Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

May 30, 1990, 9:56 PM CDT (02:56 UTC)

Expired

May 31, 1990, 2:00 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties De Soto Parish, LA, Panola 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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LAC015-017-031-081-TXC183-203-315-365-401-310700-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
956 PM CDT WED MAY 30 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS..
 
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...BOSSIER PARISH...CADDO PARISH...DESOTO PARISH...RED RIVER PARISH
 
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...GREGG COUNTY...HARRISON COUNTY...MARION COUNTY...PANOLA COUNTY
   ...RUSK COUNTY
 
AT 950 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT AND LONGVIEW
SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS. THE AREA
EXTENDED FROM NEAR SIBLEY AND COUSHATTA LOUISIANA WEST INTO EAST
TEXAS TO NEAR LAKE O THE PINES AND LONGVIEW TEXAS. ANOTHER AREA
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS EXTENDED
FROM NEAR GILMER AND MT PLEASANT WEST TO NEAR SULPHUR SPRINGS
AND LAKE TAWAKONI.
 
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE EAST AT
15 MPH..DUE TO THIS SLOW MOVEMENT AND THE HEAVY RAINS FROM NEAR
THREE TO FOUR INCHES AND ESTIMATED ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF NEAR
FIVE INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA..ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL
OCCUR.
 
 
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LO!W SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

In the hours before

OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
003-004-005-006-310000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
445 PM CDT WED MAY 30 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...

...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTH ARKANSAS AND
ARE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND EAST TEXAS...

AT 440 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH ARKANSAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM TEXARKANA TO
EL DORADO. ALSO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND EAST TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT OVER
THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE ARKALTEX AND PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..HAIL..
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.

PERSONS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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.