Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 1994, 4:17 AM CDT for Hempstead County, Howard County, Sevier County, Arkansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1994, 4:17 AM CDT (09:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1994, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Sevier County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 2399 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1277 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 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, Jul 13, 10:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
OKZ076-077-049-053-TXZ095-097-TXZ106>112-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153- 166-167-ARZ050>053-ARZ059>061-ARZ066-ARZ070>073-LAZ001>026-140500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1050 PM CDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... AT 1045 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES WIDE OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS FROM NEAR LOCKSBURG NORTHEAST TO NEAR MURFREESBORO AND THE UPPER END OF DE GRAY LAKE ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARKADELPHIA. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR NASHVILLE AND MURFREESBORO. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT NEAR 25 MPH AND WILL MOST LIKELY BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO NEAR 35 MPH..FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND BREIF BUT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF NEAR ONE QUARTER (0.25) TO NEAR THREE QUARTERS (0.75) OF AN INCH IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. . RADAR ALSO SHOWED ANOTHER AREA..ABOUT 50 MILES WIDE..OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THAT EXTENDED NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR BETHEL OKLAHOMA SOUTHEAST TO NEAR GILLHAM AND THEN NORTHEAST TO NEAR HOT SPRINGS AND LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER EXTREME NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SEVIER AND HOWARD COUNTIES NEAR GILLHAM AND 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GILLHAM ARKANSAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
OKZ076-077-049-053-TXZ095-097-TXZ106>112-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153- 166-167-ARZ050>053-ARZ059>061-ARZ066-ARZ070>073-LAZ001>026-140530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1120 PM CDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... AT 1115 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS IN SHREVEPORT AND LITTLE ROCK SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE AREA WAS BOUNDED BY BETHEL OKLAHOMA AND OKAY ARKANSAS ON THE WESTERN SIDE AND ANTOINE AND HOT SPRINGS AND LITTLE ROCK ON THE EASTERN SIDE. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR NASHVILLE..TOKIO..AND MURFREESBORO ARKANSAS. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WINDS OF 25 TO NEAR 40 MPH.. FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF DOPPLER AND CONVENTIONAL RADARS INDICATED AMOUNTS OF FROM ONE TO OVER TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS TO NEAR THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS..LOW LYING ..AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT TO HIGH WATER AND AVIOD AREAS THAT NORMALLY POND QUICKLY DURING HEAVY RAINFALL. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:24 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
OKZ076-077-049-053-TXZ095-097-TXZ106>112-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153- 166-167-ARZ050>053-ARZ059>061-ARZ066-ARZ070>073-LAZ001>026-140530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1120 PM CDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... AT 1115 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS IN SHREVEPORT AND LITTLE ROCK SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE AREA WAS BOUNDED BY BETHEL OKLAHOMA AND OKAY ARKANSAS ON THE WESTERN SIDE AND ANTOINE AND HOT SPRINGS AND LITTLE ROCK ON THE EASTERN SIDE. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR NASHVILLE..TOKIO..AND MURFREESBORO ARKANSAS. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WINDS OF 25 TO NEAR 40 MPH.. FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF DOPPLER AND CONVENTIONAL RADARS INDICATED AMOUNTS OF FROM ONE TO OVER TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS TO NEAR THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS..LOW LYING ..AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT TO HIGH WATER AND AVIOD AREAS THAT 2NORMALLY POND QUICKLY DURING HEAVY RAINFALL.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
OKZ076-077-049-053-TXZ095-097-TXZ106>112-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153- 166-167-ARZ050>053-ARZ059>061-ARZ066-ARZ070>073-LAZ001>026-140530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1120 PM CDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... AT 1115 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS IN SHREVEPORT AND LITTLE ROCK SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE AREA WAS BOUNDED BY BETHEL OKLAHOMA AND OKAY ARKANSAS ON THE WESTERN SIDE AND ANTOINE AND HOT SPRINGS AND LITTLE ROCK ON THE EASTERN SIDE. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR NASHVILLE..TOKIO..AND MURFREESBORO ARKANSAS. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WINDS OF 25 TO NEAR 40 MPH.. FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF DOPPLER AND CONVENTIONAL RADARS INDICATED AMOUNTS OF FROM ONE TO OVER TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS TO NEAR THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS..LOW LYING ..AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT TO HIGH WATER AND AVIOD AREAS T>HAT NORMALLY POND QUICKLY DURING HEAVY RAINFALL. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 58 min |
| Jul 14, 12:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Howard, Little River, Sevier | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Little River, Sevier | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.