Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

May 21, 1990, 1:00 AM CDT (06:00 UTC)

Expired

May 21, 1990, 2:00 AM CDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

County McCurtain County, OK

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 210601
SVRSHV
OKC089-210700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
100 AM CDT MON MAY 21 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS..
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...NORTHERN MCCURTAIN COUNTY
 
AT 1255 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS IN SHREVEPORT AND LONGVIEW
SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH MCCURTAIN COUNTY FIVE
MILES SOUTH OF SMITHVILLE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 18 MPH. THIS
STORM HAS PRODUCED ONE HALF TO ONE INCH SIZE HAIL AT SMITVILLE
AT 1235 TO 1245 AM CDT.
 
THE STORMS HAVE ALSO PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT HAS CAUSED
SOME FLOODING OF STREETS.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

In the hours before

OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
003-004-005-006-210530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1120 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR PARTS OF EAST OKLAHOMA AND A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

AT 1115 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A BROKEN
BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST
TEXAS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR BENTON..SHERIDAN..AND WARREN SOUTHWEST
TO NEAR PRESCOTT..HOPE..AND TEXARKANA TO NEAR NEW BOSTON TEXAS. THE
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS BAND WERE NOTED NEAR TEXARKANA.

AT 1110 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THAT EXTENDED FROM SOUTH OF FORT SMITH
ARKANSAS SOUTHWEST TO NEAR ANTLERS OKLAHOMA.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE STORMS AT 1115 PM WERE APPROACHING MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED DURING THE NEXT
HALF HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH
WILL CAUSE FLOODING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1990Every severe thunderstorm 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.