Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Shreveport, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1020 AM CST TUE MAR 28 1989

SLOW MOVING BAND OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COMTINUE
TO ADVANCE SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST
TEXAS.

A FEW OF THES STORMS HAVE PR0DUCED WINDS OF 30 TO OVER 50 MPH ALONG
WITH SPOTTY HAIL. THE SYSTEM MOVING SLOW WITH REPEAT STORMS OVER THE
SAME GENERAL AREA HAS RESULTED IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE
INCHES WITH ISOLATED VERY HEAVY AMOUNTS.

THE SYSTEM  OVERALL HAS DECREAESED SOME...HOWEVER A FEW STRONG STORMS
CONTINUE IN THE UPPER SABINE VALLEY AND UPPER SUPPORT WILL ARRIVE
FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO REFIRE THE OLD SYSTEM.

FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY...NEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN TEXAS INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTH
WEST ARKANSAS.  THE OLD SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST
TEXAS SOUTHWARD WILL INCREASE BY MID DAY WITH SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE
ALONG WITH VERY HEVY RAIFALL.

BY MID AFTERNOON ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE
MAIN SYSTEM OVER NORTHCENTRL LOUISIANA.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS EXIST FO THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE
ARKLATEX THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF
TONIGHT. ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS...VERY HEAVY RAIN-
FALL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL HAVE AFFECTED MOST OF THE AREA
BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH ISOLATED VERY HEAVY AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO FIVE
INCHES OVER A SIX HOUR PERIOD THAT WILL RESULT IN LOW AREA FLOODING.

A TORNADOO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE AT 11 AM CST
FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN TEXAS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1225 PM CST TUE MAR 28 1989

...TORNADO WARCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST TEXAS...A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
...ALSO OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.

AT 1220 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED
THE LEADING EDGE OF A 30 MILE BAND OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR DEQUEEN ARKANSAS TO NEAR TEXARKANA TO BETWEEN
LONGVIEW AND TYLER TO 30 MILES EAST OF COLLEGE STATION.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN A NARROW BAND FROM NEW
BOSTON TEXAS ACROSS THE UPPER PART OF LAKE O PINES TO JUST NORTH-
WEST OF GLADEWATER TEXAS.

VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL TEXAS
30 MILES EAST OF COLLEGE STATION.

THE SYSTEMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST LESS THAN 20 MPH...THUS VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR AND RESULT IN LOW AREA FLOODING.

INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE TRACKING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45
MPH.

THE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS WILL DIMINISH IN AREAL COVERAGE EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON WITH INDIVIDUAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. THE
VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL TEXAS WILL TRACK NORTHEAST
INTO THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND LIKELY REACH SEVERE
INTENSITY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

NEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND THE TOLSEDO BEND COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON..ALSO
OVER SOUTHCENTRAL ARKANSAS.

THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE
ARKLATEX THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF
LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDASY.

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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
100 PM CST TUE MAR 28 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CST   FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND
PARISHES IN

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST MILLER
                       SOUTHEAST AHLF OF HEMPSTEAD

AT  1 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A RHUNDERSORM NEAR THE TEXARKANA AIRPORT
THAT WAS LIKELY PRODUCING HIGH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.