Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

Jan 5, 1998, 11:23 PM CST (05:23 UTC)

Expired

Jan 6, 1998, 2:30 AM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Smith County, TX

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:22 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 060524
FFWSHV
TXC423-060830-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1123 PM CST MON JAN 5 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 AM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA...
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...SMITH COUNTY
 
AT 1123 PM CST DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER SMITH COUNTY NEAR TYLER THAT WAS PRODUCING
RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR WHICH HAS AND WILL
CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
 
SOME WATER NEAR 1 FOOT DEEP WAS REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 31 NEAR
CHANDLER IN SMITH COUNTY.
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND
WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK FROM NEAR TYLER TO WINONA. THE HEAVY RAIN
WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES OVER ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES IN LOW CROSSINGS.
THE STORM ALSO MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO ALONG WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF
70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKLES OR LARGER.
 
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CST FOR
SMITH COUNTY TEXAS...POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER NORTHWEST TYLER AT
1123 PM CST MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH...
 
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS
THROUGH TONIGHT...
 
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO dNOT 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 Jan 5, 9:15 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
915 PM CST MON JAN 5 1998

STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN CENTRAL TX AND MOVING EAST NORTHEAST.
CURRENTLY ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
BUT AN INCREASE IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT.  INVITATIONS HAVE BEEN SENT
OUT TO THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT FOR A THUNDEROUS PARTY.  SO UNTIL THEN WILL
ONLY DO A MINOR DRESSING TO THE FORECAST.

ELEVEN

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.