THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AND ARE MOVING INTO THE AVOYELLES AREA BRINGING RAIN AND POTENTIALLY GUSTY WINDS INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM WOODVILLE TX TO ALEXANDRIA LA THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH WIND BEING

THE PREDOMINATE THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA INTO FRIDAY BRINGING WITH IT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THESE SHOWERS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND THE MOST LIKELY THREAT. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WITH TOTALS REACHING 3 TO 4 INCHES IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE AREA.

The High Temp Friday in Avoyelles is forecast at only 59.

AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTROMS FROM SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.