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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Shreveport, LA

January 26, 1994Bienville Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 26, 1994, 9:01 PM CST for Bienville Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 26, 1994, 9:01 PM CST (03:01 UTC)
Expired
Jan 26, 1994, 10:00 PM CST
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-01-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1222 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 220 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1222 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
7.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 270301 RRA
SVRSHV
LAC013-069-081-119-270400-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
901 PM CST WED JAN 26 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...WESTERN BIENVILLE PARISH...NORTHERN NATCHITOCHES PARISH
   ...RED RIVER PARISH...WEBSTER PARISH
 
AT 857 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED
A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES
SOUTH OF BOSSIER CITY TO NEAR COUSHATTA TO 15 MILES NORTH-
WEST OF NATCHITOCHES IN LOUISIANA.
 
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHbEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR
PRODUCING LOCAL HIGH WINDS UP TO 65 MILES AN HOUR...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN
DIAMETER.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
CADDO AND BOSSIER PARISHES UNTIL 930 PM.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 26, 3:45 PM CST, 5 hours 16 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>027-262330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
345 PM CST WED JAN 26 1994

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE
EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS THE ARKLATEX REGION...ESPECIALLY EAST-
CENTRAL TEXAS.  SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER
THE PAST HOUR WITH A FEW OF THESE STORMS.  CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE ARKLATEX
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...AND SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE
AREA.

AT 340 PM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED
A BAND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM
SPRINGHILL AND SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA TO NEAR CARTHAGE TEXAS WHERE A
VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING.  THE BAND CONTINUED ON
SOUTH OF LUFKIN.
.
ANOTHER BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM
ATLANTA TEXAS TO TYLER AND LONGVIEW TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
TYLER.  THE STORMS WITHIN THIS BAND WERE INCREASING IN INTENSITY.

ALSO AT 340 PM...RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THAT EXTENDED FROM MOUNT IDA ARKANSAS TO NEAR IDABEL OKLAHOMA
ACROSS THE RED RIVER TO NEAR QUITMAN TEXAS.

INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES
AN HOUR WHILE THE OVERALL RAIN SYSTEM CONTINUED TO SAG SOUTHEAST AT
NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR.

BESIDES THE THREAT OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT...HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY.  PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAVE RECIEVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE
PAST 24 HOURS AND SMALL STREAMS ARE RUNNING NEAR BANKFULL.  ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS
NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CITY
AREA AT ABOUT 5 TO 7 PM THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 3:47 PM CST, 5 hours 14 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>027-262330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
345 PM CST WED JAN 26 1994

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE
EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS THE ARKLATEX REGION...ESPECIALLY EAST-
CENTRAL TEXAS.  SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER
THE PAST HOUR WITH A FEW OF THESE STORMS.  CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE ARKLATEX
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...AND SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE
AREA.

AT 340 PM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED
A BAND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM
SPRINGHILL AND SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA TO NEAR CARTHAGE TEXAS WHERE A
VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING.  THE BAND CONTINUED ON
SOUTH OF LUFKIN.
.
ANOTHER BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM
ATLANTA TEXAS TO TYLER AND LONGVIEW TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
TYLER.  THE STORMS WITHIN THIS BAND WERE INCREASING IN INTENSITY.

ALSO AT 340 PM...RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THAT EXTENDED FROM MOUNT IDA ARKANSAS TO NEAR IDABEL OKLAHOMA
ACROSS THE RED RIVER TO NEAR QUITMAN TEXAS.

INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES
AN HOUR WHILE THE OVERALL RAIN SYSTEM CONTINUED TO SAG SOUTHEAST AT
NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR.

BESIDES THE THREAT OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT...HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY.  PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAVE RECIEVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE
PAST 24 HOURS AND SMALL STREAMS ARE RUNNING NEAR BANKFULL.  ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS
NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CITY
AREA AT ABOUT 5 TO 7 PM THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 6:45 PM CST, 2 hours 16 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>027-270300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
645 PM CST WED JAN 26 1994

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE ARKLATEX REGION...

AT 640 PM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUED
TO INDICATE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ARKLATEX
REGION.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAINFALL AREA EXTENDED FROM EL DORADO
ARKANSAS TO DUBACH...CHATHAM...CYPRESS AND FLORIEN LOUISIANA.

STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED 10 MILES WEST OF TEXARKANA...
NEAR OIL CITY AND NEAR LOGANSPORT LOUISIANA AND NEAR TIMPSON TEXAS.
THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.  RAINFALL OF NEAR 1 INCH IN ONE HOURS
TIME WAS REPORTED AT NASH ARKANSAS.  ALSO ELECTRIC POWER WAS KNOCKED
OUT NEAR HOOKS TEXAS.
.
ALSO A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER THE EAST END OF
LAKE O THE PINES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS.  THIS STORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING
SMALL HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50
MILES AN HOUR AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

THE OVERALL SPEED OF THE RAINFALL SYSTEM HAS SLOWED ITS FORWARD
SPEED TO THE SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 5 MPH WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDER-
STORM CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS EVENING.
THIS IS ON TOP OF RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES RECEIVED DURING TUESDAY
NIGHT AND DURING THE WEE HOURS OF WEDNESDAY MORNING.  FLOODING OF
SMALL STREAMS WILL VERY LIKELY DEVELOP THIS EVENING IN LOW LYING
AREAS.  SECONDARY ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME OVERFLOW
TONIGHT IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.

ALSO THE RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT TIME HOURS
AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS LATE TONIGHT IF THE RAINS DO NOT END.  ALSO SMALL RIVERS THAT
HEADWATER IN THE OUACHITA MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS SUCH AS THE
MOUNTAIN FORK...THE COSSATOT AND THE SALINE WILL SEE VERY SIGINIFICANT
RISES IN STAGE TONIGHT.  ALSO A VERY STEEP RISE CAN BE EXPECTED ON THE
LITTLE RIVER IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.
.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST HALF
OF THE ARKLATEX REGION UNTIL 1100 PM.
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 7:03 PM CST, 1 hour 58 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>027-270300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
645 PM CST WED JAN 26 1994

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE ARKLATEX REGION...

AT 640 PM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUED
TO INDICATE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ARKLATEX
REGION.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAINFALL AREA EXTENDED FROM EL DORADO
ARKANSAS TO DUBACH...CHATHAM...CYPRESS AND FLORIEN LOUISIANA.

STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED 10 MILES WEST OF TEXARKANA...
NEAR OIL CITY AND NEAR LOGANSPORT LOUISIANA AND NEAR TIMPSON TEXAS.
THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.  RAINFALL OF NEAR 1 INCH IN ONE HOURS
TIME WAS REPORTED AT NASH ARKANSAS.  ALSO ELECTRIC POWER WAS KNOCKED
OUT NEAR HOOKS TEXAS.
.
ALSO A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED 10 MILES NORTH OF
LONGVIEW TEXAS.  THIS THUNDERSTORM IS LIKELY NEAR SEVERE LIMITS AND IS
PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN
DIAMETER.

THE OVERALL SPEED OF THE RAINFALL SYSTEM HAS SLOWED ITS
FORWARD SPEED TO THE SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 5 MPH WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDER-
STORM CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS EVENING.
THIS IS ON TOP OF RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES RECEIVED DURING TUESDAY
NIGHT AND DURING THE WEE HOURS OF WEDNESDAY MORNING.  FLOODING OF
SMALL STREAMS WILL VERY LIKELY DEVELOP THIS EVENING IN LOW LYING
AREAS.  SECONDARY ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME OVERFLOW
TONIGHT IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.

ALSO THE RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT TIME HOURS
AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS LATE TONIGHT IF THE RAINS DO NOT END.  ALSO SMALL RIVERS THAT
HEADWATER IN THE OUACHITA MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS SUCH AS THE
MOUNTAIN FORK...THE COSSATOT AND THE SALINE WILL SEE VERY SIGINIFICANT
RISES IN STAGE TONIGHT.  ALSO A VERY STEEP RISE CAN BE EXPECTED ON THE
LITTLE RIVER IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 7:08 PM CST, 1 hour 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>027-270300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
645 PM CST WED JAN 26 1994

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE ARKLATEX REGION...

AT 640 PM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUED
TO INDICATE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ARKLATEX
REGION.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAINFALL AREA EXTENDED FROM EL DORADO
ARKANSAS TO DUBACH...CHATHAM...CYPRESS AND FLORIEN LOUISIANA.

STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED 10 MILES WEST OF TEXARKANA...
NEAR OIL CITY AND NEAR LOGANSPORT LOUISIANA AND NEAR TIMPSON TEXAS.
THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.  RAINFALL OF NEAR 1 INCH IN ONE HOURS
TIME WAS REPORTED AT NASH ARKANSAS.  ALSO ELECTRIC POWER WAS KNOCKED
OUT NEAR HOOKS TEXAS.
.
ALSO A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED 10 MILES NORTH OF
LONGVIEW TEXAS.  THIS THUNDERSTORM IS LIKELY NEAR SEVERE LIMITS AND IS
PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN
DIAMETER.

THE OVERALL SPEED OF THE RAINFALL SYSTEM HAS SLOWED ITS
FORWARD SPEED TO THE SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 5 MPH WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDER-
STORM CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS EVENING.
THIS IS ON TOP OF RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES RECEIVED DURING TUESDAY
NIGHT AND DURING THE WEE HOURS OF WEDNESDAY MORNING.  FLOODING OF
SMALL STREAMS WILL VERY LIKELY DEVELOP THIS EVENING IN LOW LYING
AREAS.  SECONDARY ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME OVERFLOW
TONIGHT IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.

ALSO THE RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT TIME HOURS
AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS LATE TONIGHT IF THE RAINS DO NOT END.  ALSO SMALL RIVERS THAT
HEADWATER IN THE OUACHITA MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS SUCH AS THE
MOUNTAIN FORK...THE COSSATOT AND THE SALINE WILL SEE VERY SIGINIFICANT
RISES IN STAGE TONIGHT.  ALSO A VERY STEEP RISE CAN BE EXPECTED ON THE
LITTLE RIVER IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.
.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST HALF
OF THE ARKLATEX REGION UNTIL 1100 PM.
Special weather statement, Jan 26, 7:22 PM CST, 1 hour 39 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>027-270300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
645 PM CST WED JAN 26 1994

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE ARKLATEX REGION...

AT 640 PM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUED
TO INDICATE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ARKLATEX
REGION.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAINFALL AREA EXTENDED FROM EL DORADO
ARKANSAS TO DUBACH...CHATHAM...CYPRESS AND FLORIEN LOUISIANA.

STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED 10 MILES WEST OF TEXARKANA...
NEAR OIL CITY AND NEAR LOGANSPORT LOUISIANA AND NEAR TIMPSON TEXAS.
THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.  RAINFALL OF NEAR 1 INCH IN ONE HOURS
TIME WAS REPORTED AT NASH ARKANSAS.  ALSO ELECTRIC POWER WAS KNOCKED
OUT NEAR HOOKS TEXAS.
.
ALSO A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER THE EAST END OF
LAKE O THE PINES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS.  THIS STORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING
SMALL HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50
MILES AN HOUR AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

THE OVERALL SPEED OF THE RAINFALL SYSTEM HAS SLOWED ITS FORWARD
SPEED TO THE SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 5 MPH WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDER-
STORM CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS EVENING.
THIS IS ON TOP OF RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES RECEIVED DURING TUESDAY
NIGHT AND DURING THE WEE HOURS OF WEDNESDAY MORNING.  FLOODING OF
SMALL STREAMS WILL VERY LIKELY DEVELOP THIS EVENING IN LOW LYING
AREAS.  SECONDARY ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME OVERFLOW
TONIGHT IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.

ALSO THE RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT TIME HOURS
AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS LATE TONIGHT IF THE RAINS DO NOT END.  ALSO SMALL RIVERS THAT
HEADWATER IN THE OUACHITA MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS SUCH AS THE
MOUNTAIN FORK...THE COSSATOT AND THE SALINE WILL SEE VERY SIGINIFICANT
RISES IN STAGE TONIGHT.  ALSO A VERY STEEP RISE CAN BE EXPECTED ON THE
LITTLE RIVER IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.
.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST HALF
OF THE ARKLATEX REGION UNTIL 1100 PM.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 26, 8:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo64 min
Jan 26, 8:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVDe Soto64 min
Jan 26, 9:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNatchitoches, Red River59 min
Jan 26, 9:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVJackson, Winn67 min
Jan 26, 10:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell, Ouachita75 min
Jan 26, 10:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLincoln75 min
Jan 26, 11:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCaldwell, Franklin, Richland69 min
Jan 26, 11:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne69 min
Jan 26, 11:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMadison, Tensas42 min
Jan 27, 2:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVTensas42 min
Jan 27, 4:03 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVFranklin, Madison, Tensas5 hr
Jan 27, 4:03 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVCaldwell, Natchitoches, Winn5 hr
Jan 27, 4:03 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVSabine5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

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.