Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Shreveport, LA

NEWSPSSHV
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
230 PM CST FRI APR 4 1986

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED AND IN EFECT FOR A LARGE AREA INCLUD-
ING SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND MUCH
OF NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

AT 230 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHRVEPORT CONTINUED
TO SHOW A BAND OF STONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST OKLAHOMA INTO NORTH-
CENTRAL TEXAS..WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE
BAND OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS..EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTH
WEST ARKANSAS.

AT 230 PM CST THE OLD BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF ARKANSAS IN THE FAYETTEVILLE/FORT SMITH AREA..THROUGH EAST
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA NEAR MCALESTER...ON SOUTHWEST TO THE DALLAS FORT
WORTH AREA.

A NEW BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM NEAR
MENA IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...ACROSS DEQUEEN TO NEAR CLARKSVILLE
AND GREENVILLE TEXAS.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NEW BAND WERE FROM NEAR CLARKSVILLE TO
NEAR IDABEL OKLAHOMA.

INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH WHILE
THE SYSTEMS DEVELOP EAST.

INDICTIONS ARE THE SEVERE STORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHWEST
HALF OF THE ARKLATED INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...ALSO ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE FLOODING IN THE AREAS THAT RECEIVED FROM
TWO TO OVER FIVE INCHES OF RAIN LAST NIGHT.

NEWSPSSHV
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
410 PM CST FRI APR 4 1986

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT  FOR A LARGE AREA INCLUDING SOUTH
EAST OKLAHOMA..WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND MUCH OF NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

OVER THE PAST HOUR SMALL HAIL REPORTED IN STRONG THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF
NASHVILLE ARKANSAS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THUNDER
STORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
AND EXTEME NORTHEAST TEXAS FROM SOUTHWEST OF HOT SPRINGS TO NORTH OF
NASSVILLE TO NEAR DEKALB TEXAS. MOVMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE STORMS WERE AHEAD OF A BAND OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT
WERE SPREADING EAST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHONA. THE
BAND WAS LOCATED AT 410 PM FROM 40 MILEA NORTH OF IDABEL OKLAHOMA TO
SOUTHWEST OF HUGO TO NEAR DALLAS TEXAS.

AREAL COVERAGE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER
THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE ARKLATEX THIS EVENING INTO THE SOUTHEAST PART
OF OKLAHOMA..A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE LIKELY.

ALSO...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WmILL OCCUR TONIGHT OVER THE SAME AREA
WHERE TWO TO OVER FIVE INCHES FELL THURSDAY NIGHT...THUS FLOODING MAY
DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING..AS AREA STREAMS ARE NOW RUNNING HIGH.