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River Flood Warning 46, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 1, 2008Union County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 1, 2008, 8:41 AM CDT for Union County, Arkansas. It took effect at Apr 1, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 41 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 1, 2008, 8:41 AM CDT (13:41 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 1, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 12, 2008, 9:33 AM CDT
In force: 41 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity: Minor

County Union County, AR

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ouachita River at Felsenthal Lock and Dam (FELA4).

Action stage: 70 ft
Minor stage: 70 ft
Moderate stage: 81 ft
Major stage: 83 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07364080, 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 Apr 1, 4:26 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 4:26 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 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 31, 7:05 PM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	SHV	Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more	115 min
Mar 31, 10:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	56 min
Mar 31, 11:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie	30 min
Mar 31, 11:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	43 min
Apr 1, 9:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Franklin, Morris, Titus	6 days
Apr 1, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina	57 min
Apr 1, 3:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne	28 min
Mar 31, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Howard, Sevier	63 min
Mar 31, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Little River, Sevier	60 min
Mar 31, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Little River, Sevier	40 min
Apr 1, 12:26 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Lafayette, Miller	49 min
Apr 1, 1:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette	49 min
Apr 1, 3:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia	36 min

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.