Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
538 WWUS54 KSHV 090212 SVSSHV Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Shreveport LA 912 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024 OKC089-TXC037-387-090245- /O.CON.KSHV.SV.W.0109.000000T0000Z-240509T0245Z/ McCurtain OK-Bowie TX-Red River TX- 912 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCCURTAIN...NORTHWESTERN BOWIE AND NORTHEASTERN RED RIVER COUNTIES... At 911 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles south of Idabel, or 16 miles northeast of Clarksville, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Idabel, De Kalb, Avery, Annona, Haworth, Bokhoma, Almont, Moon, Beaverdams, Goodlake, Harris, Shinewell, English, Tom, America, and Bryarly. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southeastern Oklahoma. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northeastern Texas. Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3357 9503 3392 9488 3390 9449 3339 9462 TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 287DEG 35KT 3373 9481 TORNADO...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ 53