National Weather Service Shreveport, Louisiana
National Weather Service - Shreveport, LA is a local weather forecast office responsible for monitoring weather conditions for counties in South Central and Southwestern Arkansas (Columbia, Lafayette, Little River, Hempstead, Howard, Miller, Nevada, and Union Counties), North Central and Northwestern Louisiana Parishes (Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto, Grant, Jackson, La Salle, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Red River, Sabine, Union, Webster, and Winn), McCurtain County in Southeastern Oklahoma, and Eastern and Northeastern Texas Counties(Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Nacogdoches, Panola, Red River, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Titus, Upshur, and Wood). The current office in Shreveport maintains a WSR-88D (NEXRAD) radar system, and Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) that greatly improve forecasting in the region. Shreveport is in charge of weather forecasts, warnings and local statements as well as aviation weather. The name of the Doppler radar (WSR-88D), used by this office is SHV. Mario Valverde is the Meteorologist-In-Charge (MIC) of this office.
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NOAA Weather Radio Stations Programmed by this office
| Callsign | Cities | Frequency | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| WXJ65 | Broken Bow, OK. | 162.470 MHz | McCurtain County |
| WNG650 | Center, TX. | 162.525 MHz | Shelby County |
| KWN32 | Gilmer, TX. | 162.425 MHz | Upshur County |
| WXK23 | Lufkin, TX. | 162.550 MHz | Lufkin-Nagocdoches |
| WXJ96 | Monroe, LA. | 162.550 MHz | Monroe-Ruston |
| WNG725 | El Dorado, AR. | 162.525 MHz | El Dorado |
| WXN87 | Natchitoches, LA. | 162.500 MHz | Southeast Ark-La-Tex |
| WXJ97 | Shreveport, LA. | 162.400 MHz | Ark-La-Tex |
| WXJ49 | Texarkana, TX. | 162.550 MHz | Texarkana metropolitan area |
| WXK36 | Tyler, TX. | 162.475 MHz | East Texas |
| WNG653 | Marietta, TX. | 162.525 MHz | Atlanta-Linden |