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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 19, 1986, 6:30 PM CST for Miller County, Arkansas; Bowie County, Cass County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 1986, 6:30 PM CST (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1986, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Miller County, AR, Bowie County, TX, Cass County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 200040 FFWSHV OKC089-ARC081-091-TXC037-067-200400- BULLETIN...EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 630 PM CST SAT APR 19 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10:00 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES/PARISHES IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MCCURTAIN. NORTHEAST TEXAS...BOWIE AND CASS. SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...MILLER AND LITTLE RIVER. AT 6:25 PM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO NEAR MINDEN LOUISIANA ON TO CARTHAGE TEXAS ON SOUTHWEST. STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS NEAR ONE INCH IN LESS THAN AN HOURS TIME WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED WEST OF THE LINE SOME 100 MILES. HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA ON THE ORDER OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES. RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL AND RUNOFF IS NOT COMPLETE. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MCCURTAIN COUNTY OKLAHOMA AND BOWIE COUNTY TEXAS. SMALL STREAMS ARE ON THE RISE AND LOW AREA FLOODING CONTINUES TO DEVELOP.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 6:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Little River | 4 hr |
| Apr 19, 7:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Shelby | 55 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1986Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 1986Every flash flood warning in 1986
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.