Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 4, 1993, 7:38 AM CST for Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 4, 1993, 7:38 AM CST (13:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 1993, 10:45 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Sevier County, AR, McCurtain County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 041339 FFWSHV ARC061-081-133-OKC089-TXC037-067-041645- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 738 AM CST MON JAN 4 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS ...HOWARD COUNTY...LITTLE RIVER COUNTY...SEVIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...BOWIE COUNTY...CASS COUNTY AT 735 AM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A 15 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR NASHVILLE ARKANSAS ACROSS LINDEN TEXAS TO NEAR HENDERSON TEXAS. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. IN THE WAKE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...RAIN AND SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER THE WARNED AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES HAD OCCURRED OVERNIGHT IN THE WARNED AREA. SMALL STREAMS WERE BEGINNING TO LEAVE THEIR BANKS IN MCCURTAIN COUNTY OKLAHOMA. LOW AREA FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AND SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MILES AN HOUR. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO ABREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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
Special weather statement, Jan 4, 2:39 AM CST, 4 hours 59 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-041000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 240 AM CST MON JAN 4 1992 ...BAND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... AT 235 AM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM NORMAN AND ASHDOWN ARKANSAS TO NEW BOSTON...WINONA AND BUFFALO TEXAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WITHIN THIS 30 MILE WIDE BAND WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF ATHENS TEXAS AND WAS LIKELY PRODUING HEAVY RAINFALL. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE ALSO PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN HAWORTH OKLAHOMA AND FOREMAN ARKANSAS AND FROM JUST NORTH OF TALCO TEXAS SOUTHWARD THROUGH MT VERNON AND QUITMAN TO WEST OF FRANKSTON TEXAS. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ALSO...WIDELY SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE INDICATED OVER EAST TEXAS BETWEEN LONGVIEW AND SCOTTSVILLE AND OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS NEAR FOUKE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE ARKLATEX THIS MORNING WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND FORECASTS.
Special weather statement, Jan 4, 3:40 AM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-041100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 340 AM CST MON JAN 4 1992 ...SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... AT 335 AM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM PIKE AND FOREMAN ARKANSAS TO MAUD...WINONA AND PALESTINE TEXAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WITHIN THIS 30 MILE WIDE BAND WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF LINDALE TEXAS AND WAS LIKELY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE ALSO PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WERE LOCATED FROM NORTHEAST OF EAGLETOWN OKLAHOMA SOUTHWESTWARD TO BETWEEN CLARKSVILLE AND AVERY TEXAS ON TO MT VERNON...QUITMAN AND TYLER TEXAS. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. . THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS HAD BEEN MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. AS A RESULT...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS MAY RESULT THIS MORNING AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA LATER THIS MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE IN THE ARKALTEX TODAY. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND FORECASTS.
Special weather statement, Jan 4, 4:40 AM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-041200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 445 AM CST MON JAN 4 1992 ...SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... AT 435 AM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM PIKE AND OKAY ARKANSAS TO ATLANTA...GLADEWATER...AND FRNAKSTON TEXAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS AREA WERE LOCATED WEST OF PITTSBURG TEXAS AND JUST SOUTH OF GILMER TEXAS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR VAN TEXA AND NORTH OF FRANKSTON TEXAS. THESE STRONG STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS HAD BEEN MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. AS A RESULT...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS MAY RESULT THIS MORNING AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPE4CTED TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA LATER THIS MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE IN THE ARKALTEX TODAY. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND FORECASTS.
Special weather statement, Jan 4, 5:52 AM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-041300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 550 AM CST MON JAN 4 1992 ...SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PORTIONS OF EAST TEXAS ...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... ...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPED OVER SOUTH ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS TODAY... AT 545 AM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUED TO SHOW A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST OF A ANTOINE ARKANSAS TO TEXARKANA...ON TO HUGHES SPRINGS AND TYLER TEXAS LINE. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS BAND WERE LOCATED FROM NAPLES TO NORTH OF PITTSBURG TEXAS AND WERE LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH OF BIG SANDY TEXAS AND WEST OF WINONA TEXAS. THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. . IN ADDITION...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED DURING THE PAST HOUR OVER SOUTH ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. THIS AREA WAS ALONG AND 20 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM MAGNOLIA ARKANSAS TO CONVERSE LOUISIANA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OVER THE SAME AREA DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. AS A RESULT...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AS THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER EAST TEXAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND FORECASTS.
Special weather statement, Jan 4, 6:33 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-041400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 635 AM CST MON JAN 4 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS TODAY... AT 630 AM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUED TO SHOW A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND EAST TEXAS TO THE WEST OF AN ARKADELPHIA ARKANSAS TO TEXARKANA ON TO LINDEN...WINONA AND ELKHART TEXAS LINE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WITHIN THIS BAND...WHICH WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...WERE LOCATED FROM MAUD TO OMAHA TEXAS AND FROM PITTSBURG TO GILMER TEXAS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST MCCURTAIN COUNTY OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST OF TYLER TEXAS. ALSO INDICATED BY RADAR WAS A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS OVER SOUTH ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. THIS 40 MILE WIDE AREA WAS LOCATED TO THE EAST OF A SPARKMAN AND CANFIELD ARKANSAS ON TO OIL CITY LOUISIANA TO CENTER TEXAS LINE. MODERATE SHOWERS WERE LOCATED NEAR CAMDEN AND SOUTHEAST OF CANFIELD ARKANSAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAD MOVED OVER THE SAME AREA DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS XIS LIKELY THIS MORNING AS THE RAINFALL CONTINUES. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX IN THE NEAR FUTURE. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND FORECASTS.
Special weather statement, Jan 4, 7:05 AM CST, 33 minutes before
OKZ040-021-034-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001- 002-003-004-005-006-041400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 705 AM CST MON JAN 4 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CASS COUNTY TEXAS... AT 655 AM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...BETWEEN HUGHES SPRINGS AND LINDEN. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR CASS COUNTY TEXAS WITHIN THE HOUR. PERSONS IN THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL AS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH ARKANSAS THIS MORNING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 7:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Miller | 59 min |
| Jan 4, 8:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 61 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 1993Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.