Tornado Warning 24, NWS Shreveport, LA

NEWSPSSHV
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
720 AM CDT SUN MAY 18 1986

...ISOLATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE ARKLATEX AND SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO
DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA. AT 7:15 AM CDT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A 100 MILE WIDE AREA
OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR
MURFREESBORO ARKANSAS ACROSS THE IDABEL OKLAHOMA AND NEW BOSTON
TEXAS AREAS ON TO NEAR GREENVILLE TEXAS. HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED WITHIN THIS AREA 10 MILES EAST OF IDABEL OKLAHOMA AND 12
MILES NORTHWEST OF LINDEN TEXAS. THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING
STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WITH THEIR
PASSAGE.

ALSO...ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR CARTHAGE TEXAS AND
BETHANY LOUISIANA. WHILE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWER WAS LOCATED 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANY LOUISIANA AND ANOTHER ABOUT 10 MILES EAST
OF WINNFIELD LOUISIANA.

MOVEMENT OF ALL PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD
ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH SOME STORMS BECOMING LOCALLY HEAVY.

NEWSPSSHV
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
815 AM CDT SUN MAY 18 1986

...ISOLATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO SPREAD NORTHEAST OVER
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO
DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA. AT 8:10 AM CDT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A 100 MILE WIDE AREA
OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR
MOUNT IDA ARKANSAS ACROSS THE NEW BOSTON TEXAS AREA ON TO NEAR
QUITMAN TEXAS. HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF
TEXARKANA AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DE QUEEN ARKANSAS.
THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 40
MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WITH THEIR PASSAGE. ALSO SOME PEA SIZE
HAIL MAY BE NOTED WITH THE STORMS SOUTHEAST OF DE QUEEN.

ALSO...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED IN A 50
MILE WIDE AREA FROM NEAR WINNSBORO TO NEAR BOSSIER CITY LOUISIANA.
WITHIN THIS AREA HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES WEST
OF JONESBORO 5 MILES NORTH OF NATCHITOCHES AND 10 MILES WEST OF
COLUMBIA. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS AS
WELL AS GUSTY WINDS.

MOVEMENT OF ALL PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD
ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH SOME STORMS BECOMING LOCALLY HEAVY.

NEWSPSSHV
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
925 AM CDT SUN MAY 18 1986

...VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO SPREAD NORTHEAST OVER
NORTH LOUISIANA...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO SPREAD NORTHEAST
ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST
TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA.

AT 9:20 AM THE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A 100
MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR
HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS ACROSS TEXARKANA TO NEAR DANGERFIELD TEXAS.
A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF TEXARKANA AND ONE
WAS SOUTHEAST OF MURFREESBORO ARKANSAS.
THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 40
MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WITH THEIR PASSAGE.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH.

ALSO...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED IN A 75
MILE WIDE AREA FROM NEAR HAMBURG ARKANSAS TO MANY LOUISIANA.
WITHIN THIS AREA INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 12 MILES EAST
OF RAYVILLE...10 MILES NORTH OF WINNSBORO...12 MILES WEST OF
COLUMBIA...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINNFIELD AND 5 MILES NORTH OF
NATCHITOCHES LOUISIANA.

BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...PEA SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS OF 35 TO
50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE INTENSE STORMS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST NEAR 45 MPH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD
ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH SOME STORMS BECOMING LOCALLY (HEAVY...
MAINLY OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.