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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 22, 1995Bienville Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 22, 1995, 11:48 PM CDT for Bienville Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1995, 11:48 PM CDT (04:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 1995, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Bienville Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 67 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 334 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
487 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
334 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
790 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 230448
FFWSHV
LAC013-230645-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1148 PM CDT SAT APR 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...BIENVILLE PARISH
 
AT 1145 PM FLOODING OF SEVERAL ROADS WAS STILL OCCURRING IN BIENVILLE
PARISH. MODERATE RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER THE AREA BUT WILL LIKELY
TAPER OFF BY 100 AM AS IT MOVES EAST AT 30 MPH.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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.
 
 
 
&
NNNN

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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.