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

LAZ001-002-010-021500-
De Soto LA-Bossier LA-Caddo LA-
907 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN DE SOTO...
SOUTHWESTERN CADDO AND WEST CENTRAL BOSSIER PARISHES THROUGH 1000 AM
CDT...

At 906 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms 7 miles southeast of Greenwood, or 8 miles southwest of
Shreveport, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch 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...
Shreveport, Bossier City, Greenwood, Blanchard, Benton, Stonewall,
Belcher, Eastwood, Fosters, Keachi, Dixie, Keat Chie, Ferguson,
Princeton, Spring Ridge, Cross Lake, Bodcau, Barksdale Air Force
Base, Keithville, and Forbing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

If on or near Cross Lake, 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 3210 9398 3233 9403 3279 9388 3260 9350
TIME...MOT...LOC 1406Z 206DEG 22KT 3236 9388

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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