near County Road 3665. Numerous trees were uprooted along the tornado's path, and destroyed several metal outbuildings while damaging the roofs of manufactured homes along County Roads 3658 and 3664 before lifting.
From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.
The warnings
19 minutes of warning. NWS SHV issued a tornado warning for this county at 04:02 UTC, 19 minutes before the tornado touched down, in force until 04:45 UTC.
The county was under a tornado watch, issued at 01:10 UTC and running to 06:58 UTC.
| Issued (UTC) | Expired | Product | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18:00 UTC | 03:14 UTC | Wind Advisory | SHV |
| 00:00 UTC | 16:46 UTC | Flood Watch | SHV |
| 01:10 UTC | 06:58 UTC | Tornado Watch | SHV |
| 03:16 UTC | 04:15 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV |
| 03:25 UTC | 04:15 UTC | Tornado Warning | SHV |
| 03:54 UTC | 04:30 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV |
| 04:02 UTC | 04:45 UTC | Tornado Warning | SHV |
| 04:15 UTC | 05:15 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV |
| 04:27 UTC | 05:30 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV |
| 05:45 UTC | 06:30 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV |
Every warning and watch covering the touchdown point that day, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service products. Lead time is measured from the issue of the warning in force to the touchdown time in the database, both of which were recorded to the minute by different people.
The forecast that day
The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a Enhanced Risk, with a 0.05 chance of a tornado within 25 miles. The outlook in force was issued at 00:52 UTC.
SPC's Day 1 convective outlook as it stood when the tornado began, read at the touchdown point. The same archive is on the radar archive.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the tornado touched down, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Mar 21, 10:38 PM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 10:38 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1038 PM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022
.UPDATE...
Convection is quickly evolving across Southwest Arkansas and East
Texas. Currently, the storms are still somewhat discrete and are
in somewhat broken line. Shear parameters remain very favorable
for supercell structures and tornadoes. In fact, latest
mesoanalysis suggests an even more favorable environment with
stronger low- level shear to the east over extreme Northwest
Louisiana and Southwest Arkansas. However, these storms are
starting to congeal in a QLCS, which should help to limit the
tornado potential somewhat, but low-level shear profiles are still
more than strong enough to support embedded QLCS tornadoes into
the early morning hours.
The expected line of convection is still expected to slow its
eastward progress or very nearly stall during the early morning
hours from Deep East Texas, into Northwest Louisiana, and
Southwest Arkansas. This will set the stage for very heavy
rainfall and flooding. Very little has changed in the forecast
regarding this threat.
PoPs were trimmed about from the eastern edge of the forecast area
through midnight. In addition, wind speeds have fallen below
advisory criteria, so the Wind Advisory was cancelled.
CN
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 707 PM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022/
AVIATION...
For the 22/00z TAFs, scattered showers are already widespread
across much of East Texas and into Western Louisiana. However,
convection is expected to increase in coverage and intensity as a
line of strong to severe thunderstorms develops and moves into the
area from the west beginning around 22/03z-22/04z. The storms are
expected to stall after midnight local time along a line generally
from KLFK, to KSHV, to KADF. After 22/12z, the storms will begin
to move eastward again and into Northeast and North Central
Louisiana. The thunderstorms should gradually end from west to
east as a cold front moves across the region, and should end at
KMLU by 22/19z. Southeast winds remain quite gusty and strong
winds just above the surface may result in some LLWS during the
night. After the frontal passage Tuesday, ceilings should lift
into the VFR range, but westerly and southwesterly winds will
increase to between 12 and 20 kts with a few gusts between 25 and
30 kts late in the period.
CN
PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 354 PM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022/
SHORT TERM.../Tonight through Tuesday Night/
An increasingly active short-term forecast period is in store for
the entire region, especially over the next 24 hours with the full
spectrum of severe weather threats on the table.
Thunderstorm initiation has already begun over some parts of the
region, but these storms generally remain isolated and sub-severe.
However, that is expected to change over the next several hours as
an increasingly unstable atmosphere just to our south and west
over central and north Texas gradually expands eastward along an
advancing warm front that will usher in some very warm and moist
air across our western zones early this evening. Looking aloft,
water vapor imagery indicates the closed upper low and associated
trough now entering west Texas with a NE trajectory toward the
panhandle and eventually into western Oklahoma. Out ahead of it,
rapid large scale ascent in the increasingly unstable environment
over the eastern half of Texas will promote deep convection and
upscale growth of thunderstorms through late this afternoon into
the evening and overnight hours. Impressive bulk shear profiles
will easily support supercells in the warm sector, which aligns
well with SPC's Moderate and Enhanced Risk areas that extend into
much of East Texas and NW Louisiana in the current Day 1 outlook.
These areas will be most favorable for supercell development and
for sustaining those upstream that are already developing out to
our west. Large hail, damaging wind gusts, and tornadoes are all
in the mix through this evening and overnight, especially in the
Moderate and Enhanced Risk areas with more isolated development
possible farther north and east.
As the evening evolves and we get closer to midnight, the threat
of discrete storms will begin to decrease overall as storms begin
to cluster and congeal into a linear complex that is expected to
shift into our eastern zones through Tuesday morning. By this
time, the threat will expand to include heavy rainfall and flash
flooding in addition to the still ongoing threats mentioned above.
An axis of 3-6 inches of rainfall still appears to be possible
from Deep East Texas northeastward into parts of NW Louisiana and
SW Arkansas through Tuesday morning and possibly extending into
the afternoon. Thus, the Flash Flood Watch remains in effect for
much of the region through late afternoon on Tuesday. Additional
heating during the late morning and into the afternoon will serve
to reinvigorate the severe threat across our SE zones with all
threats still in play along and east of a line generally from near
Toledo Bend Country to El Dorado, Arkansas.
By late Tuesday afternoon into early evening, the severe threat
along with the flash flooding threat will be winding down across
our region as the cold front advances east toward the MS River.
Expect just some lingering showers to remain possible in our far
eastern and northern zones during the early evening before dry
conditions return areawide overnight.
As far as temperatures are concerned, cold air advection won't
really arrive until Tuesday night so expect another warm day on
Tuesday with highs mainly in the upper 60s to lower 70s despite
the widespread cloud cover and convection. As the cold front
finally clears the region on Tuesday night, expect overnight lows
to drop into the 40s areawide. Windy conditions will also persist
ahead of and behind the cold front so have maintained the current
Wind Advisory through early Tuesday morning with additional wind
headlines possible thereafter.
/19/
LONG TERM.../Wednesday through Monday/
The large upper trough and accompanying closed low over the nation's
midsection, the remnant closed low now over Ern NM, will remain the
dominant feature on the weather map to start the long term period
Wednesday, with another attendant trough progged to round the base
of the low across the Srn Plains during the day. While wrap-around
stratocu will round the base of the broad low and thus maintain
cooler than normal temps, this next shortwave trough should result
in additional mid level cigs Wednesday night, with a second
shortwave on its heels rounding the low during the day Thursday and
reinforcing these cigs in place. The effects of the trough will
begin to weaken across the area Thursday night as it begins to pull
E away from the region into the OH/TN Vallies and SE CONUS, with a
dry NW flow expected over the area Friday through the upcoming
weekend. A slow warming trend will commence Friday with better
insolation and weak sfc ridging building SE into ECntrl TX.
The medium range progs are in agreement with a sfc trough shifting S
through the region Friday night, in associated with another
progressive trough that will drop SE through the Mid MS and into the
TN Vallies through Saturday morning. With the lack of any Gulf
inflow ahead of this next sfc trough, dry conditions will persist,
with little or no sensible change expected to temps or dewpoints in
its wake. Near normal and pleasant temps are expected Saturday as
secondary sfc ridging builds SE into the region, before a Srly low
level return flow resumes on the backside of this feature Sunday as
it shifts into the Lower MS Valley and NCntrl Gulf. A more
pronounced warming trend will resume Sunday into early next week
with above normal temps returning. Given the considerable spread in
the models with the overall synoptic pattern at the very end of the
long term period, have maintained dry conditions areawide until
better consistency can be reached.
15
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV 61 73 44 63 / 100 80 0 0
MLU 63 72 45 61 / 80 100 10 0
DEQ 56 71 40 58 / 100 40 10 10
TXK 56 72 45 59 / 100 60 10 10
ELD 59 71 43 59 / 100 100 10 10
TYR 58 67 42 64 / 100 20 0 0
GGG 59 70 42 64 / 100 40 0 0
LFK 62 74 42 66 / 100 60 0 0
&&
.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...Flood Watch through Tuesday afternoon for ARZ060-061-070>073.
LA...Flood Watch through Tuesday afternoon for LAZ001>006-010>014-
017>022.
OK...None.
TX...Flood Watch through Tuesday afternoon for TXZ112-126-137-138-
149>153-165>167.
&&
09/16Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 10:40 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Shreveport LA 1040 PM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022 ARZ060-061-070>072-LAZ001>003-010-011-017-TXZ112-126-138-149>153- 165>167-221100- Hempstead-Nevada-Miller-Lafayette-Columbia-Caddo-Bossier-Webster- De Soto-Red River-Sabine-Cass-Marion-Harrison-Cherokee-Rusk- Panola-Nacogdoches-Shelby-Angelina-San Augustine- 1040 PM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest Arkansas, northwest Louisiana, east Texas and northeast Texas. .DAY ONE...Tonight... Tornado Watch 56 is in effect until 3 AM CDT Tuesday. A Flood Watch is in effect until 4 PM CDT Tuesday. Thunderstorms will continue to increase in coverage and intensity tonight and into early Tuesday morning. A line of storms will also move into the area from the west. These storms may be severe. Tornadoes, large hail, possibly up to two inches in diameter, and damaging winds up to 80 mph will be possible. The line of storms is expected to stall across East Texas, Northwest Louisiana, and into Southwest Arkansas. Widespread rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are possible with locally higher amounts of 6 inches or greater. Therefore, a Flood Watch is in effect until 4 PM CDT Tuesday afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday... Showers and thunderstorms will be ongoing across Southern Arkansas, North Louisiana, and Deep East Texas Tuesday morning, with the severe and flash flood threats continuing over these areas before diminishing from west to east through early afternoon. Afterwards, cooler and drier conditions will settle back into the region for the remainder of the week into the weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of emergency management personnel, amateur radio operators, and storm spotters will be needed tonight, overnight, and into Tuesday morning. ARZ050-051-059-TXZ096-097-108>111-124-125-136-137-221100- Sevier-Howard-Little River-Red River-Bowie-Franklin-Titus-Camp- Morris-Wood-Upshur-Smith-Gregg- 1040 PM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest Arkansas and northeast Texas. .DAY ONE...Tonight... Tornado Watch 56 is in effect until 3 AM CDT Tuesday. Thunderstorms will continue to increase in coverage and intensity tonight and into early Tuesday morning. A line of storms will also move into the area from the west. These storms may be severe. Tornadoes, large hail, possibly up to two inches in diameter, and damaging winds up to 80 mph will be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of emergency management personnel, amateur radio operators, and storm spotters will be needed tonight and into early Tuesday morning.. OKZ077-221100- McCurtain- 1040 PM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...Tonight... Severe Thunderstorm Watch 55 is in effect until midnight CDT tonight for McCurtain County in Southeast Oklahoma. Thunderstorms will continue to increase in coverage and intensity tonight and into early Tuesday morning. A line of storms will also move into the area from the west. These storms may be severe. Tornadoes, large hail, possibly up to two inches in diameter, and damaging winds up to 80 mph will be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of emergency management personnel, amateur radio operators, and storm spotters will be needed tonight. ARZ073-LAZ004>006-012>014-018>022-221100- Union-Claiborne-Lincoln-Bienville-Jackson-Ouachita-Natchitoches- Winn-Grant-Caldwell-La Salle- 1040 PM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central Arkansas, north central Louisiana and northwest Louisiana. .DAY ONE...Tonight... A Flood Watch is in effect until 4 PM CDT Tuesday. A line of storms is expected to stall across Louisiana, and into Southwest Arkansas. Widespread rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are possible with locally higher amounts of 6 inches or greater. Therefore, a Flood Watch is in effect until 4 PM CDT Tuesday afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday... Thunderstorms will be ongoing across Southern Arkansas and North Louisiana Tuesday morning. The storms are expected to re-intensify during the daytime hours bringing a renewed threat for severe weather and flash flooding, before diminishing from west to east through the afternoon. Tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds will be possible, especially over Northeast and North Central Louisiana. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of emergency management personnel, amateur radio operators, and storm spotters may be needed early Tuesday morning, and will be needed during the day Tuesday. 09
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 21, 8:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
852 PM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022
ARZ061-071-072-220215-
Lafayette AR-Nevada AR-Columbia AR-
852 PM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of eastern Lafayette,
southern Nevada and Columbia Counties through 915 PM CDT...
At 852 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Bussey, or 8 miles north of Springhill, moving north at 80 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Magnolia, Stamps, Waldo, McNeil, Taylor, Buckner, Rosston,
Willisville, Bodcaw, Bussey, Smithland, Macedonia, Welcome, Mount
Vernon, Cale, Lerch, Waterloo, Falcon, College Hill and State Line.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for southwestern
Arkansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3368 9311 3338 9312 3338 9310 3303 9326
3303 9360 3369 9340
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 199DEG 71KT 3313 9343
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
24Special weather statement, Mar 21, 9:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
900 PM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022
OKZ077-220300-
McCurtain OK-
900 PM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of McCurtain County
through 1000 PM CDT...
At 859 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Albion to near Manchester. Movement was
east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Broken Bow, Wright City, Valliant, Millerton, Eagletown,
Plunketville, Rufe, Smithville, Hochatown, Watson, Battiest, Pickens,
Mount Herman, Sherwood, Holly Creek, Glover, Slim, Bethel, Oak Hill
and Ringold.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for northeastern
Texas.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
southeastern Oklahoma.
&&
LAT...LON 3451 9447 3403 9448 3393 9513 3394 9516
3423 9515 3424 9515 3425 9505 3451 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 259DEG 43KT 3458 9508 3382 9520
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
24Special weather statement, Mar 21, 9:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
953 PM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022
ARZ061-072-220345-
Nevada AR-Columbia AR-
953 PM CDT Mon Mar 21 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Nevada
and Columbia Counties through 1045 PM CDT...
At 953 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Macedonia, or 9 miles southwest of Magnolia, moving north at 70 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Magnolia, Waldo, McNeil, Taylor, Emerson, Rosston, Willisville, Bluff
City, Bussey, Smithland, Macedonia, Welcome, White Oak Lake State
Park, Calhoun, Mount Vernon, Cale, Laughlin, Waterloo, College Hill
and Medlock.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for southwestern
Arkansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3380 9318 3381 9316 3378 9310 3338 9312
3338 9300 3302 9322 3303 9349 3383 9325
3383 9323
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 202DEG 61KT 3315 9331
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
24Local storm report, Mar 21, 10:22 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1022 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1017 PM TSTM WND GST 6 WNW TYLER 32.37N 95.40W
03/21/2022 M61 MPH SMITH TX ASOS
ASOS STATION KTYR TYLER POUNDS AIRPORT.
&&
CNLocal storm report, Mar 21, 10:52 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1052 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1051 PM HAIL GLADEWATER 32.54N 94.94W
03/21/2022 E1.00 INCH GREGG TX PUBLIC
&&
ASLocal storm report, Mar 21, 10:56 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1056 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1051 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 ESE GILMER 32.71N 94.89W
03/21/2022 UPSHUR TX AMATEUR RADIO
POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE TO A HOUSE ON AZALEA
ROAD OFF HWY 154 EAST OF GILMER.
&&
CNThe air that afternoon
The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), 00:00Z
4.4 hours before the tornado, 92 km from the path. March 22, 2022.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -175 J/kg
- Surface CAPE
- 62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 438 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 723 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
- 0-3 km lapse rate
- 5.5 K/km
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), 12:00Z
7.6 hours after it, 92 km from the path. March 22, 2022.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75335 J/kg
- Surface CAPE
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -373 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
- 0-3 km lapse rate
- 4.3 K/km
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 04:17 UTC.
Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track
Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.
What was reported nearby
Local storm reports within 60 km of the path, in the three hours either side.
| Time (UTC) | Report | Where | County | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:44 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Ore City | Upshur, TX | DAMAGE REPORTED HIGHWAY 271 TO NORTHEAST, NORTH OF ORE CITY. ONE HOME WITH ROOF PARTIALLY MISSING, STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. MULTIPLE HOMES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN THE AREA. SEVERAL REPORTS OF INJURIES BUT NUMBER UNKNOWN AT THI |
| 03:44 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Ore City | Upshur, TX | *** 4 INJ *** LAKE OF THE PINES, 2 RVS THROWN INTO THE LAKE, 4 PEOPLE RESCUED WITH MINOR INJURIES. SHELTER SET UP IN GILMER AT 1ST ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH ON 271. HWY 154 EAST BLOCKED BY LARGE DOWNED TREES. DAMAGE ON SH 2 |
| 03:58 UTC | HAIL 0.5 | 1 W Hughes Springs | Cass, TX | REPORT FROM MPING: HALF-INCH (0.50 IN.). |
| 04:05 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 7 W Linden | Cass, TX | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 7 W LINDEN. REPORT FROM MPING: 3-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; POWER POLES BROKEN. CORRECTED TIME. ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| 04:05 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 7 W Linden | Cass, TX | REPORT FROM MPING: 1-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; SHINGLES BLOWN OFF. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| 04:16 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 7 W Linden | Cass, TX | REPORT FROM MPING: 3-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; POWER POLES BROKEN. |
| 04:21 UTC | TORNADO | 3 Se Douglassville | Cass, TX | A TORNADO EMBEDDED WITHIN A QUASI-LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN SOUTHEAST OF DOUGLASSVILLE, TEXAS AND UPROOTED APPROXIMATELY 10 HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES ALONG TX-77. PATH LENGTH WAS 1.8 MILES LONG WITH |
| 04:25 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Wsw Domino | Cass, TX | 1400 BLOCK OF CASS COUNTY ROAD 3548 AT 2346 HRS FOR A OVERTURNED MOBILE HOME WITH A PERSON ENTRAPPED INSIDE. PERSON TRAPPED WAS REMOVED FROM THE HOUSE, NO CRITICAL INJURIES. TRAILER HOME WAS OVERTURNED COMPLETELY AND RES |
| 04:29 UTC | TORNADO | 4 Sw Domino | Cass, TX | A TORNADO EMBEDDED WITHIN A QUASI-LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR US-59 BETWEEN QUEEN CITY AND DOMINO, TEXAS. THE TORNADO MOSTLY UPROOTED APPROXIMATELY 30 TREES AND DAMAGED THE ROOFS OF MANUFACTURED HO |
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The other tornadoes of March 21, 2022
35 more were confirmed in the United States that day.
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 21 | 3:12 PM CDT | EF1 | Palo Pinto, TX | 9.7 | 400 | $75,000 | ||
| March 21 | 3:35 PM CDT | EF3 | Jacksboro tornado, TX | 34.5 | 880 | 9 | ||
| March 21 | 4:31 PM CDT | EF1 | Montague, TX | 2.1 | 150 | |||
| March 21 | 4:34 PM CDT | EF1 | Montague, TX | 5.2 | 440 | 3 | ||
| March 21 | 4:47 PM CDT | EF0 | Wise, TX | 6.1 | 150 | |||
| March 21 | 4:54 PM CDT | EF1 | Montague, TX | 18.7 | 500 | |||
| March 21 | 5:17 PM CDT | EF0 | Love, OK | 6.8 | 50 | $20,000 | ||
| March 21 | 5:17 PM CDT | EF1 | Cooke, TX | 18.3 | 150 | |||
| March 21 | 5:31 PM CDT | EF0 | Tarrant, TX | 0.5 | 50 | |||
| March 21 | 5:37 PM CDT | EF0 | Tarrant, TX | 1.3 | 50 | |||
| March 21 | 5:48 PM CDT | EF2 | Guadalupe, TX | 7.9 | 600 | |||
| March 21 | 5:51 PM CDT | EF1 | Williamson, TX | 9.3 | 300 | |||
| March 21 | 5:54 PM CDT | EF2 | Travis, TX | 34.6 | 600 | $2,000 | ||
| March 21 | 6:11 PM CDT | EF2 | Marshall, TX to OK | 5.1 | 200 | 1 | 11 | $500,000 |
| March 21 | 6:12 PM CDT | EF0 | Tarrant, TX | 0.6 | 100 | $20,000 | ||
| March 21 | 6:29 PM CDT | EF1 | Marshall, OK | 10.1 | 200 | $500,000 | ||
| March 21 | 6:30 PM CDT | EF2 | Bastrop, TX | 12.0 | 500 | |||
| March 21 | 6:31 PM CDT | EF0 | Denton, TX | 1.9 | 50 | $20,000 | ||
| March 21 | 6:32 PM CDT | EF0 | Marshall, OK | 2.6 | 20 | |||
| March 21 | 6:43 PM CDT | EF1 | Johnston, OK | 7.1 | 200 | $100,000 | ||
| March 21 | 6:54 PM CDT | EF0 | Bastrop, TX | 5.5 | 50 | |||
| March 21 | 7:14 PM CDT | EF1 | Milam, TX | 3.8 | 200 | $30,000 | ||
| March 21 | 7:25 PM CDT | EF0 | Falls, TX | 0.4 | 30 | $1,000 | ||
| March 21 | 7:28 PM CDT | EF1 | Lee, TX | 2.5 | 50 | |||
| March 21 | 8:08 PM CDT | EF0 | Limestone, TX | 11.8 | 100 | $200,000 | ||
| March 21 | 8:35 PM CDT | EF0 | Burleson, TX | 1.0 | 50 | $100,000 | ||
| March 21 | 8:40 PM CDT | EF0 | Burleson, TX | 0.3 | 175 | |||
| March 21 | 9:05 PM CDT | EF1 | Brazos, TX | 0.4 | 175 | $100,000 | ||
| March 21 | 9:35 PM CDT | EF1 | Madison, TX | 2.4 | 200 | $1.0 million | ||
| March 21 | 10:10 PM CDT | EF2 | Houston, TX | 19.1 | 200 | 1 | 10 | $5.0 million |
| March 21 | 10:20 PM CDT | EF2 | Upshur, TX | 40.0 | 700 | 8 | $2.6 million | |
| March 21 | 11:16 PM CDT | EF2 | Cherokee, TX | 37.1 | 1,400 | 1 | $1.8 million | |
| March 21 | 11:29 PM CDT | EF1 | Cass, TX | 2.0 | 200 | $100,000 | ||
| March 21 | 12:08 AM CDT | EF2 | Rusk, TX | 11.9 | 500 | 1 | $550,000 | |
| March 21 | 12:49 AM CDT | EF1 | Harrison, TX | 6.6 | 200 |
What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.