Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

May 19, 1990, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)

Expired

May 20, 1990, 1:00 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Pike County, AR

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
1000 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS..
 
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...PIKE COUNTY
 
SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR AT 955 PM SHOWED YET ANOTHER SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER PIKE COUNTY JUST SOUTHWEST OF MURFREESBORO
MOVING TO THE EASTNORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH.
 
THIS IS THE THIRD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM TO MOVE OVER PIKE COUNTY OVER
THE LAST THREE HOURS...THE PREVIOUS TWO STORMS PRODUCED PRODUCED
HIGHS WINDS DOWNING TREES AND SPOTTY HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL.  THE NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SIMILER CONDITIONS...THUS ALONG WITH THE THREAT
OF SEVERE WEATHER...FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITH RAINFALL
AMOUNTS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING FOUR INCHES.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN
ARKANSAS.  TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN
OKLAHOMA.
 
THESE STORMS ARE PART OF A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST OF
LITTLE ROCK THROUGH THE HOT SPRINGS GLENWOOD MURFREESBORO AREA..
INTO OKLAHOMA TO 40 MILES NORTH OF BROKEN BOW TO SOUTHEAST OF MC-
ALESTER.

In the hours before

OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
003-004-005-006- 200015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
520 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 1990

THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR AT 517 PM SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...ONE LOCATED OVER NORTHERN
HOWARD COUNTY AND ANOTHER LOCATED OVER CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY NORTH-
WEST OF NASHVILLE.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EASTNORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH.

ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER TEXAS TO THE SOUTHEAST
OF THE DALLAS AREA.  THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO NORTHEAST
TEXAS LATER TONIGHT.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA...INCLUDING MC CURTAIN COUNTY.  PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE
TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD WATCH FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 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.