Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Shreveport, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
700 PM CDT MON APR 3 1989

...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST
TEXAS ON INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

AT 650 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR CLARKSVILLE TEXAS TO IDABEL
OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF IDABEL ALONG
THE RED RIVER. THIS STORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY
WINDS..AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS TO THE
EAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF
FORT SMITH ARKANSAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS STORM EARLIER PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN LEFLORE COUNTY
OKLAHOMA.

A COLD FRONT WAS CURRENTLY LOCATED FROM EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
TO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ON INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. IT WILL CONTINUE TO
PUSH TO THE EAST THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AND WILL CAUSE SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE
ARKLATEX THIS EVENING AND THE EASTERN SECTIONS LATER TONIGHT. COOLER
AIR WILL FOLLOW THE FRONTA!L PASSAGE ALONG WITH DECREASING CLOUDINESS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
815 PM CDT MON APR 3 1989

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...

AT 810 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF PARIS TEXAS TO CLARKSVILLE
ON TO NEAR FOREMAN ARKANSAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARKSVILLE NEAR DEPORT TEXAS..AND 10 MILES SOUTH
OF CLARKSVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..SMALL HAIL..AND FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

ELSEWHERE..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED NORTHWEST OF HOT SPRINGS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED FROM
JUST SOUTH OF HOT SPRINGS TO NEAR DEQUEEN ARKANSAS TO NEAR EAGLETOWN
OKLAHOMA. ALSO SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE LOCATED NEAR GREENVILLE TEXAS.
MOVEMENT OF ALL ACTIVITY WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS ACTIVITY WAS ALL IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT WHICH EXTENDED FROM
WESTERN ARKANSAS INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ON INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EXTREME NORTHERN SECTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 2 AM CDT.