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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 28, 2014Bowie County, Cass County, Morris County, Texas; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 28, 2014, 6:38 PM CDT for Bowie County, Cass County, Morris County, Texas; 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 2 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: Mar 28, 2014, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 2014, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Hempstead County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Bowie County, TX, Cass County, TX, Morris County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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: 1548 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 5.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

407 
WGUS54 KSHV 282338
FFWSHV
ARC057-073-081-091-TXC037-067-343-290145-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0001.140328T2338Z-140329T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
638 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WAKE VILLAGE...TEXARKANA...SIMMS...
  NEW BOSTON...
  CASS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ATLANTA...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  HEMPSTEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
  LITTLE RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
  MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TEXARKANA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 636 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO REDWATER...
  NASH...MAUD...HOOKS...OGDEN...MANDEVILLE...GENOA AND FULTON

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3330 9481 3374 9383 3304 9368 3298 9482

$$

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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 Mar 28, 4:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 4:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
456 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

.DISCUSSION...

THIS AFTERNOON A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS MOVING INTO
SOUTHERN TEXAS WITH AN INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
CURVING INTO DEEP EAST TEXAS AND NORTH INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST
TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWEST
FROM THE NORTHEAST TEXAS ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS INTO SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND DOWN ACROSS NORTH TEXAS INTO THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
CENTER OVER SOUTH TEXAS. OUT AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW AND FRONTAL
BOUNDARIES...THE SKIES CLEARED ALLOWING THE TEMPERATURES TO WARM
INTO THE MID 70/S TO THE LOWER 80/S WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE FOUR STATE REGION. THE WARM TEMPERATURES
WILL ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE REST OF OUR COUNTY
WARNING AREA. HAVE EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 37 SOUTH
TO INCLUDE OUR REMAINING COUNTIES OF DEEP EAST TEXAS AND LOUISIANA
THAT WERE NOT IN THE PREVIOUS WATCH ISSUANCE'S. STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS NOW ONGOING OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL NEAR GOLF BALL SIZE ALONG WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SEVERAL WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES
HAVE BEEN MOVING AROUND THE BASE OF AN UPPER TROUGH TO THE WEST
AND MOVING OVER THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND WARM SECTIONS AHEAD OF
THE SURFACE BOUNDARY...HELPING THE THUNDERSTORM FORMATION. FOR THE
REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING THE UPPER TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AND INTO SOUTH
TEXAS WILL MOVE EAST SPREADING THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND SURFACE
LOW EAST PROVIDING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE
HAIL IS GOING TO OCCUR FOR MANY AREAS AND PROTECTION FOR VEHICLES
AND OTHER ITEMS MAY NEED TO BE ATTEMPTED UNDER COVER INTO THE EVENING.
BY LATE TONIGHT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENDING AS
THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS SHIFTS EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. RIDGING
ALOFT AND ON THE SURFACE WILL MOVE INTO THE FOUR STATE REGION
PROVIDING FOR A DRY PERIOD INTO THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK WHEN
ANOTHER PASSING SHORT WAVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS SHIFTS EAST
AND MAY TRAIL ENOUGH ENERGY TO PROVIDE FOR THE NORTHERN ZONES FOR
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE FOR
THE MIDDLE TO LATE WEEK AS A CLOSED LOW DEVELOPS OVER CALIFORNIA
AND SENDS A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES THROUGH THE RESULTING SOUTHWEST
FLOW TO PROVIDE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FOR LATE NEXT WEEK AND
INTO THE WEEKEND A DRY PERIOD WILL RETURN AS RIDGING ALOFT AND ON
THE SURFACE RETURN TO THE AREA. /06/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  53  73  45  75  49 /  60   0   0   0   0
MLU  55  71  43  73  48 /  70   0   0   0   0
DEQ  46  71  38  74  47 /  40   0   0   0   0
TXK  50  71  44  73  50 /  50   0   0   0   0
ELD  53  71  40  72  46 /  70   0   0   0   0
TYR  49  73  45  78  52 /  30   0   0   0   0
GGG  50  73  43  77  51 /  30   0   0   0   0
LFK  54  77  44  77  49 /  60   0   0   0   0

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 11:00 AM CDT, 7 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1100 AM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-291100-
ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-
CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-
HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION-
MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA-
PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR-
WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD-
1100 AM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
AND SPREAD ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION...AHEAD OF A STRONG UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE...THAT WILL SHIFT EAST ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS.
A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL BE IN PLACE...WITH SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY DEVELOPING BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.
COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT...WILL ADD TO THE INSTABILITY WITH LARGE
HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT...ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED
TORNADO CAN SPIN UP. LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ORGANIZE INTO CLUSTERS AND RACE RAPIDLY EAST OUT
OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND AMATEUR
RADIO OPERATORS...WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 28, 5:45 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
545 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0459 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TEXARKANA               33.45N  94.02W
03/28/2014                   MILLER             AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1400139

MDV

Local storm report, Mar 28, 6:20 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
620 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0618 PM     HAIL             RUSK                    31.80N  95.15W
03/28/2014  E1.00 INCH       CHEROKEE           TX   911 CALL CENTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1400140

MDV

Local storm report, Mar 28, 6:27 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
627 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0626 PM     HAIL             GREENWOOD               32.44N  93.97W
03/28/2014  E1.50 INCH       CADDO              LA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PING PONG SIZE HAIL AT GREENWOOK

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1400141

MDV

Local storm report, Mar 28, 6:31 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
631 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     HAIL             SHREVEPORT              32.47N  93.80W
03/28/2014  E1.00 INCH       CADDO              LA   NWS OFFICE

            1 INCH HAIL AT NWS OFFICE IN SHREVEPORT

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1400142

MDV

Local storm report, Mar 28, 6:37 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
637 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 PM     HAIL             WASKOM                  32.48N  94.06W
03/28/2014  E2.75 INCH       HARRISON           TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            BASEBALLL SIZE HAIL WAS REOPRTED IN WASKOM TX.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1400143

MDV

Local storm report, Mar 28, 6:38 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
638 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0605 PM     HAIL             GREENWOOD               32.44N  93.97W
03/28/2014  E1.75 INCH       CADDO              LA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1400144

MDV

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 28, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Morris, Red River, Titus	37 min
Mar 28, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris, Red River, Titus	51 min
Mar 28, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Morris, Titus, Upshur	48 min
Mar 28, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	50 min
Mar 28, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris	42 min
Mar 28, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Upshur	67 min
Mar 28, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	46 min
Mar 28, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk	61 min
Mar 28, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	47 min
Mar 28, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby	53 min
Mar 28, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Morris, Red River, Titus	51 min
Mar 28, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Smith	64 min
Mar 28, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison	62 min
Mar 28, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Panola, Shelby	63 min
Mar 28, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Smith	56 min
Mar 28, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine and 1 more	57 min
Mar 28, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier	42 min
Mar 28, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	20 min
Mar 28, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Nevada, Sevier	62 min
Mar 28, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Miller, Nevada	56 min
Mar 28, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada	57 min
Mar 28, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Union	61 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2014 Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2014 Every flash flood warning in 2014

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.