Tornado Warning 6, NWS Shreveport, LA

OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003-
004-005-006-151930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1225 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE AREA INCLUDING MUCH OF NORTH
LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE ADJACENT AREA OF MISSISSIPPI.

SEVERE STORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND THE ADJACENT AERA OF
SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...MOVING AWAY FROM THE ARKLATEX.

HOWEVER...A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTH-
CENTRAL ARKANSAS ACROSSS NRTHWEST LOUISIANA AND EAST CENTRAL TEXAS
AND SPREAD EAST.  ALSO ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
AHEAD OF THE BAND OVER NORTH LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BY MID AFTERNOON
INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS THE SYSTEM SPREADS EAST.
.
PERSONS IN NORTH LOUISIANA AND THE ADJACENT AREA ARE ADVISED
TO REMAIN ALERT...AS STORM WARNINGS WILL LIKLEY BE NECESSARY BY
MID AFTERNOON. THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL INCREASE AS THIS
SYSTEM MOVES EAST.

AT 1230 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED
SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS FROM ASHDOWN AND
TEXARKANA EAST TO LITTLE ROCK AND PINE BLUFF.  ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST TEXAS BETWEEN CENTER AND NACOGDOCHES.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AND NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO TV...RADIO AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE zLATEST IN
WEATHER INFORMATION.

OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003-
004-005-006-152100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
130 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE AREA INCLUDING MUCH OF NORTH
LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE ADJACENT AREA OF MISSISSIPPI.

A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPIING AT 130 PM CST FROM NEAR
MAGNOLIA ARKANSAS TO NEAR SHREVEPORT TO NEAR NACOGDOCHES TEXAS.

THESE STORMS WERE INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE WHILE
MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THUS FAR...PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY
RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAVE OCCURRED. STORMS WILL DEVELOP
AHEAD OF THE BAND OVER NORTH LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BY MID AFTERNOON
INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS THE SYSTEM SPREADS EAST.
.
PERSONS IN NORTH LOUISIANA AND THE ADJACENT AREA ARE ADVISED
TO REMAIN ALERT...AS STORM WARNINGS WILL LIKLEY BE NECESSARY BY
MID AFTERNOON. THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL INCREASE AS THIS
SYSTEM MOVES EAST.

THE STORMS FROM SOUTH OF SHREVEPORT TO WEST OF CENTER TEXAS WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE HIGH WIND GUSTS AND HAIL SIZE MAY INCREASE WITHIN THE NEXT
HOUR AND SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP.

NEW STORMS WERE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE BAND FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO NEAR HOMER LOUISIANA TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
RUSTON.

THESE STORMS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY AND MAY REACH SEVERE INTENSITY
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.