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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 13, 1989Harrison County, Rusk County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 1989, 10:11 PM CDT for Harrison County, Rusk County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 1989, 10:11 PM CDT (03:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1989, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harrison County, TX, Rusk County, TX

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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 4 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 1989-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1988 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 1989-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1988 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1300 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 140313
FFWSHV
TXC203-315-401-140715-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1011 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
          ...HARRISON...MARION...RUSK
 
AT 1000 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT
SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM CADDO LAKE TO
SOUTHWEST OF HENDERSON TEXAS. THE BAND WAS WITHIN A LARGE AREA
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED EXTREME NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA...NORTHEAST TEXAS ON WEST INTO THE DALLAS TEXAS AREA.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN
DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS. STORM TOTALS OF FOUR TO FIVE
INCHES WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE WARNED AREA BY MIDNIGHT.
 
STREET FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP..SMALL STREAMS WILL BE
ON THE RISE AND WILL LEAVE THEIR BANKS AFFECTING MAINLY SECONDARY
ROADS.
 
ALONG WITH THE THREAT FOR FLOODING...SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT HOURS.
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
505 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 1989

SEVERE STORM THREAT HAS ENDED OVER THE EAST HALF OF THE ARKLATEX...
WILL REDEVELOP OVER THE WEST HALF THIS EVENING AND SPREAD EAST DURING
THE NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.  ALSO STORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF
THE AREA WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND A FEW WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS
AND LOCAL HIGH WIND GUSTS.

ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE WEST...VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR AS WELL.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHCENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR
THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE ARKLATEX..MAINLY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

AT 455 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT WAS SHOWING
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN A AREA FROM NEAR GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI
TO NEAR TALLULAH LOUISIANA TO NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA ACROSS TOLEDO BEND
LAKE THEN SOUTHWEST TO WEST OF LUFKIN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS.
THESE STORM WERE INCREA,SING AND SPREADING EAST AND SEVERE STORMS AND
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY DEVELOP.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE STORM SYSTEM OVER
NORTHEAST TEXAS FROM NEAR LONGVIEW TO NEAR TYLER.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 7:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
735 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 1989

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR PART
OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND MUCH OF NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES
REMAINED IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX.

AT 725 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA FROM NEAR
FERRIDAY TO EAST OF WINNSBORO TO SOUTH OF TALLULAH LOUISIANA.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.

ALSO...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN A 35 MILE WIDE
AREA THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR DE BERRY TEXAS TO SOUTH OF TYLER TEXAS.
ANOTHER 30 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NOTED FROM
NORTH OF NACOGDOCHES TO WEST OF PALESTINE TEXAS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NEAR 15 MPH.
.
THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40
MPH...PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS NEAR ONE INCH WERE LOCATED
WEST OF HENDERSON TEXAS AND NORTH OF JACKSONVILLE TEXAS.

TO THE WEST NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED TO THE
WEST OF A LINE FROM DEKALB TEXAS TO NEAR ATHENS TEXAS TO EAST OF
WACO TEXAS.

MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM WAS EAST NEAR 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 8:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
835 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 1989

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR PART
OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND MUCH OF NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES
REMAINED IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX.

AT 825 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN
AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM MOUND
LOUISIANA TO FERRIDAY TO NEAR SHAW LOUISIANA.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.

ALSO...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN A 30 MILE WIDE
AREA THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR TENAHA TEXAS TO REKLAW TO WEST OF
PALESTINE TEXAS. WITHIN THIS AREA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NOTED EAST
OF REKLAW TEXAS. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS PRODUCING HAIL AND HIGH
WINDS AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINS WAS NOTED WEST OF JACKSONVILLE.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NEAR 15 MPH.
.
ANOTHER 25 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM NEAR LAKE VILLAGE ARKANSAS ACROSS EL DORADO TO NEAR PLAIN
DEALING LOUISIANA.

TO THE WEST..NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED TO THE
WEST OF A LINE FROM SMITHVILLE OKLAHOMA TO NASHVILLE ARKANSAS TO
CADDO LAKE TO HENDERSON TEXAS. HEAVY RAINS WERE FALLING FROM LAKE
O THE PINES TO TYLER TEXAS.

MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM WAS EAST NEAR 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 8:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
LAZ001-140430-

SHLA-SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY METROPOLITAN FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
830 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 1989

.TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY A FEW POSSIBLY SEVERE.
LOW NEAR 70. SOUTH WIND NEAR 15 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY..A FEW POSSIBLY SEVERE
WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH..
STRONG AND GUSTY NEAR STORMS. CHANCE FOR RAIN 60 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 60S. CHANCE FOR RAIN 50 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY...CHANCE FOR RAIN AND SHOWERS MAINLY DURING THE MORNING
DECREASING CLOUDINESS BY AFTERNOON AND A  LITTLE COOLER. HIGH NEAR 80.
CHANCE FOR RAIN 30 PERCENT.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 8:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
835 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 1989

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR PART
OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND MUCH OF NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES
REMAINED IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX.

AT 825 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN
AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM MOUND
LOUISIANA TO FERRIDAY TO NEAR SHAW LOUISIANA.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.

ALSO...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN A 30 MILE WIDE
AREA THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR TENAHA TEXAS TO REKLAW TO WEST OF
PALESTINE TEXAS. WITHIN THIS AREA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NOTED EAST
OF REKLAW TEXAS. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS PRODUCING HAIL AND HIGH
WINDS AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINS WAS NOTED WEST OF JACKSONVILLE.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NEAR 15 MPH.
.
ANOTHER 25 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM NEAR LAKE VILLAGE ARKANSAS ACROSS EL DORADO TO NEAR PLAIN
DEALING LOUISIANA.

TO THE WEST..NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED TO THE
WEST OF A LINE FROM SMITHVILLE OKLAHOMA TO NASHVILLE ARKANSAS TO
CADD'O LAKE TO HENDERSON TEXAS. HEAVY RAINS WERE FALLING FROM LAKE
O THE PINES TO TYLER TEXAS.

MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM WAS EAST NEAR 25 MPH.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg, Rusk56 min
Jun 13, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRusk42 min
Jun 13, 10:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVMarion4 hr
Jun 14, 2:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVRusk4 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.