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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 7, 2008Smith County, Wood County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 7, 2008, 12:30 AM CST for Smith County, Wood County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 7, 2008, 8:29 AM CST. It was in force for 46 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 7, 2008, 12:30 AM CST (06:30 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 7, 2008, 8:29 AM CST
Expired: Apr 22, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 46 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Smith County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sabine River near Mineola (MLAT2). The gauge peaked at 18.37 ft at Mar 23, 2008, 11:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 13.5 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08018500, 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 Mar 6, 10:23 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 10:23 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 6, 12:00 PM CST, 12 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CST THU MAR 6 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>167-071200-
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-
1200 PM CST THU MAR 6 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

A WINTER STORM WILL BE MOVING SOUTH AND EAST INTO THE REGION FROM
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATER TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL QUICKLY
CHANGE OVER TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD
OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS LATER TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT...MAINLY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE
30 CORRIDOR. HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
FOOTHILLS OF THE OUACHITAS IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS. FURTHER SOUTH TOWARDS THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF
NORTHEAST TEXAS...RAIN WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET THIS EVENING
BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NEAR
THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS COULD APPROACH ONE
INCH OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS LATE TONIGHT ONCE RAIN
BEGINS TO CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND SNOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BE EXITING THE REGION BY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON BUT NOT BEFORE IT LEAVES ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHWEST AND NORTH
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY
BE HAZARDOUS DURING THE DAY FRIDAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE
REGION DUE TO THE ANTICIPATED SLEET AND SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER...HAM RADIO OPERATOR...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
PERSONNEL ACTIVATION...SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 6, 10:46 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 6, 11:04 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 6, 8:05 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Anderson, Cherokee, Houston	29 days
Mar 7, 12:30 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Houston, Polk, Trinity, Tyler	57 hr
Mar 7, 12:30 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg	54 hr
Mar 7, 5:12 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	SHV	Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more	10 hr
Mar 7, 8:42 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby	4 days
Mar 7, 9:21 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Franklin, Morris, Titus	6 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2008 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.