741  
WWUS84 KSHV 231719  
SPSSHV  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA  
1219 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026  
 
LAZ004>006-012>014-021-231815-  
OUACHITA LA-LINCOLN LA-UNION LA-JACKSON LA-CLAIBORNE LA-CALDWELL  
LA-BIENVILLE LA-  
1219 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2026  
   
..A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN UNION  
 
SOUTHEASTERN CLAIBORNE...OUACHITA...NORTHERN JACKSON...LINCOLN...  
NORTHERN CALDWELL AND NORTHEASTERN BIENVILLE PARISHES UNTIL 115 PM  
CDT...  
 
AT 1219 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTH OF ARCADIA TO 12 MILES  
EAST OF COLUMBIA, OR EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF JONESBORO  
TO 12 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA, MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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...  
MONROE, RUSTON, CLAIBORNE, WEST MONROE, GRAMBLING, COLUMBIA,  
BROWNSVILLE-BAWCOMVILLE, BROWNSVILLE-BAWCOM, SWARTZ, RICHWOOD,  
ARCADIA, DUBACH, CHOUDRANT, SIMSBORO, CHATHAM, HODGE, NORTH HODGE  
AND VIENNA.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING  
WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD  
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3273 9287 3277 9218 3258 9192 3254 9191  
3238 9200 3228 9203 3228 9199 3219 9201  
3220 9198 3217 9198 3216 9190 3212 9187  
3209 9187 3207 9193 3204 9190 3197 9189  
3230 9238 3226 9305  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1719Z 198DEG 28KT 3237 9291 3240 9234 3208 9188  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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