Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Shreveport, LA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
840 AM CST SUN MAR 2 1997

H500 LOW OVER W TX ATTM WITH H850 LOW OVER SE TX. AS UPR LVL TROF
AND COLD POCKET BGN PULLING TO THE E WILL LIKELY SEE AN INCREASE
IN AMOUNT OF SVR WX LATE THIS MRNG AND ERLY THIS AFTN.

NEW ETA HAS THIS H500 LOW OVER NE TX BY 00Z TONIGHT WITH VORT MAX
WORKING ACRS SE TX AND INTO SW LA BY THIS EVNG. HEAVY RAIN SHUD
PRECEDE THIS FTR ACRS SRN 1/2 OF CWA.

SEE NO REASON TO MAKE SIG CHANGES TO GOING FCST EXCEPT TO TWEAK
TEMPS AS HIGHS WIL LIKELY NOT GET AS WARM AS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT ACRS
NRN LA.

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THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1000 AM CST SUN MAR 2 1997

ALTHOUGH A COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY...MOISTURE
REMAINS ABUNDANT OVER THE FOUR STATE AREA.  ALSO A VERY STRONG UPPER
LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS WILL BE MOVING OVER THE
FOUR STATE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.  VERY COLD AIR ALOFT
WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL HELP DESTABILZE THE ATMOSPHERE FOR THE NEXT 12
TO 18 HOURS OVER THE REGION CONTRIBUTING TO A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOS.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL BE NEEDED FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH MUCH OF
TONIGHT.