Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Shreveport, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
345 PM CST MON MAR 20 1989

...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO AFFECT CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...

AT 335 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED
A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA ON INTO MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE LOCATED TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA..ALSO JUST NORTH
OF COLFAX LOUISIANA. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED NEAR
RUSTON. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT
20 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH-
EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN LOUISIANA UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN

ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ELSEWHERE..A BAND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING
AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT FROM EXTREME WEST CENTRAL AKANSAS EAST OF
FORT SMITH INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THIS BAND IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
SOUTHWESTWARD AS IT MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE STORMS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH THEIR SOUTHEASTWARD
PROGRESSION AND POSSIBLY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE AS THEY MOVE INTO THE
ARKLATEX LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
455 PM CST MON MAR 20 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST
TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA...
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND HAD DEVELOPED DURING THE PAST HOUR OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS..AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...

AT 445 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS
AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA THAT
EXTENDED FROM NEAR BASTROP AND MONROE SOUTH TO ALEXANDRIA AND BATON
ROUGE. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA WERE INDICATED
NEAR RAYVILLE SOUTHEAST TO EAST OF WINNSBORO AND BETWEEN COLUMBIA AND
HARRISONBURG. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH AND HAVE BEEN PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING..
AND BREIF BUT HEAVY RAINS.
.
RADAR ALSO SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM
EAST OF FORT SMITH SOUTHWEST TO NEAR MENA AND ASHDOWN ARKANSAS AND
INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS TO NEAR NEW BOSTON. ALSO A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR GREENVILLE TEXAS SOUTHWEST TO NEAR
WACO AND TEMPLE. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
WERE INDICATED NEAR MENA AND DE QUEEN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH WITH THE STORMS PRODUCING BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINFALL..STRONG
AND GUSTY WINDS..AND FREQUENT BUT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
600 PM CST MON MAR 20 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST
TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA BUT
WILL MOST LIKELY MOVE INTO MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXT HOUR...
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME STRONG..CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...

AT 545 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA FROM NEAR LAKE
PROVIDENCE SOUTH INTO EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND THE ADJACENT STATE
OF MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA WERE
INDICATED NEAR LAKE PROVIDENCE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND
SHOULD MOVE INTO  MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
RADAR ALSO SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THAT EXTENDED INTO NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS FROM NEAR RUSSELVILLE..MURFREESBORO..AND ASHDOWN ARKANSAS TO
NEAR MAUD..LINDEN..AND LONGVIEW TEXAS. RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER
AREA OF WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR
EMORY SOUTHWEST TO NEAR CORSICANA..GROSBECK..AND TEMPLE TEXAS.
THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WERE INDICATED NEAR
NASHVILLE AND OKAY AND IN NORTHEAST TEXAS BETWEEN TEXARKANA AND
MAUD. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTeORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH
WHILE THE OVERALL AREAS SPREAD TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORMS
WERE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..BRIEF
BUT HEAVY RAINFALL..AND POSSIBLY HAIL.