NWS Issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning Until 7:15PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WAKE VILLAGE...TEXARKANA...SIMMS...
  NEW BOSTON...
  CASS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ATLANTA...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN RED RIVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  EASTERN TITUS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  LITTLE RIVER MILLER LAFAYETTE & COLUMBIA COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FOREMAN...ASHDOWN...
  SOUTHERN SEVIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 614 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ARKINDA TO SIMMS TO 6
  MILES WEST OF CASON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF FOREMAN TO SIMMS TO PITTSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.