Short Term Forecast

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
754 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

ARZ073-LAZ004>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ152-153-165>167-240331-
ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-CALDWELL-CLAIBORNE-DE SOTO-GRANT-JACKSON-LA SALLE-
LINCOLN-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-OUACHITA-RED RIVER LA-SABINE LA-
SABINE TX-SAN AUGUSTINE-SHELBY-UNION AR-UNION LA-WINN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIENVILLE...CENTER...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...
COUSHATTA...EL DORADO...FARMERVILLE...HEMPHILL...HOMER...JENA...
JONESBORO...LUFKIN...MANSFIELD...MANY...MONROE...NACOGDOCHES...
NATCHITOCHES...RUSTON...SAN AUGUSTINE...WINNFIELD
754 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

.NOW...
VERY ISOLATED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LOUISIANA...
AND THE EAST TEXAS LAKES...DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING.
ACTIVITY WILL DRIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR...
HOWEVER...MOST LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE NO RAINFALL.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1147 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-241645-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
1145 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS IS DISSIPATING AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST
THIS MORNING. THIS AFTERNOON...A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL BE IN
PLACE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. THIS COMBINED WITH WEAK
DISTURBANCES MOVING SOUTH AND EAST INTO OUR REGION...AND A WEAK
FRONTAL BOUNDARY POISED TO MOVE SOUTH OUT OF ARKANSAS...AND YOU
HAVE THE INGREDIENTS FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
THESE MAY BECOME MORE PREVALENT LATE TONIGHT AND THERE WILL BE A
POSSIBILITY OF HAIL WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IF THEY CAN DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING ACROSS THE
REGION EARLY FRIDAY MORNING BUT SHOULD WEAKEN IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE IN
THE VICINITY OF THE REGION THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND WITH
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH
SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT IS HIGHLY
CONDITIONAL. IF THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOP...THEN HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION. THE
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS MAY BECOME NECESSARY IF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP.

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