Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 7, 1990, 11:41 PM CST for Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1990, 11:41 PM CST (05:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1990, 3:45 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Sevier County, AR, McCurtain County, OK
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 469 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 562 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 080543 FFWSHV ARC061-081-109-133-OKC089-080945- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1141 PM CST WED MAR 7 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS.. IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS ...HOWARD COUNTY...WESTERN LITTLE RIVER COUNTY...PIKE COUNTY ...SEVIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...SOUTHERN MCCURTAIN COUNTY A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSASS. AT 1130 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSRTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NORTH OF A LINE FROM EMORY TEXAS TO ASHDOWN ARKANSAS TO NEAR PRESCOTT ARKANSAS. THIS PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 40 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAVE BEEN IN THE TWO TO FIVE INCH RANGE AND ADDITIONAL RAIN TONIGHT WILL CAUSE FLOODING IN THESE AREAS. AT 1130 PM THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED FROM CLARKSVILLE TEXAS TO HAWORTH OKLAHOMA TO HORATIO AND DEQUEEN ARKANSAS AND ON TO DIERKS AND KIRBY ARKANSAS. STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RISING AND MAY EFFECT LOW AREA ROADWAYS. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO AVOID FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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 LOW 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 5:54 PM CST, 5 hours 47 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003- 004-005-006-080200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 550 PM CST WED MAR 7 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH ARKANSAS TONIGHT... AT 545 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THAT EXTENDED GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM TYLER TEXAS TO MT PLEASANT TO NEW BOSTON AND TO PRESCOTT ARKANSAS. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED FROM NEAR CLARKSVILLE TEXAS TO NEAR HORATIO ARKANSAS. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT WILL MOST LIKELY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY CAN CAUSE FLOODING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. . RADAR ALSO SHOWED ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.. AND EAST TEXAS GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR LUFKIN NORTHEAST TO NEAR LONGVIEW..AND JEFFERSON TEXAS AND INTO SOUTH ARKANSAS TO CANFIELD..MAGNOLIA..AND HAMPTON. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED TODAY OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH- WEST ARKANSAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS INCLUDE AROUND THREE INCHES AT MURFREES- BORO ARKANSAS /2.93/ AND MAGNOLIA ARKANSAS/3.00/. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE MOSTLY IN THE ONE TO THREE INCH RANGE WITH SOME REPORTS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS OF NEAR FOUR INCHES. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION..DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROAD WAYS..ALSO URBAN STREET AND UNDERPASS FLOODING MAY OCCUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS PROUDCING HEAVY RAINS.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 7:21 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003- 004-005-006-080300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 710 PM CST WED MAR 7 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH ARKANSAS TONIGHT... AT 700 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THAT EXTENDED GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GLADEWATER TEXAS TO ASHDOWN ARKANSAS AND TO PIKE ARKANSAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED FROM NEAR PITTSBURG TEXAS...NEAR CLARKSVILLE TEXAS AND FROM IDABEL OKLAHOMA TO NEAR DIERKS ARKANSAS. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE LOW AREA FLOODING OF STREAMS AND ROADWAYS. RADAR ALSO SHOWED ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS FROM MAGNOLIA TO NEAR PINE BLUFF...AND ALSO IN EAST TEXAS FROM NEAR NACOGDOCHES TO WASKOM TEXAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED TODAY OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH- WEST ARKANSAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER FOUR INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TODAY NEAR ATLANTA AND DIANA TEXAS AS WELL AS IN THREE STATES LOUISIANA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS HAVE MOSTLY BEEN IN THE TWO TO FOUR INCH RANGE. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION..DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROAD WAYS..ALSO URBAN STREET AND UNDERPASS FLOODING MAY OCCUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 8:18 PM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003- 004-005-006-080400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 815 PM CST WED MAR 7 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH ARKANSAS TONIGHT... AT 805 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THAT EXTENDED GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LAKE O THE PINES TEXAS TO TEXARKANA AND TO CAMDEN ARKANSAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED JUST NORTH OF NAPLES TEXAS AND NEAR MAUD TEXAS. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE LOW AREA FLOODING OF STREAMS AND ROADWAYS. RADAR ALSO SHOWED ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS NEAR CAMDEN ARKANSAS AND ALSO IN EAST TEXAS FROM NEAR CENTER TEXAS TO NEAR SPRINGHILL LOUISI- ANA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MPH. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED TODAY OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH- WEST ARKANSAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER FOUR INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TODAY NEAR ATLANTA AND DIANA TEXAS AS WELL AS IN THREE STATES LOUISIANA. RAINFALL OF OVER THREE INCHES WAS REPORTED IN MAGNOLIA AND NASHVILLE ARKANSAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS HAVE MNOSTLY BEEN IN THE TWO TO FOUR INCH RANGE. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION..DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROAD WAYS AS URBAN STREET AND UNDERPASS FLOODING MAY OCCUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 9:05 PM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003- 004-005-006-080500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 900 PM CST WED MAR 7 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH ARKANSAS TONIGHT... AT 845 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THAT EXTENDED ABOUT 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM NAPLES TEXAS TO ASHDOWN ARKANSAS TO MURFREESBORO ARKANSAS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF MAUD TEXAS TO NEAR ASHDOWN ARKANSAS AND ON TO NEAR NASHVILLE AND MURFREESBORO ARKANSAS. VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. FLOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW ROADWAYS ARE POSSIBLE. RADAR ALSO SHOWED ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TEXAS...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTH- WEST ARKANSAS FROM NEAR CARTHAGE TEXAS TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF MAGNOLIA ARKANSAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MPH. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED TODAY OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH- WEST ARKANSAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS HAVE MOSTLY BEEN IN THE TWO TO FOUR INCH RANGE WITH A FEW REPORTS OF NEAR FIVE INCHES. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION..DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROAzD WAYS AS URBAN STREET AND UNDERPASS FLOODING MAY OCCUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 10:36 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003- 004-005-006-080600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1035 PM CST WED MAR 7 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH ARKANSAS TONIGHT... AT 1030 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM EMORY TEXAS TO ATLANTA TEXAS ON TO ELDORADO ARKANSAS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING NEAR IDABEL OKLAHOMA...NEAR DEQUEEN AND HORATIO ARKANSAS AND ALSO NEAR MURFREESBORO. LOW AREA AND STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE NEAR DEQUEEN ARKANSAS AND IDABEL OKLAHOMA...AS WELL AS BETWEEN FULTON AND ANTOINE ARKANSAS. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. RADAR ALSO SHOWED ANOTHER AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDER- STORMS OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH ARKNASAS FROM NEAR CONVERSE LOUISIANA NORTHWARD THROUGHT THE SHREVEPORT AREA TO NEAR MAGNOLIA ARKANSAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED TODAY OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH- WEST ARKANSAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS HAVE MOSTLY BEEN IN THE TWO TO FOUR INCH RANGE WITH A FEW REPORTS OF NEAR FIVE INCHES. THE RAINFALL THIS EVENING OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS PERSISTS AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE SAME GENERAL AREA. SOME STREAMS AND SMALL RIVERS WERE RISING AND POSSIBLY CAUSING LOW AREA FLOODING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED ITO USE CAUTION..DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROAD WAYS AS URBAN STREET AND UNDERPASS FLOODING MAY OCCUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 11:41 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Pike | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Little River | 118 min |
| Mar 8, 2:55 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Miller | 65 min |
| Mar 8, 2:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Miller | 65 min |
| Mar 8, 3:49 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Howard, Little River, Sevier | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:49 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Pike | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:49 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Miller | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Miller | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 1990Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
Sources
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.