Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

May 3, 1990, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)

Expired

May 3, 1990, 4:15 PM CDT

In force

64 min

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties De Soto Parish, LA, Panola County, TX, Shelby County, TX

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
311 PM CDT THU MAY 3 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS..
 
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...DESOTO PARISH
 
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...WESTERN PANOLA COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY
 
AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANSFIELD TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
210 PM CDT THU MAY 3 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS
   SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
   FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

AT 200 PM CDT..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED
A THUNDERSTORM PODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST RUSK
AND WESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES OF EAST TEXAS.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS 15
MILES WEST OF CENTER TEXAS.  THE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF A LARGER AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
THAT STRETCHED FROM MENA AND FORDYCE ARKANSAS SOUTHWEST TO SHREVEPORT
9ND TYLER TO LUFKIN.  THE AREA OF RAINFALL WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 TO
15 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS LIVING IN LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR NEAR LAKES..RIVERS
AND STREAMS THAT ARE AT HIGHS LEVELS OR FORECAST TO REACH HIGH LEVELS..
SHOULD) BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF HEAVY RAINS OCCUR OR
A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO TV..RADIO AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1990Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

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.