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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 5, 1989Claiborne Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 1989, 4:19 AM CDT for Claiborne Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1989, 4:19 AM CDT (09:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1989, 9:15 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Claiborne Parish, LA, Webster 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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 293 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1989-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1181 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1989-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1035 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Jun 4, 10:09 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo66 min
Jun 4, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVDe Soto86 min
Jun 4, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Webster95 min
Jun 4, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaddo95 min
Jun 5, 12:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVBossier, Caddo, Red River, Webster4 hr
Jun 5, 12:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVDe Soto4 hr
Jun 5, 4:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVCaddo, De Soto5 hr
Jun 5, 4:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVBossier, Red River5 hr
Jun 5, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVEast Carroll, Madison, Richland78 min
Jun 5, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Lincoln, Union79 min
Jun 5, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVFranklin, Tensas91 min
Jun 5, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell91 min
Jun 4, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison62 min
Jun 4, 10:09 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHarrison66 min
Jun 4, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRusk86 min
Jun 5, 12:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVHarrison, Panola, Rusk4 hr
Jun 5, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Nevada, Pike88 min
Jun 5, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVColumbia83 min

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.