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Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 30, 2015Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2015, 11:02 AM CDT for Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 118 min. 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: May 30, 2015, 11:02 AM CDT (16:02 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 118 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 30, 11:15 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Shreveport, LA	FERN AVE FLOODED SOUTHESAST SHREVEPORT
May 30, 11:15 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Shreveport, LA	CITY STREETS IN SHREVEPORT FLOODED INCLUDING PORTIONS OF 70 NEAR YOUREE DRIVE

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 13 minutes after it went out.

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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 6 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: 1281 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

003 
WGUS54 KSHV 301602
FFWSHV
LAC015-017-301800-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0057.150530T1602Z-150530T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1102 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BOSSIER PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHERN CADDO PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT
    
* AT 1100 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY METROPOLITAN 
  AREA. EXPECT TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME WHICH 
  WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ON CITY STREETS. FLASH FLOODING IS 
  EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...GREENWOOD...BLANCHARD...EASTWOOD...
  FOSTERS...RED CHUTE...FORBING...ROBSON...FERGUSON...SLIGO...
  TAYLORTOWN...BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE...ELM GROVE...BODCAU AND
  CROSS LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD 
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3263 9354 3234 9352 3235 9390 3263 9399

$$

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1 follow-up statement

677 
WGUS74 KSHV 301649
FFSSHV

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1149 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

LAC015-017-301659-
/O.CAN.KSHV.FF.W.0057.000000T0000Z-150530T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOSSIER LA-CADDO LA-
1149 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BOSSIER AND SOUTHERN
CADDO PARISHES IS CANCELLED...

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3263 9354 3234 9352 3235 9390 3263 9399

$$

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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 May 30, 9:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 9:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
954 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

.DISCUSSION...
COMPLICATED WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE UPDATE THIS MORNING. WELL
DEFINED MCV SPINNING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING HAS
GENERATED A WELL DEFINED COLD POOL WITH A BROKEN LINE OF
CONVECTION ACROSS NE TX. BROKEN LINE OF STORMS ARE ENCOUNTERING
INCREASED INSTABILITY ACROSS DEEP EAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN
LOUISIANA THUS...EXPECT A CONTINUED THREAT OF ISOLATED STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL AS BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH WILL
RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. FURTHER TO OUR NORTH...NEW CONVECTION
HAS DEVELOPED ON THE NW FLANK OF THE MCV ACROSS N TX AND S OK.
ASSUMING THE MCV KEEPS ON AN EASTWARD TRAJECTORY...EXPECT MORE
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN TO MOVE INTO OUR NW ZONES THIS AFTN.

ALL THIS IS HANDLED WELL IN THE CURRENT FCST THEREFORE...NO
CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE PREVIOUS PACKAGE. FLASH FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING AND WILL TAKE ANOTHER
LOOK AT IT AS FAR AS EXPANDING IT TO INCLUDE MORE COUNTIES/
PARISHES SOUTH AND EAST OF ITS CURRENT ORIENTATION WITH THE
AFTERNOON PACKAGE.

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&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 654 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015/

AVIATION...
VFR TO IFR WITH AN OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY LYING ALONG AND N OF I-20
WHERE WIDELY SCT TSTMS/LOW CIGS/BR ARE MAKING FOR A FEW ISSUES AT
THIS TIME. HOWEVER...A TSTM COMPLEX IS GOING TO BE AFFECTING ALL
OF NE TX/N LA IT APPEARS FOR THE NEXT 6 TO 9 HRS. A FROPA WILL
RAP UP THE DAY WITH SFC WINDS SHIFTING FM S/SW TO NW. EXPECT IFR
AND WIND WITH TSTMS...GUSTS COULD BE COME SVR WITH HAIL. ATTM OUR
CLIMB WINDS ARE SW/W 20-40KTS INTO THE MID LEVELS. HIGHER SPEEDS
ON THE COMPLEX ALONG WITH A GOOD DEAL OF TURBULENCE.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 607 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015/

DISCUSSION...
EARLY THIS MORNING AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE HAS
SHIFTED OVER THE FOUR STATE REGION FROM SOUTH ARKANSAS INTO NORTH
LOUISIANA. A COLD FRONT ALSO HAS SHIFTED SOUTH INTO SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS AND BACK INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS AND INTO SURFACE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTH TEXAS. FROM THIS LOW A COLD FRONT
TRAILED SOUTHWEST ACROSS WEST TEXAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE FORMED ALONG THIS BOUNDARY FROM SOUTH ARKANSAS ACROSS NORTH
LOUISIANA AND INTO NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST INTO WEST TEXAS. ANOTHER
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS MOVING OVER SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND
INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS AND INTO WEST TEXAS. THIS
UPPER FEATURE WILL SPREAD EAST ALONG THE RED RIVER REGION OF NORTH
TEXAS AND ALONG THE SURFACE BOUNDARY INTO THE FOUR STATE
REGION...PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER THE FORECAST AREA WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING AND MAY ALSO PRODUCE STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AS THE SYSTEM SHIFTS EAST. DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH FLASH FLOODING AS
RESULT OF THE HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL BE TRAINING ALONG THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY AND APPROACH OF THE SURFACE MOVING EAST FORMING A WAVE OF
THE BOUNDARY. THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL BE SHIFTING EAST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER DURING THE EARLY EVENING SUNDAY WITH THE
RAINFALL SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AND TAPERING OFF INTO
MONDAY...WITH ONLY THE FAR SOUTHERN ZONES HAVING SLIGHT CHANCES
FOR RAIN INTO LATE MONDAY. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL SHIFT EAST
INTO THE FOUR STATE REGION KEEPING THE RAIN CHANCES LOWER FOR MUCH
OF THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK WITH MAINLY THE EAST AND SOUTH HAVING
THE ONLY RAIN CHANCES. UNDER AND WITH THE ONSET OF THE UPPER RIDGE
THE DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLIMBING INTO THE UPPER 80S TO
THE LOWER 90S. /06/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  82  65  81  63 /  70  40  30  10
MLU  84  67  82  64 /  60  50  40  20
DEQ  81  60  78  60 /  50  20  10   0
TXK  81  63  79  62 /  60  30  20  10
ELD  83  64  80  63 /  70  40  30  10
TYR  81  64  80  62 /  70  40  20  10
GGG  82  64  80  63 /  70  40  20  10
LFK  84  67  82  64 /  60  50  40  20

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ARZ050-051-
     059>061-070-071.

LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LAZ001-002.

OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR OKZ077.

TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ096-097-
     108>112-124>126-136>138-149>151.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 10:02 AM CDT, 1 hour before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1002 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-311200-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-DE SOTO-
RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-
GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-
MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-
PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-
1002 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATE THIS EVENING. ANY STORMS TODAY WILL
HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE STRONG AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...
LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF DEEP EAST TEXAS INTO EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA ON SUNDAY BUT ISOLATED ACTIVITY CANNOT BE RULED OUT
ANYWHERE ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION. A DRYING TREND SHOULD
COMMENCE ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION NEXT WEEK WITH ONLY VERY
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND AMATEUR
RADIO OPERATORS...MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 9:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
923 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

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

0900 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N NEW LONDON          32.30N  94.93W
05/30/2015                   RUSK               TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A TREE DOWN ON STATE HIGHWAY 42

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500559

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Local storm report, May 30, 9:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
935 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

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

0931 AM     LIGHTNING        HENDERSON               32.16N  94.80W
05/30/2015                   RUSK               TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            STRUCTURE FIRE DUE TO LIGHNING

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500560

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Local storm report, May 30, 9:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
944 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

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

0940 AM     FLASH FLOOD      QUITMAN                 32.80N  95.44W
05/30/2015                   WOOD               TX   911 CALL CENTER

            COUNTY ROAD 2088 FLOODED

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500561

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Local storm report, May 30, 10:24 AM CDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1024 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

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

1000 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CARTHAGE                32.15N  94.34W
05/30/2015                   PANOLA             TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 59

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500562

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Local storm report, May 30, 10:57 AM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1057 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

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

0930 AM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SW HENDERSON          32.10N  94.87W
05/30/2015                   RUSK               TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FEW TREES DOWN

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500564

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Local storm report, May 30, 10:58 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1058 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

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

0925 AM     TSTM WND DMG     8 W HENDERSON           32.16N  94.93W
05/30/2015                   RUSK               TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FEW TREES DOWN

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500565

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 7:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Grant	52 min
May 29, 8:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Caldwell, LaSalle, Ouachita	50 min
May 29, 8:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Caldwell, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Ouachita and 2 more	3 hr
May 29, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, LaSalle	53 min
May 30, 9:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto	66 min
May 30, 10:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto	65 min
May 30, 10:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	112 min
May 30, 11:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Bossier, Claiborne, Union, Webster	2 hr
May 30, 11:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bienville, Lincoln	57 min
May 30, 12:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Grant, LaSalle, Winn	119 min
May 30, 1:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Ouachita, Union	3 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.