Welcome to the Severe Weather Room.  Here you will find information on our severe weather threat and links to the actual severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings issued by the National Weather Service.



Above is a loop of the last hour of radar data.  Tornado Warnings are plotted in red, Severe Thunderstorm Warnings are plotted in yellow, and Flash Flood Warnings are plotted in green. Below are links to the latest severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings for a the counties and parishes of the Arklatex.  If your county or parish is under a tornado or severe thunderstorm warning, click on its name below to read the actual warning issued by the National Weather Service.















At left is a map of the latest Arklatex Storm Reports.  The map at right shows the latest watches in effect. Click on them to see a larger version.
  

Click on the warning type of your county or parish to see the actual text from the NWS:

TORNADO WARNINGS:

Louisiana: Caddo ,  Bossier,   Webster,   Claiborne,   DeSoto ,  Red River ,  Bienville ,  Sabine ,  Natchitoches

Arkansas:  Miller ,   Lafayette,   Columbia ,  Little River ,  Hempstead ,  Nevada ,  Sevier,   Howard

Texas:  Bowie ,  Red River ,  Titus ,  Morris , Cass ,  Camp ,  Marion ,  Gregg ,  Upshur ,  Harrison ,  Rusk ,  Panola ,  Shelby

Oklahoma:  McCurtain

SEVERE T'STORM WARNINGS:

Louisiana: Caddo ,  Bossier,   Webster ,  Claiborne ,  DeSoto ,  Red River ,  Bienville ,  Sabine ,  Natchitoches

Arkansas:  Miller ,  Lafayette ,  Columbia ,  Little River,   Hempstead ,  Nevada ,  Sevier ,  Howard

Texas:  Bowie ,  Red River ,  Titus ,  Morris , Cass ,  Camp ,  Marion ,  Gregg ,  Upshur ,  Harrison ,  Rusk,   Panola ,  Shelby

Oklahoma:  McCurtain

Below is a national radar loop with the latest watches issued by the Storm Prediction Center.  Severe thunderstorm watches are in blue and tornado watches are in red.  Also note that the SPC's severe weather outlook is included in this map. You will see either slight, moderate or high risk areas that will indicate where today's severe weather threat will be highest.

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April 9th Tornado Outbreak Summary
Reported by: Todd Warren
The National Weather Service has completed it's surveys of damage from the storms of April 9th. They found damage from 12 different tornadoes. There were two EF3 storms with winds of up to 140 mph. There were two storms with a damage path of over 30 miles!

Click on Watch to see a map of the storms' locations.

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Tornado Path through Shreveport-Bossier
The tornado with the longest track moved through the heart of the Shreveport-Bossier metro area. The storm entered the city just north of Cross Lake, moved just south of downtown and finally exited the city through Barksdale AFB where it caused an estimated $2 Million in damage.

It was strongest as it entered the city in the Lakeview area. Click on Watch to see a fly through of the the tornadoes path.