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Flash Flood Warning 94, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 7, 1990, 6:37 PM CDT for Bowie County, Cass County, Texas; Miller County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 7, 1990, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 1990, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Miller County, AR, Bowie County, TX, Cass 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 072341 RRA FFWSHV ARC057-073-091-099-TXC037-067-080215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 637 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS.. IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS ...HEMPSTEAD COUNTY...LAFAYETTE COUNTY...MILLER COUNTY...NEVADA COU IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...BOWIE COUNTY...CASS COUNTY AT 630 PM WEATHER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A 40 MILE WIDE AREA OF SCTTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CAMDEN ARKANSAS WEST TO THE TEXARKANA-HOPE AREA TO NEW BOSTON AND MAUD TEXAS AND ON TO MT PLEASANT AND EMERY TEXAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTRORMS WERE INDICATED BETWEEN FULTON AND HOPE ARKANSAS AND NEAR MAUD TEXAS. THIS BAND OF STORMS HAS PRODUCED STRONG WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH AND SPOTTY HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND FLOOD PRODUCING RAIN OF 3 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF OVER 5 INCHES IN THREE HOURS TIME. LOW AREA FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AND SUBSEQUENTLY SMALL STREAM WILL OVERFLOW . MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASOKLAHOMA AND THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...SEVIER.. LITTLE RIVER..HOWARD..AND PIKE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO NEAR 6 INHCES HAS OCCURRED IN THESE COUNTIES. SMALL STREAMS IN THE LITTLE RIVER BASIWILL LIKELY OVERFLOW.
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, Oct 7, 1:14 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002- 003-004-005-006-072115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 113 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 1990 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AT 105 PM THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR DEQUEEN ARKANSAS TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF HOT SPRINGS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EASTSOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX THIS AFTERNOON..AND THEN WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR AN INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ARES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
Special weather statement, Oct 7, 2:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002- 003-004-005-006-072115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 215 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 1990 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... AT 215 PM...SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR HUGO OKLAHOMA TO DEQUEEN ARKANSAS TO ARKADELPHIA. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR DEQUEEN AND ARKADELPHIA AND WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX THIS AFTERNOON..AND THEN WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR AN INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. . THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Oct 7, 3:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002- 003-004-005-006-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 315 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR SOUTH ARKANSAS... NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 9 PM... AT 315 PM...SHREVEPORT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR DALLAS TEXAS TO IDABEL OKLAHOMA TO MURFREESBORO ARKANSAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED NEAR DEQUEEN AND MURFREESBORO ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX THIS EVENING...AND THEN WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA LATER THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR AN INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREAS THIS EVENING. . THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Local storm report, Oct 7, 5:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
520 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 1990
STORM REPORTS FOR SUN OCT 7 1990
TIME LST CNTY/PRSH ST EVENT/LOCATION/DAMAGE
415 PM HOWARD AR .. ONE INCH HAIL 5 MILES WEST OF NASHVILLE.
420 PM SEVIER AR .. ONE INCH HAIL BETWEEN HORTIO AND LOCKS-
BURGH.
435 PM MC CURTAIN OK .. PENNY SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND
2 MILES EAST OF EAGLETOWN.
THREE HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS ENDING AT 5 PM...
SMITHVILLE OKLAHOMA...5.40 NASHVILLE ARKANSAS...3.20
5S DEQUEEN ARKANSAS...4.50 2W BROKEN BOW...4.20
SOME LOW AREA FLOODING REPORTED IN THESE AREAS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 92 min |
| Oct 7, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass | 3 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 3 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Howard, Pike | 3 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Little River, Pike, Sevier | 3 hr |
| Oct 7, 6:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada | 3 hr |
| Oct 7, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada | 3 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.