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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Shreveport, LA

November 26, 1988Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Nov 26, 1988, 1:06 AM CST for Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 26, 1988, 1:06 AM CST (07:06 UTC)
Expired
Nov 26, 1988, 4:15 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 86 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1988-11-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 959 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1988-11-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 348 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
959 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
981 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
348 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
429 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
10.9

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 25, 11:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaddo68 min
Nov 25, 11:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier68 min
Nov 26, 4:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaddo46 min
Nov 26, 5:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo59 min
Nov 26, 6:07 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVDe Soto68 min
Nov 26, 6:37 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo68 min
Nov 26, 8:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Red River100 min
Nov 26, 8:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVJackson100 min
Nov 26, 8:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNatchitoches, Sabine110 min
Nov 26, 8:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLincoln, Union110 min
Nov 26, 9:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVDe Soto80 min
Nov 26, 9:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMorehouse, Ouachita80 min
Nov 26, 9:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell, Jackson, Winn80 min
Nov 26, 10:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVEast Carroll, West Carroll67 min
Nov 26, 10:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVFranklin, Richland80 min
Nov 26, 11:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMadison84 min
Nov 26, 12:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVFranklin, Tensas55 min
Nov 25, 7:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHoward, Little River, Sevier90 min
Nov 25, 8:43 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Pike3 hr
Nov 25, 8:43 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVSevier3 hr
Nov 25, 9:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Little River56 min
Nov 25, 9:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPike62 min
Nov 25, 9:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMiller62 min
Nov 25, 10:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead65 min
Nov 25, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMiller60 min
Nov 25, 11:07 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVMiller3 hr
Nov 26, 12:07 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVHempstead, Nevada3 hr
Nov 25, 7:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie63 min
Nov 25, 9:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass56 min
Nov 25, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Rusk60 min
Nov 25, 11:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMarion68 min
Nov 26, 12:07 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVCass3 hr
Nov 26, 1:06 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVHarrison3 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.