Editor's note: Shelby County Today has received reports of heavy weather at 3:20pm in the Timpson area, with heavy debris including bricks becoming an issue on the Timpson square.
April 9, 2024 - (Update: 3:16) - The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Western De Soto Parish in northwestern Louisiana, Southwestern Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana, Panola County in northeastern Texas, Southeastern Rusk County in northeastern Texas, North central Nacogdoches County in eastern Texas, Northern Shelby County in eastern Texas...
Until 4pm CDT.
At 3:11pm CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Pinehill to 8 miles southwest of Carthage to near Garrison, moving northeast at 50 mph.
Hazard: 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
Source: Radar indicated.
Impact: Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include: Carthage, Stonewall, Logansport, Tenaha, Timpson, Garrison, Beckville, Joaquin, Deberry, Pinehill, Gary City, Keachi, Grand Cane, Longstreet, Stanley, Keat Chie, Front, Spring Ridge, Fairplay, and Midyett.
Precautionary/Preparedness Actions: For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 9pm CDT for northwestern Louisiana, and eastern and northeastern Texas
A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 3:30pm CDT for southwestern Panola, southern Rusk, northern Nacogdoches and western Shelby counties.
At 2:50pm CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles northeast of New Salem to 7 miles southwest of Minden to near Trawick to near Douglass, moving east at 45 mph.
Hazard: 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
Source: Radar indicated.
Impact: Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include: Nacogdoches, Timpson, Garrison, Martinsville, Douglass, Minden, Trawick, Appleby, Mount Enterprise, Gary City, Stockman, Lawsonville, Brachfield, Arcadia, Dotson, Looneyville, and Laneville.
Precautionary/Preparedness Actions: A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 9pm CDT for eastern and northeastern Texas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
