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River Flood Warning 35, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 19, 2008Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 19, 2008, 1:16 AM CDT for Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 20, 2008, 12:20 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 19, 2008, 1:16 AM CDT (06:16 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 20, 2008, 12:20 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 23, 2008, 9:08 AM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Sevier County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little River at Horatio (HRGA4). The gauge peaked at 28.05 ft at Mar 22, 2008, 4:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 20.5 ft
Minor stage: 27 ft
Moderate stage: 28.5 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07340000, 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, 11:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 11:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 12:03 PM CDT, 13 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1203 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 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>167-191100-
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-
1203 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 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...

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON...EVENING AND PORTIONS OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OVER THE
FOUR STATE AREA.  THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP AND REACH
OR EXCEED SEVERE LIMITS...WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY
GUSTY WINDS.  SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS MAY PRODUCE
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...AND THEN OTHER ISOLATED SUPER
CELL THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME TORNADIC. IN ADDITION...FLASH
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LUFKIN...
TEXAS TO FARMERVILLE...LOUISIANA LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER...HAM RADIO OPERATOR...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
PERSONNEL ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 18, 8:31 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
831 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0820 PM     FLASH FLOOD      JACKSONVILLE            31.97N 95.26W
03/18/2008                   CHEROKEE           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN PARTS OF JACKSONVILLE

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 18, 8:52 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
852 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0833 PM     FLASH FLOOD      NASHVILLE               33.94N 93.85W
03/18/2008                   HOWARD             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONE FOOT OF WATER COVERING HIGHWAY 371W AT DILLARD CREEK.

0840 PM     FLASH FLOOD      8 S NASHVILLE           33.83N 93.85W
03/18/2008                   HOWARD             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER COVERING ROAD AT HWY 355 AT COUNTY
            LINE RD SOUTH.

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Local storm report, Mar 18, 10:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 18, 10:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 18, 10:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 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 18, 7:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie	4 hr
Mar 18, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Rusk, Smith	41 min
Mar 18, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Rusk, Upshur	41 min
Mar 18, 9:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur	53 min
Mar 18, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola, Rusk	43 min
Mar 18, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass, Harrison, Marion	23 min
Mar 18, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass, Marion	41 min
Mar 19, 12:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Morris, Red River, Titus	42 min
Mar 19, 8:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Wood	4 days

Nearby

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.