Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 1994, 12:32 AM CDT for Hempstead County, Howard County, Arkansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1994, 12:32 AM CDT (05:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1994, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 140534 FFWSHV ARC057-061-140930- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1232 AM CDT THU JUL 14 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS ...NORTHERN HEMPSTEAD COUNTY...SOUTHERN HOWARD COUNTY AT 1229 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THIS 15 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDED FROM LOCKESBURG TO NEAR ARKADELPHIA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT NEAR 10 MPH. THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD REMAINED OVER NORTHERN HEMPSTEAD AND SOUTHERN HOWARD COUNTIES FOR THE PAST TWO TO THREE HOURS. RAINFALL OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES HAS LIKELY OCCURRED IN THE WARNED AREA...AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS TO DEVELOP. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGEPRS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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, 9:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 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>026-131430-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
905 PM CDT WED JUL 13 1994
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
AT 900 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS IN SHREVEPORT AND
LONGVIEW TEXAS SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WRIGHT CITY
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA IN THE LITTLE RIVER VALLEY. THIS THUNDERSTORM
WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...WINDS UP TO 45 MPH AND FREQUENT
DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT NEAR 20 MILES
AN HOUR.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT
EXTENDED FROM PINE BLUFF AND ARKADELPHIA ARKANSAS TO WRIGHT CITY
OKLAHOMA. ALSO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
INDICATED IN THE LAKE VILLAGE ARKANSAS VICINITY.
.
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF
MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WITHIN THE HOUR.
FINALLY A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST
TEXAS.Special weather statement, Jul 13, 9:39 PM CDT, 2 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>026-140330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 938 PM CDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN MCCURTAIN COUNTY OKLAHOMA. AT 930 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND EXTREME WESTERN ARKANSAS FROM FORT SMITH TO WEST OF MENA TO DIERKS ARKANSAS TO VALLIANT OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WAS INDICATED BETWEEN WRIGHT CITY AND PICKENS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT NEAR 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE BRIEF PERIODS OF HIGH WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. PERSONS INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO DEVELOPING OR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS NORTHEAST OF LINE FROM NORMAN TO DONALDSON TO RISON ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 10:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 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, 1 hour 12 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, 1 hour 8 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, 1 hour 7 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, 4:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Sevier | 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 |
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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.