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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Shreveport, LA

December 23, 2002Winn Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Dec 23, 2002, 11:37 PM CST for Winn Parish, Louisiana. 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 as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 23, 2002, 11:37 PM CST (05:37 UTC)
Expired: Dec 24, 2002, 3:30 AM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Winn Parish, LA

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 109 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 354 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 335 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 400 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS54 KSHV 240537
FFWSHV
LAC127-240930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1137 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WINN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 330 AM CST

* AT 1137 PM CST...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR      
  INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF WINN PARISH. ONE TO THREE INCHES 
  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE PARISH THIS EVENING...AND AN   
  ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.      
  NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HIGH WATER OVER AREA ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN        
  REPORTED...AND THIS RAIN WILL AGGRAVATE THE ONGOING FLOODING       
  PROBLEM. 

THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...
URBAN HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES...ALONG WITH COUNTRY ROADS...AND LOW
FARMLAND.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING FOR...
  WINN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA
UNTIL 330 AM CST.

LAT...LON 3214 9286 3194 9287 3176 9295 3186 9232
          3215 9258

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 Dec 23, 8:00 PM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 8:00 PM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
800 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002

WELL...RUC SEEMS TO BE VERIFYING WITH MOVEMENT OF FRONT...A LITTLE
FASTER THAN THE MESOETA I USED. BUT MESOETA IS VERIFYING WELL WITH
THE 2ND ROUND OF CONVECTION STREAMING IN FROM FTW AND SAT AREAS.
THESE STORMS COULD BE HAILERS GIVEN THEIR ELEVATED NATURE BEHIND THE
FRONT AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF COLDER AIR ALOFT WITH THEM. ANYHOW...NO
NEED TO LOWER POPS OUT WEST. ADJUSTED WINDS AND TEMPS IN SOME GROUPS.
NEW TORNADO WATCH COVERS SAME COUNTIES/PARISHES...EXTENDED TIL 3 AM
BUT TX PORTION IS INCREASINGLY BEHIND THE FRONT PUSHING SOUTHWARD
THROUGH OCH AND LFK ALREADY. 17

.SHV...TORNADO WATCH TIL 3 AM
       TXZ152-153-165>167
       LAZ010-011-013-017>022.
       FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT SOUTH OF I 30.

Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 12:00 PM CST, 11 hours 37 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>167-241200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...ESPECIALLY FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. FURTHER NORTH...THERE IS A SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ROUGHLY BETWEEN INTERSTATE 20 AND INTERSTATE 30.

A VIGOROUS PAIR OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT.  A WARM FRONT IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD
ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA...AND THIS EVENING IT
SHOULD BE LOCATED FROM THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA TO NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA. IN THE WARM AND HUMID AIR SOUTH OF THE FRONT...SURFACE
BASED INSTABILITY AND THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE SHOULD BE CONDUCIVE
TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS. NORTH OF THE WARM
FRONT...ELEVATED INSTABILITY ABOVE THE COOL SURFACE AIR WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

LATER TONIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA...BRINGING
WITH IT AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY AS A SQUALL
LINE. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...
LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SCENARIO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 23, 8:16 PM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
816 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0615 PM    3 SE ST MAURICE           LA   WIND DAMAGE
12/23/02   WINN                           TREE DOWN OVER HIGHWAY 71
                                          BETWEEN ST MAURICE AND
                                          MONTGOMERY REPORT FROM LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

15

Local storm report, Dec 23, 8:48 PM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
848 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002

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

0840 PM    2 W DIALVILLE             TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
12/23/02   CHEROKEE                       REPORT FROM PUBLIC...NWS
                                          COOP OBSERVER.

0845 PM    JACKSONVILLE              TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
12/23/02   CHEROKEE                       REPORT FROM SHERIFF.

Local storm report, Dec 23, 9:30 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
930 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002

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

0915 PM    GALLATIN                  TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
12/23/02   CHEROKEE                       SPOTTER REPORT.

0915 PM    HENDERSON                 TX   1.25 INCH HAIL
12/23/02   RUSK                           SPOTTER REPORT.

VIII.

Local storm report, Dec 23, 9:30 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
930 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002

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

0850 PM    GALLATIN                  TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
12/23/02   CHEROKEE                       SPOTTER REPORT.

0850 PM    TURNEY                    TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
12/23/02   CHEROKEE                       FROM SPOTTER

0915 PM    HENDERSON                 TX   1.25 INCH HAIL
12/23/02   RUSK                           SPOTTER REPORT.

0915 PM    HENDERSON                 TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
12/23/02   RUSK                           COVERED THE GROUND ON
                                          THE WEST LOOP. IT RESULTED
                                          IN CAR WRECKS. FROM LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

THIS CORRECTS TIME OF THE GALLATIN REPORT.

Local storm report, Dec 23, 10:05 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1005 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002

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

0850 PM    GALLATIN                  TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
12/23/02   CHEROKEE                       FROM SPOTTER...THIS
                                          CORRECTS TIME OF EARLIER
                                          REPORT.

0937 PM    TATUM                     TX   .88 INCH HAIL
12/23/02   PANOLA                         HAIL COVERED THE GROUND.
                                          FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT.

Special weather statement, Dec 23, 11:27 PM CST, 10 minutes before

LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-241000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1127 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER NORTH LOUISIANA...

A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST LOUISIANA TO BETWEEN
ALEXANDRIA AND NATCHITOCHES TO THE SOUTH END OF TOLEDO BEND
RESERVOIR.

STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUST TO 40 TO 45 MPH WILL
OCCUR AT TIMES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT ACROSS NORTH
LOUISIANA. THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT
FELL ON MONDAY...AS A RESULT A FEW TREES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN.
HOWEVER THE WINDS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 23, 6:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Winn	59 min
Dec 23, 7:05 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	De Soto	4 hr
Dec 23, 7:53 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Winn	4 hr
Dec 23, 9:57 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Natchitoches	4 hr
Dec 23, 10:24 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Sabine	4 hr
Dec 23, 11:02 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	De Soto	4 hr

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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.