Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Shreveport, LA

OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-
002-003-004-005-006-120930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
310 AM CDT FRI APR 12 1991

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

AT 305 AM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED NORTHWEST OF A LINE
FROM MONTICELLO ARKANSAS TO JUNCTION CITY ARKANSAS TO HOMER LOUISIANA
TO MANSFIELD LOUISIANA TO NEAR CENTER TEXAS. THE RAIN EXTENDED NORTHWEST
OF THIS LINE SOME 150 MILES. WITHIN THIS LARGE AREA...THUNDERSTORMS
THAT WERE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WERE NOTED FROM NEAR
TEXARKANA ARKANSAS TO NEAR HUGHES SPRINGS TEXAS...ALSO NEAR VIVIAN
LOUISIANA AND FROM BENTON LOUISIANA TO TIMPSON TEXAS.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR.

ANOTHER 20 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED FROM NEAR SICILY
ISLAND LOUISIANA ACROSS CALHOUN TO NEAR BERNICE LOUISIANA.
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OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED FROM NEAR VAN TEXAS TO NEAR
PARIS TEXAS.

ALONG WITH THE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL
ACCOMPANY THE STORMS.

THE STORMS ALONG THE LOUISIANA/TEXAS BORDER SECTIONS AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY. HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO
AFFECT THE AREA. AS THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO SPREAD
OVER THE SAME GENERAL AREA RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND
SOUTHWEST ARKA%NSAS WILL APPROACH THREE INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS.

OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-
002-003-004-005-006-121100-

SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
455 AM CDT FRI APR 12 1991

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR CADDO AND
BOSSIER PARISHES UNTIL 530 AM...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINED IN
EFFECT FOR EASTERN BOWIE AND NORTHWESTERN MILLER COUNTIES UNTIL
645 AM AND FOR CADDO...BOSSIER...DE SOTO AND WEBSTER PARISHES UNTIL
745 AM...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

AT 450 AM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED NORTHWEST OF A LINE
FROM JUNCTION CITY ARKANSAS TO HOMER LOUISIANA TO MANY LOUISIANA. THE
RAIN EXTENDED NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE SOME 125 MILES. WITHIN THIS LARGE
AREA...POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTH SHREVEPORT
AND SOUTH OF BENTON LOUISIANA. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED
FROM NEAR MANSFIELD LOUISIANA TO NEAR SPRINGHILL LOUISIANA ALSO FROM
NEAR CANFIELD ARKANSAS TO NEAR BETHANY LOUISIANA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS
THAT WERE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WERE NOTED FROM LAKE O
THE PINES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ACROSS TEXARKANA TO NEAR CAMDEN ARKANSAS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR.

ANOTHER BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT 25 MILES WIDE...
EXTENDED FROM NEAR ST JOSEPH LOUISIANA ACROSS BASTROP LOUISIANA TO
FORDYCE ARKANSAS.

DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR...WIND GUSTS TO 63 MILE AN HOUR OCCURRED IN
SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA ALONG WITH 1/2 HAIL.

THE STORMS ALONG THE LOUISIANA/TEXAS BORDER SECTIONS AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY. HEAVY RAINS WILL COgNTINUE TO AFFECT
THE AREA. AS THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER
THE SAME GENERAL AREA RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AS WELL AS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA WILL APPROACH
THREE INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS.