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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
610 PM CDT SAT OCT 18 2025
LAZ005-006-012>014-190000-
OUACHITA LA-UNION LA-JACKSON LA-LINCOLN LA-BIENVILLE LA-
610 PM CDT SAT OCT 18 2025
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL
OUACHITA...SOUTH CENTRAL UNION...EASTERN LINCOLN...JACKSON AND
SOUTHEASTERN BIENVILLE PARISHES UNTIL 7 PM CDT...
AT 610 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR RUSTON TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
JONESBORO, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSTON, GRAMBLING, JONESBORO, FARMERVILLE, CHOUDRANT, CHATHAM,
HODGE, NORTH HODGE, VIENNA, EAST HODGE, QUITMAN, EROS, DOWNSVILLE,
MINERAL SPRINGS, CALHOUN, CADERVILLE, EUREKA, FOLKSVILLE, D
ARBONNE AND MOUNT OLIVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3217 9294 3268 9259 3284 9226 3221 9236
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 244DEG 21KT 3259 9262 3237 9264 3212 9284
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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