Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

May 12, 1990, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC)

Expired

May 12, 1990, 5:30 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Caddo Parish, LA, Harrison 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
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
130 PM CDT SAT MAY 12 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS..

IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

   ...BOSSIER PARISH...CADDO PARISH...DESOTO PARISH...NATCHITOCHES
   PARISH...RED RIVER PARISH...SABINE PARISH...WEBSTER PARISH...
   BIENVILLE PARISH

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

   ...HARRISON COUNTY...PANOLA COUNTY...RUSK COUNTY...SHELBY COUNTY
.
AT 130 PM 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. SEVERAL SECONDARY AND SOME
MAIN ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED INCLUDING HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN TIMPSON
AND TENAHA TEXAS. 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.

IN GENERAL 3 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH RADAR
INDICATING OVER 6 INCHES LIKELY OCCURING IN SOUTHERN RUSK..SHELBY
AND PANOLA COUNTIES IN TEXAS AS WELL AS DESOTO..RED RIVER..SOUTHERN
WEBSTER..NORTHERN SABINE AND NORTHERN NATCHITOCHES IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.

ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF FLOODING...SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE ARKLATEX THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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.

Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 1990Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 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.