Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 19, 1995, 10:35 PM CDT for Angelina County, Nacogdoches County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 19, 1995, 10:35 PM CDT (03:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 20, 1995, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Angelina County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 618 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 883 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSHV 200339 FFWSHV TXC005-347-403-405-200730- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1035 PM CDT TUE SEP 19 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST TEXAS ...ANGELINA COUNTY...NACOGDOCHES COUNTY...SABINE COUNTY ...SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY AT 1030 PM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS FROM LUFKIN TO SAN AUGUSTINE TO NORTH OF HEMPHILL. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM NORTHWEST OF LUFKIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NACOGDOCHES COUNTY TO NEAR SAN AUGUSTINE DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS. ADDITONAL STORMS EXTENDED WEST TO NORTH OF COLLEGE STATION AND THESE STORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE SAME GENERAL AREA THAT HAS RECEIVED THE HEAVY RAINS. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MAJOR STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN LUFKIN. 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 nONE...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, Sep 19, 5:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>012-OKZ077-TXZ097-112-126- 137-138-150>153-192315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 512 PM CDT TUE SEP 19 1995 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MARCH EAST AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS - NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 510 PM...RADAR INDICATED A 25 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO HOMER AND MINDEN LOUISIANA TO SHREVEPORT TO JUST EAST OF LONGVIEW TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FROM ONE TO ONE AND HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ALONG WITHE WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCING SOME PONDING OF WATERS ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE INDICATED OVER SHREVEPORT...JUST SOUTH OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARMERVILLE LOUISIANA. AHEAD OF THESE LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WERE OCCURRING ALONG A LINE FROM RUSTON LOUISIANA TO RINGGOLD TO CARTHAGE AND HENDERSON TEXAS. THIS LINE OF STRONG WINDS WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. WIDESPREAD RAIN ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE WAKE OF THE LINE OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THE WESTERN EDGE EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF BETHEL OKLAHOMA TO SULPHUR SPRINGS AND CANTON TEXAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE ARKLATEX REGION THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Sep 19, 5:13 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>012-OKZ077-TXZ097-112-126- 137-138-150>153-192315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 512 PM CDT TUE SEP 19 1995 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MARCH EAST AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS - NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 510 PM...RADAR INDICATED A 25 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM EL DORADO ARKANSAS TO HOMER AND MINDEN LOUISIANA TO SHREVEPORT TO JUST EAST OF LONGVIEW TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FROM ONE TO ONE AND HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ALONG WITHE WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCING SOME PONDING OF WATERS ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE INDICATED OVER SHREVEPORT...JUST SOUTH OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARMERVILLE LOUISIANA. AHEAD OF THESE LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WERE OCCURRING ALONG A LINE FROM RUSTON LOUISIANA TO RINGGOLD TO CARTHAGE AND HENDERSON TEXAS. THIS LINE OF STRONG WINDS WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. WIDESPREAD RAIN ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE WAKE OF THE LINE OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THE WESTE RN EDGE EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF BETHEL OKLAHOMA TO SULPHUR SPRINGS AND CANTON TEXAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE ARKLATEX REGION THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Sep 19, 6:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>019-021-OKZ077- TXZ097-112-126-137-138-150>153-166-167-200015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 620 PM CDT TUE SEP 19 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING EAST ACROSS ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS - NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 615 PM...RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM CROSSETT ARKANSAS TO RUSTON LOUISIANA TO MANSFIELD LOUISIANA. THE NORTHWEST EDGE OF THE RAIN STRETCHED FROM MURFREESBORO ARKANSAS TO DE KALB TEXAS TO LAKE OF THE PINES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN FROM FARMERVILLE TO RUSTON TO HALL SUMMIT. THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FROM TWO TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ALONG WITH WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCING SOME PONDING OF WATERS ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES. AHEAD OF THESE LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WERE OCCURRING ALONG A LINE FROM QUITMAN LOUISIANA TO CONVERSE TO CENTER AND CUSHING TEXAS. THIS LINE OF STRONG WINDS WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Sep 19, 8:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
ARZ070-071-LAZ001-002-005-006-013-014-018-019-021-TXZ097-112-126-137- 138-150>153-165>167-200200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 805 PM CDT TUE SEP 19 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OUACHITA PARISH HAS EXPIRED... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 805 PM...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH LOUISIANA TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM FARMERVILLE TO RUSTON TO WINNFIELD TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF NATCHITOCHES. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED SOME IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES...HOWEVER SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WERE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED DURING THE PAST FEW MINUTES OVER EAST TEXAS FROM SAN AUGUSTINE TO NACOGDOCHES. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM TEXARKANA TO LONGVIEW AND TYLER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF WINN AND CALDWELL PARISHES DURING THE PAST HOUR.
Special weather statement, Sep 19, 8:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
ARZ070-071-LAZ001-002-005-006-013-014-018-019-021-TXZ097-112-126-137- 138-150>153-165>167-200200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 805 PM CDT TUE SEP 19 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OUACHITA PARISH HAS EXPIRED... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 805 PM...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH LOUISIANA TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM FARMERVILLE TO RUSTON TO WINNFIELD TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF NATCHITOCHES. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED SOME IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES...HOWEVER SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WERE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED DURING THE PAST FEW MINUTES OVER EAST TEXAS FROM SAN AUGUSTINE TO NACOGDOCHES. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM TEXARKANA TO LONGVIEW AND TYLER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF WINN AND CALDWELL PARISHES DURING THE PAST HOUR.
Special weather statement, Sep 19, 9:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
ARZ059>061-070>072-LAZ001-002-010-011-013-014-017>019-021-TXZ097-112- 126-137-138-150>153-165>167-200315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 930 PM CDT TUE SEP 19 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NACOGDOCHES COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 930 PM...RADAR INDICATED A 25 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM MANY LOUISIANA TO CENTER AND SAN AUGUSTINE TEXAS TO LUFKIN AND NACOGDOCHES. THIS BAND HAS BECOME STATIONARY...WHILE THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST OVER THE SAME GENERAL AREA. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS HEAVY RAINS...HOWEVER WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ANGELINA...SOUTHERN NACOGDOCHES AND THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTIES DURING THE PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT HOUR. THESE RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. A 20 TO 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMDEN ARKANSAS TO TEXARKANA AND FOUKE ARKANSAS TO MARSHALL...LONGVIEW...HENDERSON AND TYLER TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS EARLIER TODAY AND AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING FROM BETWEEN RUSTON AND WINNFIELD LOUISIANA TO WINNSBORO.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches | 63 min |
| Sep 19, 10:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Sabine, San Augustine | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1995Every 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.