Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Shreveport, LA

NEWSPSSHV
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
755 PM CST TUE MAR 11 1986

TORNADO WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE ARKLATEX...
INCLUDES SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS..EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND MUCH OF
NORTHEAST TEXAS.

AT 755 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT WAS
SHOWING A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
TO THE RED RIVER TO WEST OF HUGO ACROSS THE RED RIVER TO NEAR GREEN-
VILLE TEXAS TO THE WACO AREA. THIS SYSTEM WAS MOVING EAST NEAR 40 MPH.
SEVERE STORMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG PARTS OF THE LINE.

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LINE OVER EXTREME NORTH
EAST TEXAS INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS FROM
NEAR MENA ARKANSAS TO NEAR DEQUEEN AND FROM NORTH OF BATTIEST IN
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA TO SOUTHWEST OF IDABEL. THESE STORMS WERE ON THE
INCREASE AND SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

AS THE STRONG SYSTEM OVER NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS APPROCHES THE
WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...NEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LINE OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS RAPIDLY WITHIN
THE NEXT TWO HOURS.

ALTHOUGH THE TORNADO WATCH IS ONLY IN AFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST
HALF OF THE ARKLATEX...THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS ALONG
WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SPREAD INTO NORTH LOUISIANA AND THE
ADJACENT AREAS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.