Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Shreveport, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
730 PM CST THU FEB 2 1989

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS..
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS..AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

AT 720 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..ABOUT
40 MILES WIDE. THE AREA EXTENDED FROM NEAR HOPE AND ASHDOWN ARKANSAS
SOUTHWEST ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA TO NEAR
TYLER..LONGIVEW AND GRAPELAND TEXAS. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS
WERE INDICATED IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS FROM NEAR FOUKE SOUTH INTO
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA TO NEAR RODESSA AND VIVIAN AND INTO NORTHEAST
TEXAS TO NEAR JEFFERSON..MARSHALL..AND LONGVIEW.

A SECOND BAND OF RAIN AND SHOWERS ABOUT 20 MILES WIDE EXTENDED FROM
NEAR MOUNT IDA SOUTHWEST TO NEAR GILLHAM AND DEQUEEN ARKANSAS ACROSS
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA TO NEAR HAWORTH AND IDABEL THEN INTO NORTHEAST
TEXAS TO NEAR AVERY..MOUNT VERNON..AND SULPHUR SPRINGS.
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THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH
AND THE STRONGER STORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAIN..STRONG
AND GUSTY WINDS..AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THE OVERALL AREA OFT
RAINFALL WAS SPREADING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1007 PM CST THU FEB 2 1989

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS..
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS..AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA..SOME PRODUCING
HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY BE CAUSING FLOODING OF STREETS..LOW
LYING..AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...

AT 1000 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS..NORTHEAST
TEXAS..AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED IN A BAND FROM NEAR THE LONGVIEW AREA OF
NORTHEAST TEXAS NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE BEEN OCCURRING OVER THIS AREA FOR SOME TIME AND PRODUCING
WATER RUNOFF THAT MAY BE CAUSING FLOODING.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH
BUT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING AND SPREADING OVER THE SAME GENERAL AREA.
PERSONS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST ARKAN'SAS..AND EXTREME NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA SHOULD BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLOODING AND TAKE NECESSARY
ACTIONS. IF WATER IS OVER ROADWAYS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS..DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS..AS VEHICLES TEND TO STALL OUT IN SUCH SITUATIONS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1150 PM CST THU FEB 2 1989

...A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA TONIGHT
INCLUDING MCCURTAIN COUNTY...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT
WHICH INCLUDES..SEVIER..HOWARD..LITTLE RIVER..HEMPSTEAD..MILLER..
AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES...
...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT FOR NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY WEST
OF A LINE FROM CLARKSVILLE SOUTH TO TYLER AND BROWNWOOD...
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME STRONG..CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST
TEXAS..SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS..AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

AT 1145 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME STRONG PRODUCING VERY HEADY RAINFALL..
OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS..NORTHEAST TEXAS..AND NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM FROM NEAR CAMDEN SOUTHWEST
TO ELDORADO ARKANSAS ACROSS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA TO NEAR HAYNESVILLE..
MANSFIELD AND CENTER TEXAS. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED
FROM NEAR PLAIN DEALING SOUTHWEST TO NEAR OIL CITY LOUISIANA AND INTO
EAST TEXAS ALONG THE TEXAS/LOUISIANA STATE LINE SOUTHWEST OF OIL CITY
LOUISIANA..ALSO OVER EAST TEXAS NEAR HUGHES SPRINGS AND NEAR OKAY
ARKANSAS.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH
WHILE THE OVERALL AREA WAS SPREADING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING ACROSS AN AREA THAT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED
AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH POSSIBLE AMOUNTS TO NEAR THREE
INCHES FROM NEAR JEFFERSON AND HUGHES SPRINGS TEXAS NORTHEAST INTO
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS TO NEAR STAMPS AND CANFIELD AND ACROSS NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA NEAR RODESSA AND VIVIAN.  ALSO MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND
SHOWERS HAS OCCURRED OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS FROM NEAR ASHDOWN AND
TEXARKANA NORTHEAST TO NEAR NASHVILLE AND HOPE. THE SOILS HAVE BEEN
SATURATED AND ANY ADDITIONAL RUNOFF WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING
OF STREETS..LOW LYING..AND POOR DRAINAGES AREAS..ALSO SMALL STREAMS
MAY BE OUT OF THIER BANKS. PERSONS TRAVELING AND ENCOUNTERING ANY
FLOODED ROADWAY OR CROSSING ARE ADVISED NOT TO ATTEMPT TO CROSS
IN THEIR VEHICLE.

LATER TONIGHT ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVING FROM NORTH TEXAS INTO SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL MOST LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL
PRECIPITATION. THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS MAY
PROVIDE ADDED RUNOFF WHILE OVER OKLAHOMA WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE
NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING CAUSE THE PRECIPITATION TO FAoLL IN THE FORM
OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WHICH WILL CAUSE ICE ACCUMULATIONS
ON ROADS..BRIDGES..AND OVERPASSES AS WELL AS ON TREES AND POWER
LINES.