Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Shreveport, LA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1104 AM CDT THU APR 20 1995

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED AT 9:46 AM FOR WINN PARISH
LOUISIANA EXPIRED AT 10:45. THE SEVERE THUNERSTORM HAS DECREASED IN
INTENSITY AND IS NO LONGER A THREAT.

AT 10:55 AM THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF LUFKIN TEXAS EXTENDING
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS TOLEDO BEND LAKE THROUGH COUSHATTA AND JONESBORO
LOUISIANA INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN
THIS BAND WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF LUFKIN TEXAS..NEAR COUSHATTA AND
JONESBORO LOUISIANA AND NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA.

ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR DE QUEEN
ARKANSAS SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH MT. PLEASANT AND PITTSBURGH TEXAS TO WEST
OF HENDERSON.  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS AREA WERE NEAR NEW
BOSTON..SOUTH OF MT. PLEASANT AND 10 MILES WEST OF LONGVIEW.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH.

SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST AND EASTERN TEXAS...WESTERN AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA AND EXTREME
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS INTO THIS AFTERNOON.  SOME OF THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...
STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN TEXAS AND FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1209 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995

THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR AT 12:00 NOON SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHWEST OF LUFKIN TEXAS EXTENDING
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS TOLEDO BEND LAKE..THROUGH RUSTON AND JONESBORO
LOUISIANA INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED OVER TOLEDO BEND LAKE BETWEEN CENTER TEXAS AND MANY LOUSIANA...
ALSO NEAR RUSTON LOUISIANA.

ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR
GILMER TEXAS NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH TEXARKANA TO SOUTH OF HOT SPRINGS
ARKANSAS.  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS AREA WERE LOCATED FROM JUST
SOUTH OF NASHVILLE ARKANSAS THROUGH TEXARKANA TO JUST NORTHEAST OF
LINDEN TEXAS.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN TEXAS AND FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF
EASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN
LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON.

PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
118 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS ISSUED AT 12:19 PM FOR SOUTHERN
DESOTO AND NORTHERN SABINE PARISHES IN NORTHWEST LOUSISIANA HAS EXPIRED.

THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR FARMERVILLE AND BASTROP LOUISIANA
EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA ACROSS TOLEDO
BEND LAKE TO EAST OF LUFKIN TEXAS.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER WESTERN LOUISIANA BETWEEN
COUSHATTA AND NATCHITOCHES...JUST WEST OF WINNFIELD AND WEST OF BASTROP
LOUISIANA.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH.

ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM WEST OF
LONGVIEW TEXAS EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE TEXARKVANA AREA TO
SOUTH OF HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS.

TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN TEXAS AND FOR
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA.

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LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
300 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995

TIME(CDT)  ....CITY LOCATION.....   STATE    ...EVENT/REMARKS...
          ....COUNTY LOCATION....

215 TO     MONROE                    LA      60-80 MPH WIND...NICKEL
 245 PM    OUACHITA PARISH                   SIZE HAIL...DEFINITE
                                             FUNNEL CLOUD...ALL
                                             REPORTED BY SPOTTER
                                             AT NORTHEAST LA UNIV.

245        MILE MARKER 143 ON        LA      INTENSE GOLFBALL SIZE
            I-49 IN NATCHITOCHES             HAIL REPORTED BY
            PARISH                           SHERIF.FS OFFICE.

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
305 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995

TIME(CDT)  ....CITY LOCATION.....   STATE    ...EVENT/REMARKS...
          ....COUNTY LOCATION....

255 PM     SHREVPEPORT                LA      NICKEL SIZE HAIL
           CADDO PARISH                      AT SOUTHPART MALL...
                                             SOUTHWEST SHV...BY
                                             SPOTTER.