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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 17, 200821 counties in Texas; 17 parishes in Louisiana; 9 counties in Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood watch at Mar 17, 2008, 3:59 AM CDT for 21 counties in Texas; 17 parishes in Louisiana; 9 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 18, 2008, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 17, 2008, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 18, 2008, 6:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 19, 2008, 3:56 AM CDT
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity
None
All 47 counties

Columbia County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Mar 17, 3:21 AM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 3:21 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 3:51 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisorySHVAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more62 hr
Mar 17, 9:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVFranklin, Morris, Titus8 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2008Flash Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2008Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2008Every flash flood watch in 2008

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.