Flash Flood Warning 99, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

Oct 8, 1990, 4:20 AM CDT (09:20 UTC)

Expired

Oct 8, 1990, 9:15 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Little River County, AR, Sevier County, AR, McCurtain County, OK, Bowie 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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ARC057-061-081-109-133-OKC089-TXC037-081415-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
420 AM CDT MON OCT 8 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS..
 
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LITTLE RIVER...PIKE..AND
   SEVIER COUNTIES...
 
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...MCCURTAIN COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...BOWIE COUNTY
 
AT 405 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..
OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.
THE AREA WAS ABOUT 75 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED GENERALLY NORTH OF
A LINE FROM NEAR TALCO TO NEW BOSTON TEXAS INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
TO NEAR FULTON..HOPE..AND SPARKMAN.  THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS
OCCURRING FROM NEAR MURFREESBORO SOTHWEST TO LOCKSBURG AND HORATIO
ARKANSAS..AND FROM NEAR TOM OKLAHOMA SOUTHWEST TO NEAR DEKALB TEXAS.
THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN FALLING ON AN AREA THAT HAD RECEIVED
FROM NEAR TWO TO OVER SIX INCHES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING..
WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ESTIMATED FROM NEAR TWO TO THREE INCHES
RESULTING IN FLOODING OF STREETS..LOW LYING..AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. ALSO SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS HAVE SHOWN SHARP RISES AND
SOME HAVE OVERFLOWED THEIR BANKS.
 
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AND SPREADING
OVER THE SAME GENEARL AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT. THIS ADDITIONAL
WATER IS EXCESS RUNOFF AND FLOODING WILL OCCUR.
 
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND TODAY...
 
 
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.

In the hours 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.

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