Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

Aug 1, 1996, 7:12 AM CDT (12:12 UTC)

Expired

Aug 1, 1996, 11:15 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bossier Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA

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TTAA00 KSHV 011211
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LAC015-069-081-011615-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
712 AM CDT THU AUG 1 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
 
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...BOSSIER PARISH...NATCHITOCHES PARISH...RED RIVER PARISH
 
AT 705 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA OVER RED RIVER...
SOUTHERN BOSSIER...AND NORTHERN NATCHITOCHES PARISHES. THE THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD OVER THE SAME GENERAL AREA WITH
SOME RAINFALL TOTALS APPROACHING FOUR TO FIVE INCHES. THE STORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE
TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO NEAR TWO INCHES PER HOUR.
 
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PARTS OF RED RIVER PARISH NEAR
COUSHATTA LOUISIANA.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 1, 4:07 AM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
400 AM CDT THU AUG 1 1996

THIS AM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER N LA AND EXTREME E TX
BUT THESE MAY END DURING EARLY MORNING AS VORT MAX AND PVA MOVE TO THE
EAST. HOWEVER DURING THE DAY A FAVORABLE THETA-E RIDGE AXIS...AFTN HEATING
...AND WEAK VORT ADV INTO THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF FA MAY CAUSE RE-
DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MODELS SHOW THAT THE NW FLOW
REGIME ALOFT TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE FCST PERIOD WITH SEVERAL WEAK VORT
LOBES AND PVA SPREADING OVER CWA WITH THE NEXT MOST SIGNIFICANT FEATURE
TO BE APPROACHING FROM UPSTREAM DURING THE 3RD PERIOD (FRI). FAVORABLE
THETA-E RIDGE AXIS ONCE AGAIN SHOWS THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
DEVELOP AND SPREAD OVER CWA BUT UVV NOT VERY HIGH AND MEAN RH VALUES
RATHER LOW. HOWEVER BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE REMAINS THROUGHOUT PERIOD.
WILL KEEP POPS THROUGH FCST PERIOD AND TEMPS BELOW MOS GUIDANCE OR
MORE NEAR FAN NUMBERS FOR DAYTIME HIGHS.

SHV 90/72/91 335  MLU 89/72/91 433
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Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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