Tornado Warning 4, NWS Shreveport, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
125 PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987

TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS
UNTIL 8:00 PM.

AT 1:20 PM THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE DALLAS-FORT
WORTH AREA EXTENDING THROUGH JUST WEST OF PARIS TEXAS TO 25 EAST
OF MC ALESTER OKLAHOMA.  HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED JUST
WEST OF PARIS.

ANOTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH
NORTHEAST OF COLLEGE STATION TEXAS...WITH SCATTERED LIGHT TO
MODERATE SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AROUND THE
SHREVEPORT AREA AND EXTEDNING SOUTHWARD TO AROUND LEESVILLE AND
DERIDDER.

SHOWERS AND VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE
OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SPREAD ACROSS EXTREME
NORTHEAST TEXAS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON...
THEN MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAGS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO
REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPID LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND TO
LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
245 PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS
UNTIL 800 PM..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST MCCURTAIN
COUNTY OKLAHOMA..ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND EAST CENTRAL TEXAS...

WEATHER SEVICE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA IN NORTHWEST MCCURTAIN
COUNTY SOUTH INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS IN RED RIVER
VALLEY BETWEEN HUGO AND WRIGHT CITY. THE BAND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND INDIVIDUAL CELLS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TvO 35 MPH.

RADAR ALSO SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST TEXAS
NEAR LUFKIN EAST INTO WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS
WERE LOCATED NEAR CONVERSE AND ZWOLLE LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
NORTH AT 30 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
410 PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS
UNTIL 800 PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
TEXAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON..TONIGHT AND MONDAY..AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS TONIGHT...

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 400 PM SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER-
STORMS EXTENDING FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA IN NORTHEAST MCCURTAIN
COUNTY SOUTH INTO CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS. STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS
LOCATED IN NORTHEAST MCCURTAIN COUNTY OKLAHOMA AND EAST RED RIVER
COUNTY TEXAS. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
IN ANDERSON..HENDERSON AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES TEXAS. THE BAND WAS
MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
IN ANDERSON AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES TEXAS HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES WITH
INJURIES REPORTED. CITIZENS IN LONGVIEW AND TYLER AREAS SHOULD KEEP
POSTED TO LATEST DEVELOPMENTS..ESPECIALLY PERSONS IN RUSK AND GREGG
COUNTIES.

ANOTHER BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF RUSTON TO MANY. MOVEMENT
WAS TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 30 MPH. STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED IN
SOUTHERN NATCHITOCHES AND SABINE PARISHES.