Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

May 14, 2003, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)

Expired

May 14, 2003, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Howard County, AR, Sevier County, AR, McCurtain County, OK

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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.

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.

000 
WGUS54 KSHV 142003
FFWSHV
ARC061-133-OKC089-150000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
259 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  HOWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
  SEVIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 259 PM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR   
INDICATED A BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING WEST TO EAST  
REPEATEDLY ACROSS AN AREA WHICH HAS ALREADY RECIEVED 2 TO 4 INCHES 
OF RAINFALL SINCE LAST NIGHT. RUNOFF MAY OCCUR SUDDENLY IN HILLY 
AREAS. 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING FOR...
  MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  HOWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
  SEVIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3445 9490 3409 9504 3407 9380 3429 9397

$$

NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 14, 10:53 AM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1053 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2003

INCREASING INSOLATION OVER EXTREME NE TX NEAR BOUNDARY WHERE STORMS
ARE REFIRING. STORMS BACK TO THE OKC VICINITY WILL POSSIBLY FILL IN
AND INTENSIFY...AND MOVE ESE INTO CWA. THE INSOLATION ALONG THE RED
RIVER OF NE TX MAY HELP MORE QUICKLY DESTABILIZE THE REGION AS THE
DEVELOPING CONVECTIVE BAND SAGS INTO THE SAME AREA.

CHANGED CLOUD COVER TO VARIABLE CLOUDINESS MOST OF AREA. RAISED
TEMPS A LITTLE OVER NE TX. 17

.SHV...NONE.

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-151100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003

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 SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT ACROSS THE FOUR STATES REGION. HOWEVER...THE
NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE
20...IS THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN. A WEAK WARM FRONT STRETCHES
FROM THE RED RIVER OF MCCURTAIN COUNTY OKLAHOMA...THROUGH THE
VICINITY OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS. THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SERVE AS
A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...WITH STORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE
EAST SOUTHEASTWARD AFTER FORMING. VERY LARGE HAIL IS THE PRIMARY
THREAT WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH STRONG
DAMAGING WINDS ALSO QUITE POSSIBLE. ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE
RULED OUT EITHER...ESPECIALLY JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT
WHERE LOW LEVEL VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL BE GREATEST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
THERE IS A CONTINUED SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY.

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

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2003Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.