Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

Mar 2, 1997, 5:00 AM CST (11:00 UTC)

Expired

Mar 2, 1997, 9:00 AM CST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KSHV 021101
FFWSHV
LAC015-017-027-031-119-TXC347-073-365-419-021500-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
500 AM CST SUN MAR 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 AM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
 
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...BOSSIER PARISH...CADDO PARISH...CLAIBORNE PARISH
   ...DE SOTO PARISH...WEBSTER PARISH
 
IN EAST TEXAS
 
   ...NACOGDOCHES COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...CHEROKEE COUNTY...PANOLA COUNTY...SHELBY COUNTY
 
AT 500 AM CST DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE AREA WAS ABOUT 80 MILES WIED
AND EXTENDED GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR HOT SPRINGS
SOUTHWEST TO NEAR FOUKE ARKANSAS AND INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS TO NEAR
LONGVIEW AND TYLER. WITHIN THE LARGE AREA VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1 1/2 INCH PER HOUR WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTWHEST
LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS FROM NEAR SPRING HILL AND HOMER
LOUISIANA SOUTHWEST ACROSS SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER CITY AND INTO
NORTHEAST TEXAS TO NEAR CARTHAGE...MOUNT ENTERPRISE...AND
ALTO. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AND
SPREAD OVER THE SAME GENRAL AREA AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THIS REGION
HAS HAD HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND SOILS
HAVE REACHED SATURATION WITH WATER RUNOFF RESULTING IN FLOODING
AND CAUSING RIVERS...LAKES...AND BAYOUS TO RUN HIGH WITH SOME
OUT OF BANKS. MANY ROADS WILL BE FLOODED AND THERE WILL BE
ROAD WASHOUTS.
 
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.
 
SIX

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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.