Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Shreveport, LA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
330 AM CST THU MAR 29 1990

...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS
OF NORTHEAST TEXAS..WHILE RAIN AND SHOWERS LINGERED OVER PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AS WELL AS OVER EAST CENTRAL TEXAS ACROSS CENTRAL
LOUISIANA INTO THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS...

AT 325 AM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A
60 MILE WIDE AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWERS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR NATCHEZ
MISSISSIPPI ACROSS ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA TO NEAR LUFKIN TEXAS. ALSO...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 30 MILE WIDE AREA THAT
EXTENDED FROM NEAR CENTER TEXAS ACROSS MARSHALL AND LONGVIEW TO
SOUTHWEST OF PARIS TEXAS. OTHER SHOWERS WERE NOTED IN A 20 MILE WIDE
AREA THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR SMITHVILLE OKLAHOMA TO PARIS TEXAS.
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THE RAIN...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER
THE REGION AND SOME WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS THAT WILL CAUSE
SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING.

THE RAIN...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT
20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
530 AM CST THU MAR 29 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS..
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

AT 520 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT WAS INDICATING
AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA WHICH WAS INCREASING IN AREAL COVERAGE. ONE AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF SHREVEPORT NEAR VIVIAN NORTHWESTWARD
THROUGH DANGERFIELD TEXAS. A SECOND AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..
WHICH APPEARS TO BE FORMING A LINE..EXTENDED FROM MENA ARKANSAS SOUTHWEST
THROUGH PARIS TEXAS TO NEAR GREENVILLE TEXAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDER-
STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. SOME OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
AND WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 35 MPH.
.
OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER
PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

IN ADDITION TO THE AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS..DENSE FOG CONTINUES TO
COVER PORTIONS OF THE ARKLA'TEX. AT 500 AM THE VISIBILITY WAS 1/4
MILE AT THE SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT. EARLY MORNING MOTORISTS
SHOULD DRIVE CAREFULLY THIS MORNING IN THE AREAS WHERE THE FOG IS
HAMPERING THE VISIBILITIES.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
635 AM CST THU MAR 29 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCHES REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS..
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

AT 630 AM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED
A 15 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS
AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR 35 MPH THAT EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES EAST OF MAUD
TEXAS TO SOUTHEAST OF QUITMAN TEXAS. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS
WITHIN A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM
SOUTHWEST OF TEXARKANA TO NEAR WAXAHACHIE TEXAS. THIS AREA WAS ABOUT
50 MILES WIDE. ANOTHER 60 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM WEST OF RINGGOLD LOUISIANA TO NEAR GILLHAM ARKANSAS.

ALSO A 15 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS WAS NOTED FROM NEAR MARSHALL
TEXAS TO SOUTH OF PLEASANT HILL LOUISIsANA.
OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LINGERED OVER
PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

MOVEMENT OF ALL THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST NORTHEAST
NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR.

OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
740 AM CST THU MAR 29 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCHES REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS..
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS TODAY...

AT 735 AM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED
A 12 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS
AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR 35 MPH THAT EXTENDED FROM SPRINGHILL LOUISIANA TO
IDA LOUISIANA ACROSS KARNACK TEXAS TO NORTHWEST OF OVERTON TEXAS. THIS
AREA WAS WITHIN A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THE LEADING
EDGE OF WHICH EXTENDED FROM HAMPTON ARKANSAS TO ARCADIA LOUISIANA TO
COTTON VALLEY LOUISIANA TO SCOTTSVILLE TEXAS TO LONGVIEW TO PALESTINE
TEXAS. THIS PRECIPITATION EXTENDED NORTHWEST ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
AND NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

ALSO A 15 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS WAS NOTED FROM NORTHEAST OF
BOSSIER CITY TO SOUTHEAST OF HALL SUMMIT LOUISIANA.

YET ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN A
25 MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR ELYSIAN FIELDS TEXAS TO
LEESVILLE LOUISIANA. OTHER SHOWERS WERE NOTED FROM SAN AUGUSTINE
TEXAS ACROSS NACOGDOCHES TO NEAR CROCKETT TEXAS.

MOVEMENT OF ALL THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST NORTHEAST
AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE THE SYSTEM SAGGED TO THE SOUTHEAST
NEAR 10 MILES AN HOUR.