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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Shreveport, LA

September 11, 2014McCurtain County, Oklahoma; Sevier County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 11, 2014, 9:07 AM CDT for McCurtain County, Oklahoma; Sevier County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 2014, 9:07 AM CDT (14:07 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Sevier County, AR, McCurtain County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:07 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 11, 10:00 AM CDTFLASH FLOODDe Queen, ARSEVERAL CITY LIMIT STREETS REMAIN WITH BARACADES THIS AFTERNOON.
Sep 11, 10:00 AM CDTFLASH FLOODEagletown, OKSEVERAL ROADS WERE UNDERWATER...WITH SWIFT MOVING WATER WASHING A TRUCK OFF THE ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 12:00Z on 2014-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1035 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2014-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1035 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

161 
WGUS54 KSHV 111407
FFWSHV
ARC133-OKC089-111700-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0013.140911T1407Z-140911T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
907 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  SEVIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DE QUEEN...

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 902 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM
  OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
GILLHAM...WEST LINE AND EAGLETOWN ALONG US HIGHWAYS 70 AND 59.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA WITH 2 TO 4 ALREADY ON THE GROUND IN THE LAST 3 HOURS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3410 9463 3419 9430 3419 9422 3406 9421
      3394 9463

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 9:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVMcCurtain3 hr
Sep 11, 9:40 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVMcCurtain3 hr
Sep 11, 11:59 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVMcCurtain2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2014Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2014Every 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.