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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 4, 2000Morris County, Titus County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 4, 2000, 2:45 AM CDT for Morris County, Titus County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 2000, 2:45 AM CDT (07:45 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2000, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Morris County, TX, Titus County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 130 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2000-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 56 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2000-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-213 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KSHV 040746
FFWSHV
TXC343-449-041130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
245 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN TEXAS
  TITUS COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 645 AM CDT

* AT 235 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL OVER TITUS AND MORRIS COUNTIES.  ADDITIONAL
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO TO FOUR INCHES IS EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY
  MORNING HOURS.  THIS IS IN ADDITION TO ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS 
  ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF TITUS AND MORRIS COUNTIES.  THIS WILL
  CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...SMALL STREAMS.  SOME
  HIGHWAYS MAY BE CLOSED.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING FOR...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN TEXAS
  TITUS COUNTY IN TEXAS
UNTIL 645 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3321 9491 3310 9508 3308 9478 3320 9471

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMorris35 min
May 3, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUpshur55 min
May 3, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass45 min
May 3, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMarion58 min
May 3, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee46 min
May 3, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUpshur61 min
May 3, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg58 min
May 3, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison57 min
May 3, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee63 min
May 3, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison50 min
May 4, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSmith65 min
May 4, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNacogdoches59 min
May 4, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUpshur54 min
May 4, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg64 min
May 4, 2:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVCherokee, Nacogdoches4 hr
May 4, 4:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSmith47 min
May 4, 5:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRusk, Smith65 min
May 4, 6:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVPanola, Rusk, Smith4 hr
May 4, 6:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPanola59 min

Nearby

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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.