National Weather Service: Enhanced Risk of Severe Weather for Shreveport

The Shreveport and Bossier City areas should be aware of the possibility for severe weather today. Not just your standard "few rumbles of thunder and some wind for a minute", but something that might be a little heavier.

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued an "Enhanced Risk" of severe weather striking the Ark-La-Tex today.

The National Weather Service puts out a risk assessment days ahead of any storm system that could push into a region. This risk assessment is a 5-stage format, going from a 1, or "Marginal Risk", to a 5 which means "High Risk". This 1-5 system addresses the potential and severity of threats at the same time.

For today, the National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a 3, or "Enhanced Risk", for the majority of the Ark-La-Tex. This includes Tyler and Longview, Texas, all the way to Ruston, Louisiana. With the National Weather Service specifically stating that the highest risk for severe storms being "along and north of I-20". That means cities like Shreveport and Bossier City are included in the highest risk.

The National Weather Service says the main concerns around this storm system are "Isolated strong tornadoes", "Damaging wind gusts of 70+ MPH", and "Large hail of golf ball size or larger".

However, the timing of the storms is not clear at this time. The National Weather Service says "today through this evening" for the timing, which isn't very clear. Once the system makes its way through the Central Texas region, the timing of severe weather will become more clear for the Shreveport and Bossier areas, but it won't leave much time to prepare.