Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Shreveport, LA

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.