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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
827 AM CDT Fri Oct 17 2025

...Public Information Statement...

...Louisiana Severe Weather Awareness Week Continues...

With the start of the 2025-2026 severe weather season fast
approaching, the National Weather Service has partnered with the
Louisiana Governor`s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency
Preparedness to designate the week of October 13th through October
18th as Louisiana Severe Weather Awareness Week. This is a safety
campaign designed to help residents in the State of Louisiana
prepare for the upcoming severe weather season. Even if you don`t
live or work in Louisiana, this is a good time for people anywhere
in the Four State Region of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas
to learn about severe weather safety and review their severe weather
safety plans. During this week, the National Weather Service will
review the most important aspects of severe weather, and highlight
safety rules. A special public information statement will be issued
each day, along with various social media posts.

Todays topic is...Watches, Warnings, and Reception.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches and Tornado Watches are issued by the
Storm Prediction Center, when atmospheric conditions are favorable
for the development of severe weather or tornadoes. Severe
Thunderstorm Warnings and Tornado Warnings are issued by your
Shreveport National Weather Service Forecast Office, when severe
thunderstorms or tornadoes are imminent, either as indicated by
Doppler radar, or when observed and reported by reliable sources
such as Skywarn spotters.

To protect yourself and your property from severe thunderstorms, it
is important to stay abreast of the latest weather conditions. You
can receive your Watches and Warnings through NOAA All Hazards
Weather Radio from the National Weather Service, as well as
monitoring television, radio, and the internet, including our social
media pages, and the homepage of the National Weather Service.
www.weather.gov/shv

Our local National Weather Service Office is interested in your
severe weather reports. We want you to let us known anytime you
observe tornadoes, large hail, strong winds, flash flooding, or any
weather-related damage.

The Shreveport office covers 21 counties in East Texas, 1 county in
Southeast Oklahoma, 9 counties in Southwest Arkansas, and 17
parishes in North and Central Louisiana. You can report severe
weather for these counties and parishes in a number of ways.

You can submit a storm report on the homepage of the National
Weather Service office in Shreveport. www.weather.gov/shv

Report via our Facebook and X pages atNWS Shreveport.

Call the National Weather Service Office at 8 0 09 2 21 3 8 6.

Call your county or parish sheriffs office and relay your report to
them.

We will need to know the type of severe weather observed, the
location, and the time it occurred.

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