NWS Issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... LITTLE RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF... FOREMAN... ASHDOWN...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 536 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOREMAN... OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW BOSTON... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RICHMOND... ALLEENE AND WILTON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY... A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR DEKALB WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM... TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.