Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

Oct 17, 1994, 12:35 AM CDT (05:35 UTC)

Expired

Oct 17, 1994, 7:30 AM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Caddo Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Panola County, TX, Shelby County, TX

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1235 AM CDT MON OCT 17 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...BIENVILLE PARISH...SOUTHERN BOSSIER PARISH
   ...SOUTHERN CADDO PARISH...DESOTO PARISH...NATCHITOCHES PARISH
   ...RED RIVER PARISH...SABINE PARISH
 
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...PANOLA COUNTY...RUSK COUNTY...SHELBY COUNTY
 
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS PARTS OF EAST TEXAS
AND NORTH LOUISIANA. LOW AREA AND POOR DRAINAGE AREA FLOODING HAD
BEEN REPORTED IN THE WARNED AREA WITH SOME SMALL STREAMS AND BAYOUS
GETTING OUT OF THEIR BANKS. WATER WAS OVER THE ROADWAYS ON SEVERAL
SECONDARY ROADS IN THE WARNED AREA. DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE
WARNED AREAS AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES
ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.
 
AT 1225 AM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT
SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN...SHOWERS AND THUNNDERSTORMS THAT
COVERED SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...EAST TEXAS...
NORTH AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. WITHIN THIS LARGE AREA A 75 MILE
WIDE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS EXTENDED FROM NEAR COLUMBIA
LOUISIANA ACROSS MANSFIELD LOUISIANA TO NEAR JACKSONVILLE TEXAS.
OTHER MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WERE NOTED BETWEEN OAK GROVE AND
BASTROP LOUISIANA AS WELL AS IN SOUTHHEAST TEXAS.
 
MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MILES
AN HOUR...HOWEVER RAINS CONTINUED TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME GENERAL
AREAS. THIS WILL ONLY AGGREVATE THE SITUATION AS THE GROUND IS
ALREADY SOAKED.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 1994Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994

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