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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 
827 AM CDT Fri Oct 17 2025

...Public Information Statement...

...Louisiana Severe Weather Awareness Week Continues...

With the start of the 2025-2026 severe weather season fast 
approaching, the National Weather Service has partnered with the 
Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency 
Preparedness to designate the week of October 13th through October 
18th as Louisiana Severe Weather Awareness Week. This is a safety 
campaign designed to help residents in the State of Louisiana 
prepare for the upcoming severe weather season. Even if you don't 
live or work in Louisiana, this is a good time for people anywhere 
in the Four State Region of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas 
to learn about severe weather safety and review their severe weather 
safety plans. During this week, the National Weather Service will 
review the most important aspects of severe weather, and highlight 
safety rules. A special public information statement will be issued 
each day, along with various social media posts.

Today’s topic is...Watches, Warnings, and Reception.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches and Tornado Watches are issued by the 
Storm Prediction Center, when atmospheric conditions are favorable 
for the development of severe weather or tornadoes. Severe 
Thunderstorm Warnings and Tornado Warnings are issued by your 
Shreveport National Weather Service Forecast Office, when severe 
thunderstorms or tornadoes are imminent, either as indicated by 
Doppler radar, or when observed and reported by reliable sources 
such as Skywarn spotters.

To protect yourself and your property from severe thunderstorms, it 
is important to stay abreast of the latest weather conditions. You 
can receive your Watches and Warnings through NOAA All Hazards 
Weather Radio from the National Weather Service, as well as 
monitoring television, radio, and the internet, including our social 
media pages, and the homepage of the National Weather Service.
www.weather.gov/shv

Our local National Weather Service Office is interested in your 
severe weather reports. We want you to let us known anytime you 
observe tornadoes, large hail, strong winds, flash flooding, or any 
weather-related damage.

The Shreveport office covers 21 counties in East Texas, 1 county in 
Southeast Oklahoma, 9 counties in Southwest Arkansas, and 17 
parishes in North and Central Louisiana. You can report severe 
weather for these counties and parishes in a number of ways.

You can submit a storm report on the homepage of the National 
Weather Service office in Shreveport. www.weather.gov/shv

Report via our Facebook and X pages at…NWS Shreveport.

Call the National Weather Service Office at 8 0 0…9 2 2…1 3 8 6.

Call your county or parish sheriff’s office and relay your report to 
them.

We will need to know the type of severe weather observed, the 
location, and the time it occurred.

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