BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 746 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN UNION PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHEASTERN CLAIBORNE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SMACKOVER...NORPHLET...JUNCTION CITY...EL DORADO... EAST CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOUNT HOLLY TO EL DORADO TO CALION...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STEPHENS TO EL DORADO TO 6 MILES EAST OF NORPHLET...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAWSON...URBANA AND WESSON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BESTRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 00:48:27 +0000
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