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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 1993, 4:55 PM CDT for Caddo Parish, De Soto Parish, Louisiana; Harrison County, Panola County, Rusk County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1993, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1993, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Caddo Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Harrison County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rusk County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 1693 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jun 25, 1:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003-004- 005-006-OKZ021-034-040-252030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 135 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS...EXTREME SOUTH ARKANSAS...AND PORTIONS OF NORTH LOUISIANA UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 125 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTH ARKANSAS. THIS 50 MILE WIDE BAND WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM ANTLERS OKLAHOMA TO DEQUEEN...PRESCOTT...AND WARREN ARKANSAS. WITHIN THIS BAND...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...HIGH WINDS...AND HAIL WERE INDICATED WEST AND SOUTHEAST OF PRESCOTT ARKANSAS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE BAND WERE LOCATED EAST OF HUGO OKLAHOMA AND BETWEEN DEQUEEN AND NASHVILLE ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTH AT NEAR 10 MPH. ALSO INDICATED BY RADAR WAS A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TEXAS AND MOST OF LOUISIANA. THIS AREA EXTENDED TO THE SOUTH OF A CANTON AND LINDEN TEXAS...ON TO RUSTON AND MONROE LOUISIANA LINE. THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF MANSFIELD LOUISIANA...WEST OF MARSHALL TEXAS...AND OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX WERE DRIFTING NORTHEASTWARD AT NEAR 5 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 1:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003-004- 005-006-OKZ021-034-040-252030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 135 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS...EXTREME SOUTH ARKANSAS...AND PORTIONS OF NORTH LOUISIANA UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 125 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTH ARKANSAS. THIS 50 MILE WIDE BAND WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM ANTLERS OKLAHOMA TO DEQUEEN...PRESCOTT...AND WARREN ARKANSAS. WITHIN THIS BAND...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...HIGH WINDS...AND HAIL WERE INDICATED WEST AND SOUTHEAST OF PRESCOTT ARKANSAS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE BAND WERE LOCATED EAST OF HUGO OKLAHOMA AND BETWEEN DEQUEEN AND NASHVILLE ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTH AT NEAR 10 MPH. ALSO INDICATED BY RADAR WAS A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TEXAS AND MOST OF LOUISIANA. THIS AREA EXTENDED TO THE SOUTH OF A CANTON AND LINDEN TEXAS...ON TO RUSTON AND MONROE LOUISIANA LINE. THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF MANSFIELD LOUISIANA...WEST OF MARSHALL TEXAS...AND OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX WERE DRIFTING NORTHEASTWARD AT NEAR 5 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003-004- 005-006-OKZ021-034-040-252030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 210 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS...EXTREME SOUTH ARKANSAS...AND PORTIONS OF NORTH LOUISIANA UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 205 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS... AND SOUTH ARKANSAS. THIS 40 MILE WIDE BAND WAS LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF A PARIS TEXAS TO TEXARKANA ON TO EL DORADO ARKANSAS LINE. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS BAND HAD LIKELY PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THE BAND WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT NEAR 10 MPH AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR HAIL AND HIGH WINDS WILL INCREASE AS THE BAND MOVES INTO NORTH LOUISIANA. ALSO INDICATED BY RADAR WERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WITHIN THIS AREA WERE INDICATED FROM CARTHAGE TEXAS ACROSS TOLEDO BEND LAKE TO NEAR ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS IN SOUTH ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS...AS WELL AS OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX WERE DRIFTING NORTHEASTWARD AT NEAR 5 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003-004- 005-006-OKZ021-034-040-252030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 210 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS...EXTREME SOUTH ARKANSAS...AND PORTIONS OF NORTH LOUISIANA UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 205 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS... AND SOUTH ARKANSAS. THIS 40 MILE WIDE BAND WAS LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF A PARIS TEXAS TO TEXARKANA ON TO EL DORADO ARKANSAS LINE. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS BAND HAD LIKELY PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THE BAND WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT NEAR 10 MPH AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR HAIL AND HIGH WINDS WILL INCREASE AS THE BAND MOVES INTO NORTH LOUISIANA. ALSO INDICATED BY RADAR WERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WITHIN THIS AREA WERE INDICATED FROM CARTHAGE TEXAS ACROSS TOLEDO BEND LAKE TO NEAR ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS IN SOUTH ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS...AS WELL AS OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX WERE DRIFTING NORTHEASTWARD AT NEAR 5 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003-004- 005-006-OKZ021-034-040-252030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 225 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS...EXTREME SOUTH ARKANSAS...AND PORTIONS OF NORTH LOUISIANA UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 220 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EAST CENTRAL TEXAS...FROM SOUTH OF LAKE MURVAL OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARTHAGE TEXAS ACROSS TOLEDO BEND LAKE ON TO NEAR MANY LOUISIANA. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 10 MPH. ALSO...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH ARKANSAS. THIS BAND WAS LOCATED FROM PARIS AND TEXARKANA ON TO SOUTH OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS 40 MILE WIDE BAND WERE INDICATED FROM SOUTH OF IDABEL OKLAHOMA TO ASHDOWN AND TEXARKANA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH AT NEAR 10 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS IN SOUTH ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS...AS WELL AS OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003-004- 005-006-OKZ021-034-040-252030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 225 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS...EXTREME SOUTH ARKANSAS...AND PORTIONS OF NORTH LOUISIANA UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 220 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EAST CENTRAL TEXAS...FROM SOUTH OF LAKE MURVAL OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARTHAGE TEXAS ACROSS TOLEDO BEND LAKE ON TO NEAR MANY LOUISIANA. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 10 MPH. ALSO...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTH ARKANSAS. THIS BAND WAS LOCATED FROM PARIS AND TEXARKANA ON TO SOUTH OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS 40 MILE WIDE BAND WERE INDICATED FROM SOUTH OF IDABEL OKLAHOMA TO ASHDOWN AND TEXARKANA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH AT NEAR 10 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 M PH AND SMALL HAIL. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS IN SOUTH ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS...AS WELL AS OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 57 min |
| Jun 25, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier | 57 min |
| Jun 25, 3:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, Webster | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Webster | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, Webster | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Marion | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1993Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 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.