Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Watches in 2008
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Shreveport, LA
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.
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 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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Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 3:51 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more | 62 hr |
| Mar 17, 9:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Franklin, Morris, Titus | 8 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.