SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
538 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015
...STRONG TO POSSIBLY A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAN BE EXPECTED
MAINLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS THURSDAY...
A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN
LOUISIANA...WILL WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT...ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY. ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPS...WILL HAVE A POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING
VERY STRONG TO POSSIBLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...HAIL TO AT LEAST THE
SIZE OF QUARTERS...AND FREQUENT AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES.
ONE HALF TO OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED AREAWIDE
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALISED AREAS POSSIBLY RECEIVING
UPWARDS OF TWO INCHES...ESPECIALLY WHERE THUNDERSTORM MAY LINGER
THROUGH THE MORNING...AND POSSIBLY EVEN AFTERNOON HOURS ON
FRIDAY...BEFORE THE COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF THE AREA. ALTHOUGH
AT LEAST A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...IT APPEARS THAT
THE BEST CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY
FURTHER TO THE NORTH OF THE LISTENING AREA.
LOOKING AHEAD FROM LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK...THE OVERALL
SPRING STORM PATTERN...INCLUDING A LARGE AND SLOW MOVING UPPER LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM TO OUR WEST...WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THE POTENTIAL
FOR THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND SEVERE WEATHER...THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK AS WELL.
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