Severe Thunderstorm Warning 400, NWS Shreveport, LA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1000 PM CDT THU SEP 26 1996

FNTL BNDRY JUST NORTH OF AN ELD TO MANSFIELD TO LFK LINE. SOLID LINE
RW/TSTMS ALONG FNT APPEAR TO BE REMAINING SUBSEVERE BUT WITH SLOW
LINE MVMNT TRAINING WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE RAINFALLS OF 1-3" WITH
PASSAGE. GOOD NW BREEZES AND COOLING TEMPS ESTABLISHED ACRS NW HALF
OF CWA. AS STEERING WINDS HAVE BECOME PARALLEL WITH FNT SE HALF OF CWA
WILL REMAIN UNDER THE GUN AS AIR REMAINS SUFFICIENTLY UNSTABLE FOR
POSSIBLE REINTENSIFICATION OF TSTMS.

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071-072-073-LAZ001-002-003-004-006-005-010-012-013-018-019-021-
020-022-017-014-011-270200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
804 PM CDT THU SEP 26 1996

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL
900 PM CDT...

CURRENT DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LARGE AREA
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF NEAR
TWO INCHES IN LESS THAN AN HOURS TIME ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR BRADLEY ARKANSAS SOUTH TO NEAR
JENA LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT CONTINUED TO BE TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST NEAR
30 MPH.

ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO REDEVELOP
ACROSS THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA OF NORTHEAST TEXAS MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF
A LINE FROM NEAR JACKSONVILLE TEXAS SOUTHEAST TO NEAR PINELAND TEXAS.
THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30
MPH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO REDEVELOP AS WELL ACROSS
NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA FROM NORTH OF HENDERSON
EXTENDING EAST NORTHEAST TO NEAR MARSHALL TEXAS AND BENTON LOUISIANA TO
NEAR MAGNOLIA ARKANSAS. THIS AREA WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 20
MPH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE SAME
GENERAL AREAS TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHEWILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORM TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST
TEXAS INTO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. FLOODING WILL
BEGIN TO BE A CONCERN AS THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE
SAME GENERAL AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURED EARLIER TODAY.

FLOODING CONTINUED TO BE REPORTED IN HARRISON COUNTY AT THE
INTERSECTION OF HWY 59 AND HWY 80. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL
TOTALS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES HAS OCCURED IN THIS AREA TONIGHT.

STAY TUNNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING
WEATHER SITUATION.

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071-072-073-LAZ001-002-003-004-006-005-010-012-013-018-019-021-
020-022-017-014-011-270200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
804 PM CDT THU SEP 26 1996

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL
900 PM CDT...

CURRENT DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LARGE AREA
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF NEAR
TWO INCHES IN LESS THAN AN HOURS TIME ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR BRADLEY ARKANSAS SOUTH TO NEAR
JENA LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT CONTINUED TO BE TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST NEAR
30 MPH.

ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO REDEVELOP
ACROSS THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA OF NORTHEAST TEXAS MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF
A LINE FROM NEAR JACKSONVILLE TEXAS SOUTHEAST TO NEAR PINELAND TEXAS.
THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30
MPH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO REDEVELOP AS WELL ACROSS
NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA FROM NORTH OF HENDERSON
EXTENDING EAST NORTHEAST TO NEAR MARSHALL TEXAS AND BENTON LOUISIANA TO
NEAR MAGNOLIA ARKANSAS. THIS AREA WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 20
MPH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE SAME
GENERAL AREAS TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORM TONIGHT ACROSS
NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.
FLOODING WILL BEGIN TO BE A CONCERN AS THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO
MOVE OVER THE SAME GENERAL AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURED EARLIER
TODAY.

FLOODING CONTINUED TO BE REPORTED IN HARRISON COUNTY AT THE
INTERSECTION OF HWY 59 AND HWY 80. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL
TOTALS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES HAS OCCURED IN THIS AREA TONIGHT.

STAY TUNNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING
WEATHER SITUATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
930 PM CDT THU SEP 26 1996

...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
TONIGHT...

CURRENT DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUED TO INDICATE A 50 MILE
WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM RUSK TO NEAR
CARTHAGE IN NORTHEAST TEXAS TO SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA TO MAGNOLIA AND
PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS LARGE AREA WERE PRODUCING
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN ONE HOURS TIME
AND WILL RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL TONIGHT HAD FALLEN ACROSS HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
WHERE HWY 80 NEAR HALLSVILLE CONTINUED TO BE UNDER WATER. INTERSTATE
20 NEAR MARSHALL ALSO HAD HIGH WATER ACROSS IT AT THE PRESENT TIME.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM FOR HARRISON
COUNTY.

ALL TORNADO WATCHES HAVE EXPIRED TONIGHT AND THE PRIMARY THREAT FOR
THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING
WITH ISOLATED SEVERE T,HUNDERSTORM STILL POSSIBLE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...COR FOR FLSH FLD WTCH SW AR...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
945 PM CDT THU SEP 26 1996

...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
TONIGHT...

CURRENT DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUED TO INDICATE A 50 MILE
WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM RUSK TO NEAR
CARTHAGE IN NORTHEAST TEXAS TO SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA TO MAGNOLIA AND
PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS LARGE AREA WERE PRODUCING
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN ONE HOURS TIME
AND WILL RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL TONIGHT HAD FALLEN ACROSS HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
WHERE HWY 80 NEAR HALLSVILLE CONTINUED TO BE UNDER WATER. INTERSTATE
20 NEAR MARSHALL ALSO HAD HIGH WATER ACROSS IT AT THE PRESENT TIME.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM FOR HARRISON
COUNTY.

ALL TORNADO WATCHES HAVE EXPIRED TONIGHT AND THE PRIMARY THREAT FOR
THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING
WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM STILL POSSIBLE.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE SHREVEPORT LA
1004 PM CDT THU SEP 26 1996

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

0220 PM    NEWSOME                   TX   WIND DAMAGE
09/26/96   CAMP                           DAMAGE TO A TRAILOR AND A
                                          LARGE TREE WAS DOWNED ACROSS
                                          A LOCAL ROAD IN NEWSOME.

0310 PM    ROSSTON                   AR   0.75 INCH HAIL.
09/26/96   NEVADA

0715 PM    HALLSVILLE                TX   FLOODING
09/26/96   HARRISON                       HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCED
                                          FLOODING ACROSS HWY 80
                                          AND MINOR FLOODING ACROSS
                                          I-20 SOUTH OF MARSHALL.