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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
746 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024

LAZ010-TXZ150>153-165>167-021345-
De Soto LA-Sabine TX-Panola TX-Angelina TX-Nacogdoches TX-
San Augustine TX-Rusk TX-Shelby TX-
746 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN DE SOTO PARISH...
SOUTHERN PANOLA...SOUTHEASTERN RUSK...EASTERN NACOGDOCHES...SHELBY...
SOUTHEASTERN ANGELINA...SAN AUGUSTINE AND WESTERN SABINE COUNTIES
THROUGH 845 AM CDT...

At 745 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles west of Timpson to
near Melrose to 10 miles southeast of Huntington. Movement was east
at 35 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 hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Center, Milam, San Augustine, Logansport, Hemphill, Tenaha, Timpson,
Garrison, Pineland, Joaquin, Patroon, Martinsville, Bland Lake,
Neuville, Rosevine, Macune, Etoile, Shelbyville, Zavalla, and
Chireno.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

If on or near Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend, get out of the water and
move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out
to 10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter
now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

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LAT...LON 3105 9454 3152 9446 3200 9458 3214 9407
      3168 9381 3167 9383 3162 9382 3160 9384
      3155 9381 3116 9385 3114 9404 3111 9406
      3103 9447
TIME...MOT...LOC 1245Z 254DEG 30KT 3194 9452 3152 9442 3116 9447

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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