Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Shreveport, LA

NEWSPSSHV
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
630 PM CST THU APR 3 1986

...STRONG AND POSSIBLE SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE ARKLATEX
   TONIGHT...

STRONG THUNDERSTOMS ARE ONGOING AT 630 PM FROM SOUTHCENTRAL OKLAHOMA
SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS..ALSO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS. WARNINGS ARE
IN EFFECT FOR A FEW COUNTIES IN NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...
REFER TO BULLETINS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE IN
FORT WORTH.

AT 630 PM CST...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY WEATHER
SERVICE RADARS FROM EAST OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA SOUTHWARD TO NEAR FORT
WORTH..AND FROM SOUTH OF GREENVILLE TEXAS TTO 30 MILES WEST OF THE
TYLER AREA TO 30 MILES OF LUFKIN.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST.

ADDITONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL TAKE PLACE THIS EVENING
AND AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST
TEXAS AND FINALLY SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA LATER
TONIGHT.

NEWSPSSHV
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1110 PM CST THU APR 4 1986

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST
HALF OF THE ARKLATEX INTO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF OKLAHOMA...

THE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUES TO INDICATE
A FEW VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF
THE ARKLATEX.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ALONG THE ARKANSAS TEXAS BORDER
NORTH OF NEW BOSTON TEXAS AND 15 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF MT.
PLEASNAT TEXAS.  THE STORM NORTH OF NEW BOSTON CAUSED PEA SIZED HAIL
AT DEKALB TEXAS AT 1045 PM.

THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDER-
STORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM MT. IDA...MURFREESBORRO AND TEXARKANA ARKANSAS
SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF OKLAHOMA THROUGH THE PARIS
TEXAS AREA TO NEAR GREENVILLE TEXAS.

THE OVERALL TREND OF STORM STRENGTH HAS SHOWN A DECREASE THE
PAST COUPLE OF HOURS BUT OTHER VERY STRONGS STORMS WILL MOVE INTO
THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
OF OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS LATER TONIGHT.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS.
SHOWERS AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE SAME GENERAL
AREAS IN NORTHEAST TEXAS  AND THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF OKLAHOMA
INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL RESULT IN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 25 MPH.

ALSO INDICATE WAS A 15 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWES AND HEAVY THUNDER-
STORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM THE TEXAS BORDER SOUTHWEST OF SHREVEPORT
ACROSS CARTHAGE TEXAS TO 25 MILES NORTH OF NACOGDOCHES.

NEWSPSSHV
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1210 AM CST FRI APR 4 1986

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT ACROSS THE NORTH-
WEST HALF OF THE ARKLATEX INTO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF OKLAHOMA...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...

VERY STRONG THUNDEERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHEAST
TEXAS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.

AT 1205 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED
SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHWEST OF DE QUEEN ARKANSAS
SOUTHWEST TO EAST OF IDABEL OKLAHOMA TO NEAR CLARKSVILLE TEXAS. THE
HEAVIEST STORMS WERE EAST OF IDABEL OKLAHOMA AND NEAR CLARKSVILLE
TEXAS.  THESE VERY STRONG STORMS WHICH WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MPH
WILL LIKELY CAUSE STRONG TO HIGH WIND GUSTS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF
MC CURTAIN COUNTY OKLAHOMA INTO NORHTRERN SECTIONS SEVIER...LITTLE
RIVER AND HOWARD COUNTIES IN ARKANSAS OVER THE NEXT HOUR.

HEAVY RAINS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS OCCURRED ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS
OF BOWIE COUNTY TEXAS INTO SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF MC CURTAIN COUNTY
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS IN THE AREA BETWEEN
TEXARKANA AND MENA.  INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK
NORTHEAST ACROSS THIS SAME GENERAL AREA TONIGHT RESULTING IN
VERY HEAVY RAINS.

THESE STRONG STORMS WERE PART OF A 40 TO 50 MILE WIDE AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM CLARKSVILLE AND PARIS
TEXAS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF OKLAHOMA TO
BETWEEN ASHDOWN AND MENA ARKANSAS EAST TO MURFREESBORRO...HOPE AND
LEWISVILLE ARKANSAS.