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Flash Flood Watch 9, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 9, 20087 counties in Texas; 7 counties in Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood watch at Jun 9, 2008, 1:31 PM CDT for 7 counties in Texas; 7 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Jun 9, 2008, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2008, 1:31 PM CDT (18:31 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 9, 2008, 2:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 10, 2008, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity
None

Counties Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Morris County, TX, Red River County, TX, Titus County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:31 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.

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 Jun 9, 10:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 10:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 12:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1212 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2008

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-101715-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
1212 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2008

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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS NORTH AND WEST OF AN EL
DORADO ARKANSAS...SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA...CENTERVILLE TEXAS LINE. A
LARGE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS
IN OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE INTO THE 4 STATE REGION DURING THE DAY
TODAY AND TONIGHT. DAYTIME HEATING WILL DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE
AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG THE BOUNDARY. THE
MAIN SEVERE THREAT FROM ANY STORM WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY
RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ISOLATED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS DUE TO THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY BEGINNING
THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

04

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie57 min
Jun 9, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSevier47 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 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.