Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

May 3, 1990, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)

Expired

May 3, 1990, 7:15 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Red River Parish, LA

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

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LAC013-031-081-119-TXC419-040015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
416 PM CDT THU MAY 3 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS..
 
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...BIENVILLE PARISH...DESOTO PARISH...RED RIVER PARISH
   ...WEBSTER PARISH
 
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...SHELBY COUNTY
 
AT 410 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDESTORMS
OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS IN A WIDE BAND FROM NEAR
RINGGOLD AND SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA SOUTHWEST INTO EAST TEXAS TO
NEAR TENAHA AND CENTER TEXAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER-
STORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS FROM NEAR ELDORADO
ARKANSAS SOUTHWEST ACROSS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND INTO EAST TEXAS
TO NEAR NACOGDOCHES AND LUFKIN.  THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE PRODUCED LOW AREA FLOODING IN PARTS OF SHELBY
COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST PANOLA COUNTY TEXAS AND IN PARTS OF DESOTO
AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF CADDO AND BOSSIER PARISHES.
 
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM FOR
CADDO AND BOSSIER PARISHES...
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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.

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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.