Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

May 3, 1990, 12:07 AM CDT (05:07 UTC)

Expired

May 3, 1990, 1:15 AM CDT

In force

68 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.

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TTAA00 KSHV 030509
SVRSHV
OKC089-030615-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1207 AM CDT THU MAY 3 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS..
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...MCCURTAIN COUNTY
 
AT 1205 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS IN LONGIVEW AND SHREVEPORT
AND LONGVIEW INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF VALLIANT IN MCCURTAIN MOVING TO THE
EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
RAINS WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
 
 
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
DON6'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-
003-004-005-006-030700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1120 PM CDT WED MAY 2 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY
FOR SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS..NORTHEAST TEXAS..AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

AT 1115 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS.
THE AREA EXTENDED FROM NEAR STIGLER AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF
MCCURTAIN COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO NEAR ANTLERS OKLAHOMA AND INTO NORTH
TEXAS TO NEAR BONHAM AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX.  THE AREA
OF RAINFALL WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 10 TO 15 MPH WHILE THE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE AREA MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

THIS BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE
EAST AND AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..AND POSSIBLY SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND TOWARD MORNING. HEAVY
RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS DURING THE NIGHT WILL PROVIDE RAPID
WATER RUNOFF DUE TO THE SATURATED SOILS OVER THE THREE STATE AREA FROM
RECENT RAINS..PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA..SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS..AND
EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS RECEIVED FROM NEAR TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN
DURING THE EVENING TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.

PERSONS LIVING IN LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR LAKES..RIVERS..AND
STREAMS THAT ARE AT HIGHS LEVELS OR FORECASTED TO REACH HIGH LEVELS..
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF HEAVY RAINS OCCUR OR
A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA DURING THE NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

STAY TUNED TO TV...RADIO AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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.