Sunday, September 30, 2012

A Lake Wind Advisory and a Special Weather Statement is in effect for the Shreveport,Louisiana area

LAKE WIND ADVISORY
in effect until Monday,October 1, 12:00AM,CDT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT.
* EVENT...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS MOVING OUT OF SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF TEXAS THIS MORNING AND WILL BE TRACKING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA TODAY. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL WILL BRING STRONG WINDS...SWITCHING FROM A NORTHEASTERLY TO A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. WINDS WILL BE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS GREATER THAN 30 MPH POSSIBLE.
* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN BY DAYBREAK AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* IMPACT...WITH RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...STRONG WINDS COULD DOWN SOME TREES DUE TO SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE BOATING CONDITIONS DIFFICULT ON AREA WATERWAYS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.
 
 
 
 
 
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
in effect until Sunday,September 30, 12:00PM,CDT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST GRADIENT WINDS COUPLED WITH SATURATED SOILS WILL RESULT IN UPROOTED TREES ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...
THE RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BUT THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATER TODAY ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. RAINFALL HAS BEEN EXCESSIVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION SINCE IT BEGAN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN COMMON ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA INCLUDING NACOGDOCHES...SHELBY AND SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL AS DESOTO AND RED RIVER PARISHES IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AS WELL AS NORTHERN LOUISIANA BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF LATER TODAY.
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST TODAY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL TEXAS INTO EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT EXISTS WITH THIS SYSTEM AND AS A RESULT...EXPECT NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TODAY ACROSS THE REGION. THESE WINDS COUPLED WITH THE ALREADY SATURATED SOIL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES. SATURATED SOILS HAVE ALREADY RESULTED IN DOWNED TREES ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT TODAY.
THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE REGION. 13

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