CSS anamorphic lens flash effect using CSS only

Question

I know that you can get the general “neon” effect for text using text shadows, but is it possible to give the text a more asymmetric, “horizontal” type of flash, as shown in films, commonly called anamorphic torches? (see example).

EDIT:

Here is an example http://dabblet.com/gist/11479993

The text here shows four levels of text shadows, using blur to bring a symmetrical “glow” around it. Is there a way to increase the effect only on the right and left sides, so there is a horizontal glow effect that converges to an imaginary horizontal axis passing through the middle of the text.

Here is the CSS that I use:

.outer {
    position: relative;
    height: 100px;
    width: 100px;
    background-color: black;
}
.inner {
    position: relative;
    margin: 0 auto;
    height: 90px;
    width: 90px;
    background-color: blue;
}
.float {
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    left: 50%;
    height: 10px;
    width: 10px;
    background-color: yellow;
}
.text {
    color: white;
    font-size: 2em;
    text-align: center;
    text-shadow: 2px 1px 150px #FFF, 2px 0 60px #FFF, 2px 0 5px #FFF;
}

and HTML:

<div class='outer'>
    <div class='text'>s</div>
</div>

Answer 1

CSS.

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:

http://jsfiddle.net/w2rcy270/2/

#effect {
    width: 200px;
    height: 100px;
    background: red;
    -moz-border-radius: 100px / 50px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 100px / 50px;
    border-radius: 100px / 50px;
    background: rgb(240, 183, 161);
    background: -moz-radial-gradient(center, ellipse cover, rgba(240, 183, 161, 1) 0%, rgba(140, 51, 16, 1) 48%, rgba(191, 110, 78, 1) 100%);
    background: -webkit-gradient(radial, center center, 0px, center center, 100%, color-stop(0%, rgba(240, 183, 161, 1)), color-stop(48%, rgba(140, 51, 16, 1)), color-stop(100%, rgba(191, 110, 78, 1)));
    background: -webkit-radial-gradient(center, ellipse cover, rgba(240, 183, 161, 1) 0%, rgba(140, 51, 16, 1) 48%, rgba(191, 110, 78, 1) 100%);
    background: -o-radial-gradient(center, ellipse cover, rgba(240, 183, 161, 1) 0%, rgba(140, 51, 16, 1) 48%, rgba(191, 110, 78, 1) 100%);
    background: -ms-radial-gradient(center, ellipse cover, rgba(240, 183, 161, 1) 0%, rgba(140, 51, 16, 1) 48%, rgba(191, 110, 78, 1) 100%);
    background: radial-gradient(ellipse at center, rgba(240, 183, 161, 1) 0%, rgba(140, 51, 16, 1) 48%, rgba(191, 110, 78, 1) 100%);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#f0b7a1', endColorstr='#bf6e4e', GradientType=1);
}