Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Shreveport, LA

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
920 PM CST FRI JAN 20 1990

REPORTS FOR  JAUNARY 20TH....NOT ALL REPORTS.

TIME 840      CNTY/PARISH
              LINCOLN      CONSIDERABLE WIND DAMAGE NEAR GRAMBLING
                           UNIVERSITY TO TREES POWER LIWES..SEVERAL
                           MOBILE JOMES.   ALSO WIND DAMAGE IN NORTH
                           WEST RUSTON TO MOBILE HOMES.

SAME STORM PRODUICED WIND DAMAGE ,IN PARTS OF RED RIVER...SABINE AND
NATCHITOCHES PARISH...HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER HAS ALSO OCCURRED
WITH SOME OF THE STORMS THIS EVENING.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1125 PM CST FRI JAN 19 1990

...TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR EASTERN LOUISIANA...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH LOUISIANA EXCEPT FOR
THE NORTHWEST CORNER FOR TONIGHT...

AT 1115 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A LARGE
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME PROUDCING VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL THAT COVERED MUCH OF NORTH LOUISIANA..SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS..
AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR PINE BLUFF
SOUTHWEST TO NEAR EL DORADO ARKANSAS ACROSS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
TO SHREVEPORT..AND INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS TO NEAR LUFKIN.  WITHIN
THE LARGE RAIN MASS THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
RAYVILLE SOUTHWEST TO NEAR COLUMBIA..AND TO NEAR DE RIDDER AND
FROM NEAR FARMERVILLE SOUTHWEST TO NEAR JONESBORO AND MANY LOUISIANA.
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH
AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN FALLING OVER AN AREA OF SATURATED
SOILS AND MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS..LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. PERSONS SHOULD TRY TO AVOID WATER COVERED AREAS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1225 AM CST SAT JAN 20 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH LOUISIANA EXCEPT FOR
THE NORTHWEST CORNER FOR TONIGHT...

AT 1215 AM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A LARGE
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME PROUDCING VERY HEAVY
RAINS..OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS..WESTERN MISSISSIPPI..MUCH OF NORTH
AND CENTRAL LOUISISANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE RAIN WAS GENERALLY
SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR PINE BLUFF SOUTHWEST TO EL DORADO
ARKANSAS ACROSS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA TO NEAR ARCADIA AND MANSFIELD
AND INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS TO NEAR HOUSTON. WITHIN THE LARGE RAIN
MASS THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS..WHICH WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL
RAINS..WERE INDICATED FROM NEAR MONROE SOUTH TO COLUMBIA AND JENA
LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STRONGER
STORMS WERE PRODUCING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING..
AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT..FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ESPECIALLY FROM MONROE
AND COLUMBIA EAST.

FLOODING THREAT REMAINS HIGH OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA UNTIL THE
STORMS MOVE EAST OUT OF THE STATE.