Staff report
SHREVEPORT, La. — Ruston and Lincoln Parish is facing a threat of severe weather this morning and into the early afternoon and into the night, according to a report put out by the National Weather Service Monday afternoon.
The area is under an “Enhanced” risk currently, which puts the threat at a 3 on a scale of 1-5. Potential hazards include: damaging winds of 60+ mph, large hail, moderate to heavy rainfall and the possibility of tornadoes.
National Weather Service Meteorologist Ryan Knapp confirmed the forecast, adding that the main concerns in this stormlineare wind damage and a tornado threat.
“The main thing to start off with is that storms will be developing across portions of North Texas and Oklahoma around 3:00 or 4:00 tomorrow morning, entering into East Texas closer to sunrise,” Knapp said. “And then by the time they get closer to Lincoln Parish, we’re looking sometime just before lunchtime. I would say around 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. is the current timing we’re looking at being the earliest that storms could arrive, but likely somewhere around that 11:00 timeframe for when we would expect these storms to start to move east of I-49 and get closer to Lincoln Parish.
“Once that actually arrives, the line is pretty progressive. It’s going to move through rather quickly. We could be seeing a return to maybe even clear skies by the time we approach 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. tomorrow, just because of how quick this line is going to be moving through. Storms should be exiting Lincoln Parish just after 2:00 p.m. at the latest.”
For severe weather threats of this type, families are encouraged to know where to seek shelter in the case of a tornado, such as a hallway or closet away from exterior windows and walls.
