Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 1995, 9:56 PM CDT for San Augustine County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1995, 9:56 PM CDT (02:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1995, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County San Augustine County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1804 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1288 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 010256 FFWSHV LAC085-TXC403-405-010600- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 956 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA ...SOUTHERN SABINE PARISH IN EAST TEXAS ...SOUTHERN SABINE COUNTY...SOUTHERN SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE SAME GENERAL AREA AND WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE IN THE THREE TO FOUR INCH RANGE IN THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD OVER THE SAME AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE GROUND IN THE WARNED AREA WAS NEARLY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS AND FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS 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. NNNN
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, May 31, 4:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
OKZ077-TXZ097-112-126-137-138-150-151-153-165-152-166-167-ARZ050- 051-059-060-061-070-071-072-073-LAZ001-002-003-004-006-005-010- 012-013-018-019-021-017-014-011-312230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 425 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST TEXAS... AT 425 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUED TO INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS FROM NEAT PINE CREEK LAKE IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS BABTIEST AND BETHYL OKLAHOMA TO NEAR GRANNIS ARKANSAS. THE STORM JUST SOUTH OF BETHYL WAS LIKELY PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ALONG WITH PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AS IT MOVES EAST SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM SPRING HILL NORTHEAST TO NEAR EMERSON AND ATLANTA ARKANSAS. THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AS IT MOVES EAST SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH. WESSON ARKANSAS AND JUNCTION CITY ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT PORTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX AND EAST CENTRAL TEXAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF OVER AN INCH PER HOUR AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. NNNN
Special weather statement, May 31, 5:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
OKZ077-TXZ097-112-126-137-138-150-151-153-165-152-166-167-ARZ050- 051-059-060-061-070-071-072-073-LAZ001-002-003-004-006-005-010- 012-013-018-019-021-017-014-011-312345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 540 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 535 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF IDABEL OKLAHOMA EAST NORTHEAST TO NEAR DEQUEEN AND MURFREESBORO ARKANSAS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS NORTH OF BROKEN BOW OKLAHOMA AS THEY MOVE EAST AT NEAR 20 MPH. ELSEWHERE...A DEVELOPING AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS FROM NORTHEAST OF MT. PLEASANT TO NEAR BASSET AND NEW BOSTON TEXAS. THIS AREA WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS FROM NEAR BENTON EAST TO JUST NORTH OF MINDEN AND HOMER TO SOUTH OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS AREA WERE LOCATED FROM JUNCTION CITY TO NEAR BLANCHARD SPRINGS ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT NEAR 20 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT PORTIONS OF THE ARKLATEX AND EAST CENTRAL TEXAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF OVER AN INCH PER HOUR AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. NNNN
Special weather statement, May 31, 6:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
TXZ097-112-126-137-138-150-151-010015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 606 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS... AT 605 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS FROM JUST EAST OF DANGERFIELD TO JUST WEST OF KILDARE AND NEAR JEFFERSON TEXAS OR 5 MILES WEST OF CADDO LAKE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYING RAPIDLY AND WERE LIKELY PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. IF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY...A WARNING MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR CASS...MARION AND HARRISON COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. STAY TUNNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine, San Augustine | 67 min |
| May 31, 9:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Sabine | 3 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.