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Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 3, 1990Bowie County, Texas; Miller County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 1990, 11:01 AM CDT for Bowie County, Texas; Miller County, Arkansas. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1990, 11:01 AM CDT (16:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1990, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Miller County, AR, Bowie County, TX

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 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3592 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3592 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
10.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 031602
FFWSHV
ARC091-TXC037-031800-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1101 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS..
 
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...MILLER COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...BOWIE COUNTY
 
AT 1055 AM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT
SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS OVER MILLER
COUNTY ARKANSAS AND BOWIE COUNTY TEXAS. RAINFALL IN TEXARKANA
WAS OVER TWO INCHES DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS.
 
FLOODING OF UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL DEVELOP
RAPIDLY.
 
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, Jun 3, 5:54 AM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
003-004-005-006-031155-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
550 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990

AT 545 AM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED
AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND
SOUTHERN ARKANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSISSIPPI.

THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS ABOUT 90 MILES WIDE AND
EXTENDED FROM NEAR ARDMORE OKLAHOMA ACROSS HOPE ARKANSAS AND WARREN
ARKANSAS TO WEST OF GREENWOOD MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
BEGUN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR.

WITHIN THIS AREA...THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY
WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF EL DORADO TO EAST
OF TEXARKANA ARKANSAS.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:47 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
003-004-005-006-031300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
645 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990

AT 640 AM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED
AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA..SOUTHERN
ARKANSAS..WESTERN MISSISSIPPI EXTENDING INTO NORTHEAST LOUISIANA.

THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS ABOUT 100 MILES WIDE AND
EXTENDED FROM NEAR DURANT OKLAHOMA ACROSS IDABEL OKLAHOMA..HOPE AND
WARREN ARKANSAS TO EAST OF GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE CONTINUED TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY.

WITHIN THIS AREA...THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY
WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING EXTENDED FROM EAST OF EL DORADO TO NORTH
OF MAGNOLIA ARKANSAS AND WERE NOTED NORTH OF HOPE AND EAST OF DEQUEEN
ARKANSAS.
.
ALSO AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS NOTED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHERMAN
TEXAS.

MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTH SOUTHEAST NEAR
10 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:53 AM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
003-004-005-006-031425-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
750 AM CDT SUN JAUN 3 1990

AT 745 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..NORTHEAST TEXAS..
SOUTH ARKANSAS..AND NORTH LOUISIANA ABOUT 70 MILES WIDE. THE AREA
EXTENDED GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR PARIS SOUTHEAST
TO ATLANTA TEXAS..CANFIELD ARKANSAS..AND BASTROP AND LAKE PROVIDENCE
LOUISIANA. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR FULTON
AND HOPE ARKANSAS AND ALONG THE ARKANSAS/LOUISIANA STATE LINE NORTH
OF BASTROP LOUISIANA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO
THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 8:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
003-004-005-006-031435-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
845 AM CDT SUN JAUN 3 1990

AT 845 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..NORTHEAST
TEXAS..SOUTH ARKANSAS..AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA ABOUT 50 MILES WIDE
THAT WAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR PARIS SOUTHEAST TO ATLANTA
TEXAS..CANFIELD ARKANSAS..AND BASTROP AND LAKE PROVIDENCE LOUISIANA.
THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR FULTON AND CAMDEN
ARKANSAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
003-004-005-006-031535-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
945 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990

AT 945 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..NORTHEAST TEXAS
TEXAS..SOUTH ARKANSAS..AND EXTREME NORTH LOUISIANA ABOUT 50 MILES WIDE
THAT WAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR MT VERNON TEXAS TO LINDER
TEXAS TO HOMER LOUISIANA TO OAK GROVE ARKANSAS.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CLARKSVILLE TEXAS..LEWISVILLE
ARKANSAS AND JUST NORTH OF MAGNOLIA ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.

HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS- WITH SOME AMOUNTS NEAR 4 INCHES
OVERNIGHT OCCURRED WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS THIS MORNING. LOW AREA FLOODING
IS LIKELY ACROSS SOUTH ARKANSAS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 1:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVBowie4 hr
Jun 3, 1:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVCass4 hr
Jun 3, 9:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVHempstead, Nevada3 hr
Jun 3, 9:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVColumbia3 hr
Jun 3, 1:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVColumbia, Lafayette4 hr

Nearby

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