Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

May 12, 1990, 9:23 AM CDT (14:23 UTC)

Expired

May 12, 1990, 1:30 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties De Soto Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Sabine 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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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
923 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS..
 
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...BOSSIER PARISH...CADDO PARISH...DESOTO PARISH...NATCHITOCHES PAR
   ...RED RIVER PARISH...SABINE PARISH...WEBSTER PARISH
 
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...GREGG COUNTY...HARRISON COUNTY...MARION COUNTY...PANOLA COUNTY
   ...RUSK COUNTY...SHELBY COUNTY
 
AT 915 AM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED
A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED MUCH OF
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL AS A PART OF SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS
OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT WERE CAUSING
FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. THESE RAINS WERE FALLING
ON AREAS THAT PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED 1/2 TO ONE INCH RAINS. ALL MAJOR
RIVERS IN THE AREA WERE IN FLOOD...BACKWATER WAS OCCURING ON ALL
STREAMS AND BAYOUS...ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL ONLY AGGREVATE THE
SITUATION.
 
WITH THE GROUND SATURATED AND THE STREAMS IN FLOOD THE RAINS OVER
THE AREA WILL CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS.
 
A 90 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED
FROM NEAR FORDYCE ARKANSAS TO NEAR GRAPELAND TEXAS. ADDITONAL
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA FROM
NEAR EAGLETOWN TO NEAR BOSWELL.
 
ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF FLOODING...SEVERE STORMS ARE LIKELY.
AT 915 AM A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST
OF FLORIEN LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NEAR 40 MPH.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

In the hours before

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
710 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR SOUTHERN
WINN PARISH HAS EXPIRED...

AT 705 AM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT
SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED IN A 65
MILE WIDE AREA OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA..NORTHEAST TEXAS AND EXTREME
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM HOPE ARKANSAS TO LONGVIEW
TEXAS TO JUST WEST OF LUFKIN TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT ABOUT 50
MPH.

ALSO ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED ACROSS CENTRAL
LOUISIANA NEAR GEORGETOWN..MONTGOMERY AND MANY. MOVEMENT WAS TO
THE EAST AT 25 MPH.
.
GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS THIS MORNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE
AREA U]NTIL 9 PM THIS MORNING.

OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
003-004-005-006-121400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
710 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR SOUTHERN
WINN PARISH HAS EXPIRED...

AT 705 AM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT
SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED IN A 65
MILE WIDE AREA OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA..NORTHEAST TEXAS AND EXTREME
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM HOPE ARKANSAS TO LONGVIEW
TEXAS TO JUST WEST OF LUFKIN TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT ABOUT 50
MPH.

ALSO ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED ACROSS CENTRAL
LOUISIANA NEAR GEORGETOWN..MONTGOMERY AND MANY. MOVEMENT WAS TO
THE EAST AT 25 MPH.
.
GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS THIS MORNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE
AREA `UNTIL 9 PM THIS MORNING.

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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.