Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Shreveport, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
140 AM CDT SUN OCT 12 1986

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS..NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

AT 135AM THE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT WAS SHOWING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR HENDERSON TEXAS.  THE THUNDERSTORM WAS  ON THE NORTH
END OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED SOUTHWEST TO CROCKETT
TEXAS.  OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A CLUSTER ALONG THE ARKANSAS/
LOUISIANA LINE SOUTH OF MAGNOLIA ARKANSAS.

THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER-
STORMS THAT WERE OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE ARKLATEX GENERALLY NORTH
OF A LINE FROM HENDERSON TEXAS TO BENTON LOUUISIANA AND  EL DORADO
ARKANSAS.  SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS
OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS FROM SOUTH OF CENTER TEXAS TO
MANY AND NATCHITOCHES LOUISIANA.

ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH WITH
THE AREA AS A WHOLE SHIFTING SLOWLY EASTWARD.  VERY HIGH PROBABILITIES
OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS..IN FACT ALL DAY.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY WITH LOW AREA AND SsTREET FLOODING
DEVELOPING AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
225 AM CDT SUN OCT 12 1986

...THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFY SLIGHTLY OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...

AT 225 AM THE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT WAS SHOWING VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS BETWEEN LONGVIEW..MARSHALL
AND CARTHAGE.  OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS  WERE SOUTHWEST OF CARTHAGE
IN SOUTHEAST RUSK COUNTY AND OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF MARION AND
CASS COUNTIES.

THE WEATHER SERVICE OBSERVATORY NEAR LONGVIEW REPORTED OVER HALF AN
INCH OF RAIN IN 15 MINUTES TIME NEAR ONE OF THE STORMS.  RAINFALL OF
SUCH INTENSITY WILL QUICKLY OVERLOAD DRAINAGE SYSTEMS RESULTING IN
UNDERPASS..STREET AND LOW AREA FLOODING.  SECONDARY ROADS WILL FLOOD
IN LOW PLACES AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE ARKLATEX NORTH
AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NACOGDOCHES TEXAS TO SHREVEPORT AND EL DORADO.
OTHER SHOWERS CONTINUED TO SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS
OF NORTHWEST LOUISINA.

OVERALL THERE  HAD BEEN A SLIGHT DECREASE IN COVERAGE WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS.  SHOWERS AND THUNDER-
STORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 25 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
320 AM CDT SUN OCT 12 1986

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA..
INCLUDING THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AREAS..

AT 320 AM HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS
AND WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.  SOME OF THESE THUNDER-
STORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IN 15 MINUTES
TIME.  STREET AND UNDERPASS AND LOW AREA FLOODING WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE HEAVIER STORMS.

THE HEAVIER STORMS WERE FROM THE SHREVEPORT AREA SOUTHWEST TO NEAR
CARTHAGE TEXAS...JUST NORTH OF LONGVIEW TEXAS AND NEAR RODESSA
LOUISIANA.

OTHER SHOWERS ;AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER EAST TEXAS..WESTERN
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WEST OF LEWISVILLE..HOPE AND
MURFREESBORO.

MOVEMENT CONTINUED NORTHEAST AT NEAR 25 MPH WITH THE AREA SHIFTING
SLOWLY EASTWARD.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
420 AM CDT SUN OCT 12 1986

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO SPREAD ACROSS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA..
INCLUDING THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AREAS...

AT 415 AM HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS
AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINS NEAR ONE INCH IN AN HOURS TIME...0.80 OF AN INCH FELL AT THE
SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT DURING THE PAST HOUR. STREET AND UNDERPASS
AS WELL AS LOW AREA FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WITH THE PASSAGE
OF THE HEAVIER STORMS.

THE HEAVIER STORMS WERE IN A 20 MILE WIDE BAND FROM HOMER LOUISIANA TO
CENTER TEXAS...AND IN A 25 MILE WIDE BAND FROM SPRINGHILL LOUISIANA TO
MARSHALL TEXAS.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER EAST TEXAS..WESTERN
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM EL DORADO ARKANSAS
TO RUSTON AND ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA. THE T
RAILING EDGE OF THE RAIN
EXTENDED FROM A TEXARKANA TO TYLER LINE.

MOVEMENT CONTINUED NORTHEAST AT NEAR 25 MPH WITH THE AREA SHIFTING
SLOWLY EASTWARD.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
530 AM CDT SUN OCT 12 1986

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO SPREAD ACROSS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

AT 520 AM HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS
AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINS NEAR ONE INCH IN AN HOURS TIME AND GUSTY WINDS. STREET AND UNDER-
PASS AND LOW AREA FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WITH THE PASSAGE
OF THE HEAVIER STORMS.

THE HEAVIER STORMS WERE IN A 30 MILE WIDE BAND FROM ARCADIA LOUISIANA
TO NEAR CARTHAGE TEXAS. ALSO ISOLATED HEAVY STORMS WERE LOCATED 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOMER...JUST EAST OF SPRINGHILL AND NEAR CADDO LAKE.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER EAST TEXAS..NORTH
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM HAMBURG ARKANSAS
TO ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA TO NEWTON TEXAS. THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE
RAIN EXTENDED FROM A HOPE ARKANSAS TO TYLERH TEXAS LINE.

MOVEMENT CONTINUED NORTHEAST AT NEAR 25 MPH WITH THE AREA SHIFTING
SLOWLY EASTWARD.