BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 223 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BOSSIER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOSSIER CITY... * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 218 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF BENTON...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF BOSSIER CITY...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAUGHTON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 3224 9349 3240 9363 3240 9369 3248 9369 3254 9377 3254 9376 3273 9380 3271 9383 3277 9378 3279 9383 3284 9378 3295 9384 3302 9381 3301 9351 3297 9353 3287 9345 3241 9344 3241 9338 3239 9343 3224 9343 TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 339DEG 36KT 3274 9372
Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 19:29:40 +0000
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