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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 18, 2008Bowie County, Red River County, Texas; Little River County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 18, 2008, 9:09 AM CDT for Bowie County, Red River County, Texas; Little River County, Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 19, 2008, 1:26 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 18, 2008, 9:09 AM CDT (14:09 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 19, 2008, 1:26 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 23, 2008, 9:08 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Little River County, AR, Bowie County, TX, Red River County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Red River near Dekalb - Pecan Point (DEKT2).

Action stage: 23.5 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07336820, 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 18, 3:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 3:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 37 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 17, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	57 min
Mar 18, 12:39 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	6 hr
Mar 18, 3:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Red River	4 hr
Mar 18, 4:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Red River	4 hr
Mar 18, 9:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Little River, Sevier	4 days
Mar 18, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Howard, Sevier	42 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2008 River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 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.