A tornado has hit southern Shreveport, Louisiana. Damage has been reported with the storm. Reports are sketchy at best right now. There have also been numerous reports of golfball to softball sized hail.
GEEZ... as I am writing this another warning has been issued for northern Shreveport based on a spotter report of a tornado from a different storm!!! Radar image links coming out shortly...
Here is the statement associated with the first storm:
388
WFUS54 KSHV 232256
TORSHV
LAC017-240000-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
554 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CADDO PARISH IN LOUISIANA
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND
SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A TORNADO IN SOUTHWEST SHREVEPORT MOVING EAST
NEAR 20 MPH. DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS TORNADO ON THE
SOUTHWEST SIDE OF SHREVEPORT EARLIER. RESIDENTS IN SHREVEPORT NEED
TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
DURING A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY
AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
FOR...
SOUTHERN CADDO PARISH IN LOUISIANA
UNTIL 700 PM CDT.
Here's another interesting statement...
WWUS34 KSHV 232251
SVSSHV
LAZ001-002-TXZ138-232330-
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
549 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2000
A TORNADO HAS BEEN SPOTTED NEAR BUNCCOMB ROAD IN WESTERN SHREVEPORT
MOVING EAST NEAR 20 MPH. RESIDENTS IN SHREVEPORT NEED TO TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY.
Statement from the second storm now...
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WFUS54 KSHV 240012
TORSHV
LAC017-240110-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
710 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CADDO PARISH IN LOUISIANA
* UNTIL 810 PM CDT
* AT 710 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO OVER CROSS LAKE OR
ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SHREVEPORT...MOVING EAST NEAR 15 MPH.
RESIDENTS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF SHREVEPORT NEED TO TAKE
COVER IMMEDIATELY.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME...ABANDON IT FOR A STURDY BUILDING OR GET
IN A DITCH OR CULVERT. MOBILE HOMES PROVIDE NO PROTECTION IN A
TORNADO.
REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
FOR...
CADDO PARISH IN LOUISIANA
UNTIL 810 PM CDT.
P.S. Jesse... I'm sorry this is such a long message but a think this is a pretty significant event!!!
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