BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

331 AM CDT MON MAY 11 2015

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  CADDO PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...

  WESTERN DE SOTO PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...

  EASTERN RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...

  SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...

  NORTHWESTERN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...

  NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...

  PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...

 

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT

 

* AT 331 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE

  EXTENDING FROM NEAR HALLSVILLE TO NEAR BECKVILLE TO 8 MILES SOUTH

  OF MINDEN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

 

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND TREES

  HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN ACROSS RUSK COUNTY.

 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...

  CARTHAGE AROUND 335 AM CDT.

  MARSHALL...GARRISON AND DEBERRY AROUND 345 AM CDT.

  TIMPSON AND ELYSIAN FIELDS AROUND 350 AM CDT.

  WASKOM AROUND 400 AM CDT.

  GREENWOOD AND TENAHA AROUND 405 AM CDT.

  STONEWALL AND MOORINGSPORT AROUND 415 AM CDT.

  BLANCHARD AROUND 420 AM CDT.

  SHREVEPORT...LOGANSPORT AND JOAQUIN AROUND 425 AM CDT.

 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE

BETHANY...DIXIE...FRONT...WOODS...KEAT CHIE...CUSHING...LILBERT...

LOONEYVILLE...PAXTON AND GARY CITY.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN

DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT

IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A

PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR

SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

 

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A

BUILDING.

 

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A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN

LOUISIANA AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.