Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
389 FLUS44 KSHV 011027 HWOSHV Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Shreveport LA 527 AM CDT Wed May 1 2024 LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ136>138-149>153-165>167-021100- Caddo-Bossier-Webster-Claiborne-Lincoln-Union-De Soto-Red River- Bienville-Jackson-Ouachita-Sabine-Natchitoches-Winn-Grant-Caldwell- La Salle-Smith-Gregg-Harrison-Cherokee-Rusk-Panola-Nacogdoches- Shelby-Angelina-San Augustine- 527 AM CDT Wed May 1 2024 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Louisiana, northwest Louisiana, east Texas and northeast Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. A complex of showers and thunderstorms is expected to shift east into East Texas after midnight tonight, before entering Western Louisiana by or shortly before daybreak Thursday ahead of an upper level disturbance. The threat for locally heavy rainfall will increase late tonight over Lower East Texas, falling over already saturated grounds from heavy rain that fell Sunday evening and Monday morning. This additional heavy rainfall will quickly run off, and could result in flash flooding. In addition, locally gusty winds will be possible from the stronger storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. The threat for heavy rainfall will shift east into North Louisiana by daybreak Thursday, falling over already saturated grounds. Thus, the threat for flash flooding will exist through the day Thursday, before diminishing from west to east. However, periods of scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected over the region Friday, before becoming more scattered this weekend. Brief heavy rainfall and minor flooding of low lying, poor drainage areas will remain possible this weekend, before drier and hotter conditions return Monday and Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed late tonight over East Texas. $$ ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-021100- Sevier-Howard-Little River-Hempstead-Nevada-Miller-Lafayette- Columbia-Union-McCurtain-Red River-Bowie-Franklin-Titus-Camp-Morris- Cass-Wood-Upshur-Marion- 527 AM CDT Wed May 1 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Arkansas, southwest Arkansas, southeast Oklahoma and northeast Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. A complex of showers and thunderstorms will increase across Northeast Texas and extreme Southeast Oklahoma late tonight, ahead of an upper level disturbance that will approach the region from the west. Brief heavy rainfall and locally gusty winds will be possible with the stronger storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Showers and thunderstorms will be numerous across Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma, and Southwest Arkansas Thursday, continuing through Friday before diminishing from west to east. However, the threat for scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue Saturday and Sunday, with brief heavy rainfall possible. Showers and thunderstorms will become more isolated Monday, before drier and hotter conditions return Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation should not be needed through tonight. $$ 15