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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Shreveport, LA

July 14, 2007Gregg County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Jul 14, 2007, 10:53 AM CDT for Gregg County, Texas. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2007, 10:53 AM CDT (15:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2007, 9:38 AM CDT
In force
23 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity
Minor

County Gregg County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rabbit Creek at Kilgore (KLGT2).

Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08020700, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Jul 14, 10:30 AM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 10:30 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1030 AM CDT SAT JUL 14 2007

.DISCUSSION...
MCS CONTINUING TO TRACK ACROSS SE HALF OF CWA. HOWEVER...COVERAGE
HAS BECOME SCATTERED...AND WARMING CLOUD TOPS MAY SPARE ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL FROM BECOMING TOO EXCESSIVE FOR TIME BEING. AFTERNOON
HEATING MAY YIELD SLIGHT COVERAGE INCREASE...AS WELL AS REDEVELOPMENT
OF CONVECTION FURTHER NORTH AND WEST...WHERE LOW CLOUD DECKS SHOULD
BREAK UP AND ALLOW HEATING TO OCCUR. THUS...70 PERCENT SE AND
SCATTERED COVERAGE NW SHOULD SUFFICE FOR AFTERNOON. 10 AM TEMPS
ONLY IN LOWER TO MID 70S...WILL REQUIRE SOME AT LEAST LIMITED DAYTIME
HEATING TO RISE 10 DEGREES AND MEET AFTERNOON HIGHS OF MID 80S.
WILL NOT ISSUE UPDATE AT THIS TIME. /VII/

&&

.AVIATION...
CONDITIONS UP AND DOWN AS WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN
WITH SCATTERED BREAKS BOUNCE CIGS FROM VFR TO IFR RATHER QUICKLY AND
QUIRKILY. VSBYS ALSO BOUNCING AROUND BASED ON PRECIP...SOMETIMES
DOWN TO 1 MILE OF LATE...BUT GENERALLY IN MVFR TO VFR RANGE. AM
EXPECTING CIGS TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...BUT THAT
WILL ALSO COINCIDE WITH INCREASING HEAVIER CONVECTION AND THE
TRADEOFFS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS AND LOWER
CIGS/VSBYS ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTION AS USUAL. /17

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  84  70  88  71 /  70  50  50  30
MLU  84  71  84  71 /  70  70  70  50
DEQ  86  67  92  67 /  30  30  30  20
TXK  84  68  90  70 /  50  30  30  20
ELD  84  68  87  69 /  50  50  50  30
TYR  84  69  89  70 /  70  50  50  30
GGG  84  69  89  69 /  70  50  50  30
LFK  84  71  86  71 /  70  70  50  30

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 5 PM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     COLUMBIA...HEMPSTEAD...LAFAYETTE...MILLER...NEVADA...AND
     UNION AR.

LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 5 PM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     BIENVILLE...BOSSIER...CADDO...CALDWELL...CLAIBORNE...
     DE SOTO...GRANT...JACKSON...LA SALLE...LINCOLN...
     NATCHITOCHES...OUACHITA...RED RIVER...SABINE LA...
     UNION LA...WEBSTER...AND WINN.

OK...NONE.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 5 PM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     ANGELINA...BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...GREGG...
     HARRISON...MARION...MORRIS...NACOGDOCHES...PANOLA...RUSK...
     SABINE TX...SAN AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...SMITH...TITUS...
     UPSHUR...AND WOOD.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 6:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
600 AM CDT SAT JUL 14 2007

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-141700-
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-
600 AM CDT SAT JUL 14 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY...AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES INTERACT WITH AN
ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE IN PLACE.  HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLASH
FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS...AS
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE COMMON...
WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS POSSIBLY GREATER THAN FOUR INCHES. ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING
THE MAIN THREAT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH COVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH
500 PM.

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

AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF
THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK.  THIS WILL KEEP A DECENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST...THUS FLOODING POTENTIAL WILL
LINGER AS WELL ACROSS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER...HAM RADIO OPERATOR...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
PERSONNEL...MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 10:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVPanola, Shelby30 hr
Jul 14, 8:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVCherokee3 hr
Jul 14, 10:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVCherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Smith24 hr
Jul 13, 9:38 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Natchitoches, Red River4 days
Jul 13, 9:38 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVGrant, Natchitoches, Red River4 days

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.