Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

May 21, 1990, 3:03 AM CDT (08:03 UTC)

Expired

May 21, 1990, 6:00 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
303 AM CDT MON MAY 21 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM AND A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING EFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS..
 
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...PIKE COUNTY
 
AT 255 AM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS IN SHREVEPORT AND
LONGVIEW SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEST OF KIRBY ARKANSAS. THIS
STORM WAS PRODUCING HIGH WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST SOUTHEAST NEAR 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS WITHIN AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER-
STORMS THAT EXTENDED NORTH OF A LINE FROM MANNING TO SOUTH OF
ANTOINE TO DIERKS ARKANSAS.
 
THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE SAME GENERAL
AREA...AN AREA THAT RECEIVED FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. FLOODING WILL DEVELOP.
 
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 THVE 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

OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1120 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR PARTS OF EAST OKLAHOMA AND A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

AT 1115 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A BROKEN
BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST
TEXAS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR BENTON..SHERIDAN..AND WARREN SOUTHWEST
TO NEAR PRESCOTT..HOPE..AND TEXARKANA TO NEAR NEW BOSTON TEXAS. THE
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS BAND WERE NOTED NEAR TEXARKANA.

AT 1110 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THAT EXTENDED FROM SOUTH OF FORT SMITH
ARKANSAS SOUTHWEST TO NEAR ANTLERS OKLAHOMA.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE STORMS AT 1115 PM WERE APPROACHING MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED DURING THE NEXT
HALF HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH
WILL CAUSE FLOODING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

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.