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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 28, 1998Miller County, Arkansas; Bowie County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 1998, 3:06 PM CDT for Miller County, Arkansas; Bowie County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 1998, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 1998, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Miller County, AR, Bowie County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1498 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSHV 282007
FFWSHV
ARC091-TXC037-282300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
306 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME EASTERN BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS
  NORTHERN MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 300 PM CDT... AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED SEVERE FLOODING
  CONTINUED IN TEXARKANA AND IN NORTHERN MILLER COUNTY.
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN MILLER COUNTY.
  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.

* TORRENTIAL RAIN OF MORE THAN 10 INCHES IN TEXARKANA AND
  NORTHERN MILLER COUNTY HAS CLOSE MANY ROADS IN THE TEXARKANA AREA
  AND IN NORTHERN MILLER COUNTY. MOST SECONDARY ROADS ARE FLOODED
  AND IMPASSABLE. EVACUATION OF A NURSING HOME AND OTHER RESIDENCES
  HAS OCCURRED IN TEXARKANA. IN SOME AREAS... LAW ENFORCEMENT
  OFFICIALS CAN ONLY REACH THE RESIDENCES BY BOAT.

IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN HIGH WATER...ABANDON IT AND GO TO HIGHER
GROUND. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY SWEEP THE VEHICLE AWAY.

IN AREAS OF HIGH WATER...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS AND
CULVERTS.

&

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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.

NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 28, 2:15 PM CDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:15 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
215 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1998

CLASSIC SPIRAL UPR LOW MOVG INTO CNTRL AR AND ON LINE WITH SHORT TERM
ETA RUN. VRY SLOW MVMNT CREATING ASTOUNDING TRAINING SW AR WITH PCPN
GETTING INTO DOUBLE DIGITS AND THIS IS TO SW OF LOW CNTR ETA SHOWING
VRY JUICY AIR OVERNIGHT WITH LIFT SHFTG JUST SOUTH. SO LOOKING FOR SCT
TSTMS NORTH LA TONIGHT ALTHOUGH CLDS SHOWING A CLRG TREND EAST TX. OK
THEN...WE WILL SEE CLRG TREND REST OF AREA BY FRI AFTN OR EVE. IN THE
MEANTIME WE CAN HOPE SW AR IS SPARED TONIGHT. FWC TEMPS LOOK GOOD BUT
A CAT TOO HIGH ON SAT AS FWC HAS BEEN DOING WITH MAX EXTREMES THIS
SEASON.

SHV 70/91/68/93  2100            MLU 72/91/69/91  4311    07

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 10:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-281600-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1000 AM CDT THU MAY 28 1998

AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE ONGOING IN THE
THREE STATE VICINITY. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS ARE MAINLY REMAINING BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS. REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH
OF LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
AREA AS WELL. THESE STORMS MAY POSSIBLY CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT HOURS
ONCE AGAIN...BUT THIS DEPENDS ON THE SPEED OF THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM.
ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL HAVE A POTENTIAL FOR BECOMING SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

ANY STORMS THAT DO BECOME SEVERE WILL LIKELY REMAIN ISOLATED IN NATURE.
HOWEVER...ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM
SPOTTERS...AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS IS MAY POSSIBLY BE REQUIRED FOR AT
LEAST LOUISIANA PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. VII

Special weather statement, May 28, 10:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-281600-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1000 AM CDT THU MAY 28 1998

AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE ONGOING IN THE
THREE STATE VICINITY. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS ARE MAINLY REMAINING BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS. REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH
OF LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
AREA AS WELL. THESE STORMS MAY POSSIBLY CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT HOURS
ONCE AGAIN...BUT THIS DEPENDS ON THE SPEED OF THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM.
ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL HAVE A POTENTIAL FOR BECOMING SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

ANY STORMS THAT DO BECOME SEVERE WILL LIKELY REMAIN ISOLATED IN NATURE.
HOWEVER...ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM
SPOTTERS...AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS IS MAY POSSIBLY BE REQUIRED FOR AT
LEAST LOUISIANA PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. VII

Local storm report, May 28, 11:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1115 AM CDT THU MAY 28 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

1030 AM    ATLANTA                   TX   FLOODING
05/28/98   CASS                           SEVERAL CARS FLOODED IN
                                          HIGH WATER...PEOPLE
                                          RESCUED FROM THE CARS.

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Local storm report, May 28, 11:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1115 AM CDT THU MAY 28 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

1030 AM    ATLANTA                   TX   FLOODING
05/28/98   CASS                           SEVERAL CARS FLOODED IN
                                          HIGH WATER...PEOPLE
                                          RESCUED FROM THE CARS.

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Local storm report, May 28, 2:35 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...DELAYED REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
235 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0230 PM    RED SPRINGS               TX   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/27/98   SMITH                          TREES BLOWN DOWN BY HIGH
                                          WINDS

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Local storm report, May 28, 2:35 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...DELAYED REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
235 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0230 PM    RED SPRINGS               TX   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/27/98   SMITH                          TREES BLOWN DOWN BY HIGH
                                          WINDS

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 1:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Howard	4 hr
May 28, 1:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Hempstead	4 hr
May 28, 3:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Lafayette	35 min
May 28, 3:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia	34 min
May 28, 3:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Miller	36 min
May 28, 4:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Nevada	48 min
May 28, 4:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Miller	3 hr
May 28, 6:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Columbia	4 hr
May 28, 6:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Lafayette	4 hr
May 28, 8:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Miller	32 min
May 28, 12:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Miller	3 hr
May 28, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia	47 min
May 27, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Panola	46 min
May 28, 6:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	60 min
May 28, 6:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie	3 hr
May 28, 7:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass	34 min
May 28, 8:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass	45 min
May 28, 9:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Cass	3 hr

Nearby

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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.