Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Shreveport, LA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1005 AM CST MON MAR 9 1992

TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND THE THREAT
OF SEVERE STORMS AND FLOOD PRODUCING RAINFALL EXISTS FOR MUCH OF THE
ARKLATEX BEFORE THE DAY IS OVER.

PERSONS IN THE ARKLATEX ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANG-
ING WEATHER CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY AFTER MID MORNING OVER THE WESTERN
SECTIONS AND OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE STORMS WERE INDICATED OVER THE IMMEDIATE ARKLATEX
AT 1000 AM CST..WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SHOWERS ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDER-
STORMS CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF. RAINFALL OF ONE TO OVER
TWO INCHES OCCURRED OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING OVER PARTS
OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA AND HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED TO FALL OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
JUST NORTH OF THE LOUISIANA BORDER. ALSO HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING
OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT AREA OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS FROM
ASHDOWN AND TEXARKANA ARKANSAS AND DEKALB TEXAS SOUTHWEST THROUGH MOUNT
PLEASANT TO NEAR WACO TEXAS.  FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT FOR
SOME OF THE COUNTIES IN THE MIDDLE SULPHUR RIVER BASIN AND FLASH FLOOD
WARNIGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR BOWIE AND CASS COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
AND LITTLE RIVER..HEMPSTEAD..AND MILLER COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.

AT 1000 AM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RARAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A
70 MILE WIDE AREA OF RAIN...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS  NORTH OF
A LINE FROM LAKE PROVIDENCE LOUISIANA WEST ALONG THE LOUISIANA/ARKANSAS
BORDER TO NEAR CADDO LAKE IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND TO NEAR TYLER AND
WACO TEXAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A BAND JUST NORTH OF THE
LOUISIANA/ARKANSAS BORDER AND FROM ASHDOWN ARKANSAS SOUTHWEST ACROSS
NEW BOSTON..MT PLEASANT AND TO NEAR WACO TEXAS. THE SYSTEM WAS MOVING
VERY LITTLE WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AND MOVING OVER
THE SAME GENERAL AREA.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS
THE AREA BY MID MORNING AND STORMS OVER THE WESTE"RN SECTIONS OF THE
AREA WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY AND MAY REACH SEVERE INTENSITY AND SPREAD EAST
AND NORTHEAST.  FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN
LOW AREAS AS CREEKS ARE RUNNING HIGH AND THE GROUND NEAR SATURATION.

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
240 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

STORM REPORTS FOR MONDAY MARCH 9 1992

TIME CST    CNTY/PRSH  STATE  EVENT/LOCATION/DAMAGE

1230 PM     BOWIE/CASS   TX   FLOODING...SECONDARY ROADS...UNDERPASSES
                              IN TEXARKANA...NEW BOSTON AND LINDEN
100  PM     LITTLE RIVER AR   LOW AREA FLOODING NEAR FOREMAN AND INDEX
                              4.20 INCHES OF RAIN AT INDEX SINCE 7 AM
200  PM     MILLER       AR   FLOODING IN TEXARKANA ARKANSAS...SEVERAL
            HEMPSTEAD    AR   STREETS AND US 82 INTO SOUTHWEST HEMPSTEAD
                              COUNTY.
218  PM     RUSK         TX   ONE INCH HAIL AND HIGH WINDS DOWNED SEVERAL
                              TREES 5 MILES WEST OF HENDERSON TEXAS.
230  PM     GREGG        TX   ONE INCH HAIL AND HIGH WINDS NEAR EASTON
235  PM     HARRISON     TX   FUNNEL CLOUD 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARSHALL
                              TEXAS...NICKLE SIZE HAIL.