Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

Sep 13, 1998, 12:33 PM CDT (17:33 UTC)

Expired

Sep 13, 1998, 4:15 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties De Soto Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1233 PM CDT SUN SEP 13 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DE SOTO PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA
  SABINE PARISH IN WESTERN LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 1232 PM CDT... THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED A 10 TO 30 MILE WIDE LINE OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED
  THUNDERSTORMS NEAR AND JUST EAST OF THE LOUISIANA/TEXAS BORDER...
  INCLUDING COMMUNITIES ALONG TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR.

* DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE
  WESTERN PORTIONS OF SABINE AND DE SOTO PARISHES DURING THE PAST
  THREE HOURS.  ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER WESTERN
  PORTIONS OF SABINE PARISH WITHIN THE LAST HOUR.  AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO
  4 INCHES OF RAIN MAY OCCUR OVER THE WARNED AREA AS SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS MOVE NORTH AT 30 MPH OVER THE SAME GENERAL AREAS.
  THE ENTIRE LINE OF PRECIPITATION IS VERY SLOWLY DRIFTING TO THE
  EAST.


FLASH FLOODING WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY.  DO
NOT DRIVE YOU VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. IN
AREAS OF HIGH WATER...DO NOT LET CHILDREN PLAY AROUND STORM DRAINS OR
CULVERTS.

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NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 13, 9:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
945 AM CDT SUN SEP 13 1998

NORTH TO SOUTH BANDS OF SHOWERS CONTINUE TO TRAIN NORTHWARD ALONG THE
TX/LA BORDER. AXIS OF PCPN NOT CHANGED FROM SATURDAY AND SHORT TERM
MODELS KEEP QPF ACROSS SAME AREA. SOME ECHO TOPS A BIT HIGHER THAN
YESTERDAY BUT AT LEAST LDS DISPLAY IS CLEAR. THESE BORDER COUNTIES/
PARISHES NEED TO BE MONITERED FOR FLOODING ALTHOUGH NO PROBLEMS HAVE
BEEN REPORTED OVERNIGHT. OTHERWISE...TEMP AND AVIATION FORECASTING
REMAIN ON THE PERSISTENT TREND WITH CENTER OF T.S. REMNANTS MOVING
VERY SLOWLY NORTH INTO NORTHERN TX.

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In the hours before

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THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1000 AM CDT SUN SEP 13 1998

RAIN AND SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT.
A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR AS WELL...HOWEVER...THE THREAT
OF ISOLATED TORNADOES APPEARS TO BE LESS TODAY. OTHER FORMS OF SEVERE
WEATHER ARE NOT EXPECTED AT ALL.

ACTIVATION OF SPOTTER GROUPS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS...AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR TODAY OR TONIGHT.

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ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-131600-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1000 AM CDT SUN SEP 13 1998

RAIN AND SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT.
A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR AS WELL...HOWEVER...THE THREAT
OF ISOLATED TORNADOES APPEARS TO BE LESS TODAY. OTHER FORMS OF SEVERE
WEATHER ARE NOT EXPECTED AT ALL.

ACTIVATION OF SPOTTER GROUPS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS...AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR TODAY OR TONIGHT.

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

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