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River Flood Warning 68, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 14, 20084 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at May 14, 2008, 8:56 PM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at May 16, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 2008, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 16, 2008, 6:24 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Bayou Dorcheat at Lake Bistineau (LBUL1). The gauge peaked at 11.96 ft at May 15, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 142 ft
Minor stage: 142.5 ft
Moderate stage: 144 ft
Major stage: 145 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07349250, 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 May 14, 2:39 PM CDT, 6 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 2:39 PM CDT, 6 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 12:00 PM CDT, 8 hours 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT WED MAY 14 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>167-151100-
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 CDT WED MAY 14 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...COULD BRING A FEW
INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA TODAY
AND TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THIS MUCH ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION
COULD BRING SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS TO AREAS WHICH HAVE NOT
ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL LAST NIGHT...THOSE AREAS THAT
DID RECEIVE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL LAST NIGHT WILL LIKELY
EXPERIENCE RENEWED SERIOUS FLOODING PROBLEMS. THE BIGGEST
AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE THE SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY METRO AREA...
ALTHOUGH THE GENERAL INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF BOTH NORTH LOUISIANA
AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...WILL BE EXPERIENCING A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.  IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING ISSUES...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WITH ISOLATED
TORNADOES A POSSIBILITY AS WELL...MAINLY FOR THE INTERSTATE 20
CORRIDOR...SOUTHWARD. ONGOING ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING
ACROSS THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA...IMPLY AN ENHANCED SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT FOR THAT REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

ONGOING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS THE
UPPER LOW AND COLD FRONT MOVE VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE
AREA. THE THREAT FOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST
THURSDAY MORNING UNTIL THE COLD FRONT ENDS THE POTENTIAL FOR
HEAVY RAINFALL.

PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

VII

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 3:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 14, 3:16 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 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
May 14, 8:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Rusk	4 days
May 14, 8:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk	4 days
May 14, 8:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg	59 hr
May 14, 8:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris	8 days
May 14, 8:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Franklin, Morris, Titus	6 days
May 15, 12:49 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Franklin, Wood	26 min
May 15, 1:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Marion and 4 more	29 min
May 15, 1:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches	41 min
May 15, 2:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches	3 hr
May 15, 2:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	45 min
May 15, 3:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine	45 min
May 15, 8:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Smith, Wood	22 hr
May 15, 3:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Natchitoches, Sabine	39 min
May 15, 4:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, Winn	44 min
May 15, 5:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, LaSalle, Winn	39 min
May 15, 5:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	LaSalle	33 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 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.