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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 10, 2021Union County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2021, 4:56 PM CDT for Union County, Arkansas. It was in force for 103 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2021, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2021, 6:39 PM CDT
In force
103 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Union County, AR

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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 (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 2021-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1585 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 2021-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
1585 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

524 
WGUS54 KSHV 102156
FFWSHV
ARC139-110100-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0023.210610T2156Z-210611T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
456 PM CDT Thu Jun 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Union County in south central Arkansas...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 456 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Doppler radar.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Huttig, Lapile, Felsenthal and New London.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3301 9227 3317 9237 3322 9221 3322 9222
      3320 9221 3321 9218 3319 9218 3317 9216
      3315 9217 3317 9215 3315 9211 3311 9212
      3310 9214 3307 9213 3307 9211 3303 9211
      3303 9208 3301 9207

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

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1 follow-up statement
153 
WGUS74 KSHV 102339
FFSSHV

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
639 PM CDT Thu Jun 10 2021

ARC139-102349-
/O.CAN.KSHV.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210611T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Union AR-
639 PM CDT Thu Jun 10 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY...

Flood waters have receded. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3301 9227 3317 9237 3322 9221 3322 9222
      3320 9221 3321 9218 3319 9218 3317 9216
      3315 9217 3317 9215 3315 9211 3311 9212
      3310 9214 3307 9213 3307 9211 3303 9211
      3303 9208 3301 9207

$$

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.