Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 98, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 1990, 1:09 AM CDT for Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 8, 1990, 1:09 AM CDT (06:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 1990, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Little River County, AR, Sevier County, AR
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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1403 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1397 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 080618 COR FFWSHV ARC081-109-133-061-080915- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 109 AM CDT MON OCT 8 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS.. IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS ...LITTLE RIVER COUNTY...PIKE COUNTY...SEVIER COUNTY...HOWARD COUNTY... AT 105 AM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE OCCURRING ACROSS PARTS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE PRECIPITATION WAS IN A 75 MILE WIDE AREA THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS TO NEAR GREENVILLE TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE NOTED IN AN AREA FROM NEAR PARIS TEXAS TO NEAR GILLHAM ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. HEAVY RAINS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED OVER THE WARNED AREA AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED AND FLOODING WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR MC CURTAIN COUNTY OKLAHOMA UNTIL 400 AM AND A FLOOD WARNING REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR THE LITTLE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH THE NIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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
Local storm report, Oct 7, 8:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
845 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 1990
STORM REPORTS FOR SUN OCT 7 1990
TIME LST CNTY/PRSH ST EVENT/LOCATION/DAMAGE
540 PM LITTLE RIVER AR .. HEAVY RAIN...HIGH WINDS...GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL...DOWNED TREES 5 MILES WEST OF FOREMAN.
604 PM HOWARD AR .. 4.54 INCHES OF RAIN 6S NEWHOPE BETWEEN
2-6 PM CAUSING FLOODING.
609 PM SEVIER AR .. 4.95 INCHES OF RAIN AT HORATIO.
630 PM LITTLE RIVER AR .. 60 MPH WINDS AT INDEX ARKANSAS DOWNING
SEVERAL TREES.
.
630 PM HOWARD AR .. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN FOUR HOURS
AT DIERKS.Special weather statement, Oct 7, 11:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 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 1055 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY FOR SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... AT 1050 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING NEAR BASTROP AND LAKE PROVIDENCE LOUISIANA. IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURR- ING NEAR WRIGHT CITY OKLAHOMA. IN NORTHEAST TEXAS HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED NEAR PARIS AND SULPHUR SPRINGS. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION SINCE LOW AREA FLOODING MAY OCCUR OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND SOUTH- WEST ARKANSAS DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS EVENING. ...A FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE TRIBUTARIES OF THE LITTLE RIVER IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS DUE TO AS MUCH AS SIX INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE BASIN... PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS TONIGHT AND MONDAY..THE SOILS HAVE BEEN SATURATED WITH SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS AT HIGH LEVELS DUE TO EXCESS WATER RUNOFF. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RA[INS TONIGHT AND MONDAY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO RAPID RUNOFF AND RAPID FLOODING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 1:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Howard, Pike | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Pike | 5 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 5 hr |
| Oct 8, 9:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Pike | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 9:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.