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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 8, 20199 counties in Texas; Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2019, 11:59 PM CDT for 9 counties in Texas; Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2019, 11:59 PM CDT (04:59 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2019, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Shelby County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:03 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 00:00Z on 2019-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2019-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 407 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1331 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
407 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
530 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 8, 9:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 9:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 7:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
733 PM CDT Wed May 8 2019

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-
108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-091100-
Sevier-Howard-Little River-Hempstead-Nevada-Miller-Lafayette-
Columbia-Union-Caddo-Bossier-Webster-Claiborne-Lincoln-De Soto-
Red River-Bienville-Jackson-Ouachita-McCurtain-Bowie-Franklin-
Titus-Camp-Morris-Cass-Wood-Upshur-Marion-Smith-Gregg-Harrison-
Cherokee-Rusk-Panola-Nacogdoches-Shelby-
733 PM CDT Wed May 8 2019

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...Tonight...

A Flash Flood Watch is in effect until 7 AM CDT Thursday morning.

Strong to severe thunderstorms will remain possible through the
overnight hours. These storms may produce damaging winds, large
hail, isolated tornadoes, and flash flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday...

Thunderstorms will continue through Thursday as a cold front moves
across the area, and a few storms could be severe. A brief
reprieve from heavy rainfall will come late Thursday, but heavy
rainfall will return Friday through Sunday. Flash flooding will be
possible during this timeframe, and additional Flash Flood Watches
will likely be needed.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of emergency management personnel, amateur radio
operators and storm spotters may be needed tonight through midday
Thursday.

LAZ017>022-TXZ165>167-091100-
Sabine-Natchitoches-Winn-Grant-Caldwell-La Salle-Angelina-
San Augustine-
733 PM CDT Wed May 8 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central
Louisiana, northwest Louisiana and east Texas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight...

Strong to severe thunderstorms will remain possible through the
overnight hours. These storms may produce damaging winds, large
hail, isolated tornadoes, and isolated flash flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday...

Thunderstorms will continue through Thursday as a cold front moves
across the area, and a few storms could be severe. A brief
reprieve from heavy rainfall will come late Thursday, but heavy
rainfall will return Friday through Sunday. Flash flooding will be
possible during this timeframe, and additional Flash Flood Watches
will likely be needed.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Activation of emergency management personnel, amateur radio
operators and storm spotters may be needed tonight through midday
Thursday.

09

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 9:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 8, 9:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 11:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVGregg, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Rusk, Shelby3 hr
May 9, 12:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVBowie, Cass5 hr
May 9, 1:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSabine, San Augustine53 min
May 9, 3:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVSabine, San Augustine, Shelby2 hr
May 9, 3:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSabine66 min
May 9, 4:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVSabine117 min
May 9, 4:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchSHVAngelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches and 8 more63 hr
May 9, 4:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVSabine4 hr
May 9, 4:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSabine38 min
May 9, 6:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVNacogdoches, Rusk50 hr
May 9, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVAngelina, Sabine, San Augustine56 min
May 8, 7:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVGrant, LaSalle3 hr
May 9, 12:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBossier, Caddo61 min
May 9, 1:13 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVJackson, Ouachita2 hr
May 9, 3:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSabine52 min
May 9, 4:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVJackson, Natchitoches, Red River, Winn63 min
May 9, 5:19 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVSabine26 min
May 9, 5:45 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVNatchitoches, Sabine45 min
May 9, 5:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCaldwell42 min
May 9, 6:26 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVNatchitoches29 min
May 9, 7:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVGrant, LaSalle60 min
May 9, 10:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Red River, Webster13 days
May 9, 10:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVClaiborne, Lincoln, Union47 hr
May 9, 11:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVCaddo4 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2019Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2019Every flash flood warning in 2019

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.