Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Shreveport, LA

OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003-
004-005-006-080400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
815 PM CST WED MAR 7 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH ARKANSAS
TONIGHT...

AT 805 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THAT EXTENDED GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM
LAKE O THE PINES TEXAS TO TEXARKANA AND TO CAMDEN ARKANSAS. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED JUST NORTH OF NAPLES TEXAS AND NEAR MAUD TEXAS.
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WERE ASSOCIATED
WITH THESE STORMS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE LOW AREA FLOODING OF STREAMS
AND ROADWAYS.

RADAR ALSO SHOWED ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS NEAR CAMDEN ARKANSAS AND
ALSO IN EAST TEXAS FROM NEAR CENTER TEXAS TO NEAR SPRINGHILL LOUISI-
ANA.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
ABOUT 45 MPH.

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED TODAY OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH-
WEST ARKANSAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER FOUR INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED
TODAY NEAR ATLANTA AND DIANA TEXAS AS WELL AS IN THREE STATES LOUISIANA.
RAINFALL OF OVER THREE INCHES WAS REPORTED IN MAGNOLIA AND NASHVILLE
ARKANSAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
HAVE MNOSTLY BEEN IN THE TWO TO FOUR INCH RANGE.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION..DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROAD
WAYS AS URBAN STREET AND UNDERPASS FLOODING MAY OCCUR WITH THE PASSAGE
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS.

OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003-
004-005-006-080500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
900 PM CST WED MAR 7 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH ARKANSAS
TONIGHT...

AT 845 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THAT EXTENDED ABOUT 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE
FROM NAPLES TEXAS TO ASHDOWN ARKANSAS TO MURFREESBORO ARKANSAS. THE
HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF MAUD TEXAS TO NEAR
ASHDOWN ARKANSAS AND ON TO NEAR NASHVILLE AND MURFREESBORO ARKANSAS. VERY
HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE ASSOCIATED WITH
THESE STORMS. FLOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW ROADWAYS ARE POSSIBLE.

RADAR ALSO SHOWED ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TEXAS...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTH-
WEST ARKANSAS FROM NEAR CARTHAGE TEXAS TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF MAGNOLIA
ARKANSAS.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
ABOUT 45 MPH.

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED TODAY OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH-
WEST ARKANSAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS HAVE MOSTLY BEEN IN THE TWO TO FOUR INCH RANGE WITH A FEW
REPORTS OF NEAR FIVE INCHES.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION..DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROAzD
WAYS AS URBAN STREET AND UNDERPASS FLOODING MAY OCCUR WITH THE PASSAGE
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS.

OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003-
004-005-006-080600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1035 PM CST WED MAR 7 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH ARKANSAS
TONIGHT...

AT 1030 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM EMORY TEXAS TO ATLANTA TEXAS ON
TO ELDORADO ARKANSAS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING NEAR IDABEL
OKLAHOMA...NEAR DEQUEEN AND HORATIO ARKANSAS AND ALSO NEAR MURFREESBORO.
LOW AREA AND STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE NEAR DEQUEEN ARKANSAS AND IDABEL
OKLAHOMA...AS WELL AS BETWEEN FULTON AND ANTOINE ARKANSAS. DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

RADAR ALSO SHOWED ANOTHER AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDER-
STORMS OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH ARKNASAS FROM NEAR CONVERSE
LOUISIANA NORTHWARD THROUGHT THE SHREVEPORT AREA TO NEAR MAGNOLIA
ARKANSAS.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
ABOUT 40 MPH.

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED TODAY OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH-
WEST ARKANSAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS HAVE MOSTLY BEEN IN THE TWO TO FOUR INCH RANGE WITH A FEW
REPORTS OF NEAR FIVE INCHES.

THE RAINFALL THIS EVENING OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS PERSISTS AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE SAME GENERAL AREA. SOME STREAMS AND
SMALL RIVERS WERE RISING AND POSSIBLY CAUSING LOW AREA FLOODING.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED ITO USE CAUTION..DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROAD
WAYS AS URBAN STREET AND UNDERPASS FLOODING MAY OCCUR WITH THE PASSAGE
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS.