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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Shreveport, LA

July 5, 1995Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 1995, 4:35 AM CDT for Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 1995, 4:35 AM CDT (09:35 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 1995, 8:30 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Sevier County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3845 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 9.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 050935
FFWSHV
ARC061-081-133-051330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
435 AM CDT WED JUL 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...HOWARD COUNTY...LITTLE RIVER COUNTY...SEVIER COUNTY
 
...AT 430 AM...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF
RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT. THIS RAIN HAS
SATURATED THE GROUND.
 
ANOTHER ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE DURING THE
NEXT FEW HOURS AS STORMS THAT WERE OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND
SOAUTHEAST OKLAHOMA MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS WHERE THE HEAVY RAIN
OCCURRED.
 
FLOODING OF STREETS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AS WELL
AS SOME SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL OCCUR.
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WAT"ER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

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 5, 2:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 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-
012-013-018-019-021-017-014-011-050845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
237 AM CDT WED JUL 5 1995

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 400 AM...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM FOR
MOST OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

AT 230 AM...DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A 20 MILE LINE
OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM MURFREESBORO AND NASHVILLE
ARKANSAS TO ASHDOWN TO DE KALB AND MT PLEASANT TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST AT 30 MPH.

SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH
ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE LINE OVER
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS FROM MAGNOLIA TO CAMDEN. WHILE SHOWERS HAD
DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS TO THE
EAST OF A LINE FROM NACOGDOCHES TEXAS TO LONGVIEW TO SHREVEPORT.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

Local storm report, Jul 5, 3:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
325 AM CDT WED JUL 5 1995

TIME CDT   .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1030 PM    5 NE BETHEL               OK   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/95   MCCURTAIN                      SEVERAL TREES DOWN.

1155 PM    BROKEN BOW LAKE           OK   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/95   MCCURTAIN                      SEVERAL TREES DOWN 5 NE OF
                                          BROKEN BOW LAKE.

0130 AM    UMPIRE                    AR   WIND DAMAGE
07/05/95   HOWARD                         SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN
                                          ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
                                          JUST SOUTH OF UMPIRE.

Local storm report, Jul 5, 3:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
325 AM CDT WED JUL 5 1995

TIME CDT   .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1030 PM    5 NE BETHEL               OK   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/95   MCCURTAIN                      SEVERAL TREES DOWN.

1155 PM    BROKEN BOW LAKE           OK   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/95   MCCURTAIN                      SEVERAL TREES DOWN 5 NE OF
                                          BROKEN BOW LAKE.

0130 AM    UMPIRE                    AR   WIND DAMAGE
07/05/95   HOWARD                         SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN
                                          ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
                                          JUST SOUTH OF UMPIRE.

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:49 AM CDT, 46 minutes before

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-
018-019-021-017-014-011-050945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
350 AM CDT WED JUL 5 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM FOR PORTIONS
OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND A SMALL PORTION OF
NORTH LOUISIANA...

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES THE TORNADO WATHCES
FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THAT EXPIRE AT 400 AM...

AT 345 AM...DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE
OF A 20 MILE WIDE LINE OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS FROM READER ARKANSAS
TO FOUKE ARKANSAS TO ATLANTA TEXAS TO JUST NORTH OF LONGVIEW TO
TYLER TEXAS...MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WINDS OF 40 TO 55 MPH...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND ONE TO ONE AN HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME.

THUNDERSTORMST WERE OCCURRING AHEAD OF THE LINE BETWEEN EL DORADO
AND MAGNOLIA ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:50 AM CDT, 45 minutes before

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-
018-019-021-017-014-011-050945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
350 AM CDT WED JUL 5 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM FOR PORTIONS
OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND A SMALL PORTION OF
NORTH LOUISIANA...

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES THE TORNADO WATHCES
FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THAT EXPIRE AT 400 AM...

AT 345 AM...DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE
OF A 20 MILE WIDE LINE OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS FROM READER ARKANSAS
TO FOUKE ARKANSAS TO ATLANTA TEXAS TO JUST NORTH OF LONGVIEW TO
TYLER TEXAS...MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WINDS OF 40 TO 55 MPH...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND ONE TO ONE AN HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING AHEAD OF THE LINE BETWEEN EL DORADO
AND MAGNOLIA ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:11 AM CDT, 24 minutes before

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-
018-019-021-017-014-011-051015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
411 AM CDT WED JUL 5 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM
FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND
A SMALL PORTION OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

AT 410 AM...DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE
OF A 20 MILE WIDE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST WEST OF
CAMDEN ARKANSAS TO VIVIAN LOUISIANA TO LONGVIEW TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST AT 40 MPH.

WINDS OF 40 TO 55 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND
OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 1995 Every flash flood warning in 1995

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.