Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

Jan 6, 1998, 2:36 AM CST (08:36 UTC)

Expired

Jan 6, 1998, 5:45 AM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Miller County, AR, Bowie County, TX

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 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 060838
FFWSHV
ARC091-TXC037-061145-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
236 AM CST TUE JAN 6 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 AM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...MILLER COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...BOWIE COUNTY
 
AT 235 AM CST DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED A 20 MILE WIDE
BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS AND
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR WATERLOO SOUTH TO NEAR
CANFIELD ARKANSAS AND THEN SOUTHWEST ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA AND INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS TO NEAR LONGVIEW. THIS BAND
OF HEAVY RAIN WITH AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR CAUSED
RAPID WATER RUNOFF OVER BOWIE COUNTY TEXAS AND MILLER COUNTY ARKANSAS
DUE NEAR SATURATED SOILS FROM PREVIOUS RAINS YESTERDAY. AS A RESULT
FLOODING OVER SOME ROADWAYS OCCURRED IN NEW BOSTON AND IN
TEXARKANA. RADAR ALSO INDICATED SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA BEHIND THE HEAVIER BAND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING.
 
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR
25 MPH.
 
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 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 Jan 6, 2:30 AM CST, 6 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
230 AM CST TUE JAN 6 1998

LARGE AREA OF SHWRS AND TSTMS CONTS TO PROGRESS TO THE NE ACRS NRN
AND NW SECTIONS OF THE CWA THIS MRNG. SOME CONVECTION BEGINNING TO DVLP
NOW IN THE LFK AREA. THIS AREA SHUD START TO FILL IN ACRS LA BEFORE
SUNRISE. MODELS SLL AGREE THAT NEXT S/WV WITH SIG UVVS WILL WORK
ACRS CWA LATER TODAY. SFC FNT ALSO BGNS MOVG ACRS CWA TONIGHT. THIS
FTR SHUD PUSH E OF THE CWA DRNG THE DAY WED. WITH FNT MOVG SLOWLY E
TONIGHT WILL PROVIDE A VERY GOOD FOCUS FOR FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY
RAIN ACRS NE TX THIS EVNG AND TONIGHT. WITH RAIN LIKELY TO DVLP OVER
LA TODAY AND AGN IN TX AND AR TONIGHT CAN SEE NO REASON TO DROP
FALSH FLOOD WATCHES FOR TODAY AND WILL LIKELY NEED TO EXTEND THEM
INTO TONIGHT. UPR LVL TROF SHUD PROGRESS SLOWLY E INTO N CNTRL TX
BY LATE WED AND ERLY THUR. WITH COLD POOL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FTR
SLOW TO MOVE OUT OF AREA AND CONTD PRESENCE OF MSTR EVEN BEHIND THE
SFC FNT WILL EXPECT CHC FOR PCPN TO EXTEND INTO ERLY THUR.

WILL GO HEAVY ON POPS THRU THE PERIOD AND WILL NEED TO MENTION HEAVY
RAIN LA AND AR TODAY AND ALL AREAS TONIGHT.

FOR POPS DO NOT FORESEE MUCH DIURNAL CHANGE TODAY OR TONIGHT. WILL
STAY CLOSE TO GUIDANCE TEMPS FOR THE FCST.

SHV 67/54/56 998   MLU 66/56/59 998

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