Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

Jan 23, 1993, 10:02 PM CST (04:02 UTC)

Expired

Jan 23, 1993, 11:00 PM CST

In force

58 min

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Columbia County, AR, Webster Parish, LA

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1002 PM CST SAT JAN 23 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...COLUMBIA COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...NORTHERN WEBSTER PARISH
 
AT 1000 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A
DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM NEAR BUSSEY ARKANSAS. ALSO...A STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PLAIN DEALING LOUISIANA. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.
 
LARGE HAIL AND HIGH DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN
ALSO BE EXPECTED.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

In the hours before

OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-
002-003-004-005-006-240130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
545 PM CST SAT JAN 23 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTH TEXAS...

AT 540 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METRO
AREA TO BONHAM TEXAS TO 20 MILES WEST OF HUGO OKLAHOMA. IN ADDITION...
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED FROM NEAR IDABEL OKLAHOMA TO JUST
NORTH OF DEQUEEN ARKANSAS TO MOUNT IDA ARKANSAS...AND ALSO FROM NEAR
HOPE ARKANSAS TO 15 MILES EAST OF PRESCOTT ARKANSAS.

THE ATMOSPHERE HAD BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER
THE ARKLATEX...WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE MIDDLE 70S. TO THE NORTH
AND WEST OF THE REGION...A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM NEAR
FORT SMITH ARKANSAS TO NEAR MC ALESTER OKLAHOMA TO JUST WEST OF FORT
WORTH TEXAS. THE TEMPERATURE IN OKLAHOMA CITY WAS ONLY 45 WITH A GUSTY
NORTHWEST WIND. WITH THE STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING TOWARD THE ARKLATEX...
COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA...
THE STAGE IS SET FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
TEXAS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE
COLD FRONT THIS EVENING...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS OVER
EAST TEXAS...SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA EXISTS TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS...WATCHES AfND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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