Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

Jul 9, 1996, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)

Expired

Jul 9, 1996, 7:30 PM CDT

In force

115 min

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Jackson Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 092235
FFWSHV
LAC073-111-049-061-100030-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
535 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
 
IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...OUACHITA PARISH...UNION PARISH
 
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...JACKSON PARISH...LINCOLN PARISH
 
DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUED TO INDICATE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT OVER
TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA
DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE STORMS ARE DRIFTING SLOWLY EASTWARD. BECAUSE
OF THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS
AND PONDING OF STREETS ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
IMMEDIATELY.
 
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
 
STAY TUNNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS
FLOODING SITUATION.
 
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NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 9, 3:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
330 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 1996

TSTMS FORMED RAPIDLY THIS AFTN IN VRY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR AS SHORT
WAVE RODE UP WK FNTL BNDRY. ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT SLOWLY EAST TONIGHT.
CHC FOR TSTMS APPEAR TO CONT THROUGH THE WEEK ACCORDING TO ETA/AVN.
NGM KEEPS ACTIVITY FURTHER NORTH...BUT INITIALIZED BNDRY TOO FAR NORTH.
ANOTHER VORT TO MV INTO NE TX WED MORNING WITH UNUSUAL MSTR FEED FROM
WESTERN OK. AIR CONT TO BE UNSTABLE AS UPR FLOW VEERS TO WNW IN RESPONSE
TO UPR HIGH IN NORTH GULF MOVING WEST INTO SOUTH TX COAST. ENERGY LATER
IN PERIOD TO SPIN OFF SW TX VORT LOBE. CROSS SECTIONS REVEAL MODERATE
VERTICAL MOTIONS THRU PERIOD AND CONT ON AVN THRU 72 HOURS. BEST MSTR
AND ENERGY MAINLY TO NORTH AND WEST OF CWA SO WILL LEAVE CHC CAT.
A SLGHT COOLDOWN ON DAYTIME HIGHS WITH MODIFIED CAN AIR AND INCREASED
CLD CVR. WILL GO CLOSE TO NGM TEMPS EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE SHOWING A
WARM BIAS IN COMP TO OTHER MODELS.

SHV 72/89/70/91  6523       MLU 74/87/70/92  5623
VII

Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.