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River Flood Warning 59, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 20, 2008Bossier Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 20, 2008, 9:19 AM CDT for Bossier Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 23, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2008, 9:19 AM CDT (14:19 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 23, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 24, 2008, 9:42 AM CDT
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Bossier Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:24 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Bayou Bodcau at Bayou Bodcau Lake (LBBL1).

Action stage
171.5 ft
Minor stage
172 ft
Moderate stage
192 ft
Major stage
198 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07349650, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2008Every 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.