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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Shreveport, LA

February 17, 20084 counties in Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Feb 17, 2008, 9:55 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 17, 2008, 1:15 PM CST. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 17, 2008, 9:55 AM CST (15:55 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 17, 2008, 1:15 PM CST
Expired: Feb 20, 2008, 6:56 PM CST
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Franklin County, TX, Morris County, TX, Red River County, TX, Titus County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:55 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 Sulphur River near Talco (TLCT2).

Action stage: 19.5 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 27.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07343200, 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 Feb 17, 5:52 AM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 5:52 AM CST, 4 hours 3 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
Feb 16, 7:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Panola, Shelby	47 min
Feb 17, 8:14 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Smith, Wood	24 hr
Feb 17, 9:12 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches	3 days
Feb 17, 9:22 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby	5 days
Feb 17, 9:55 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris	8 days
Feb 17, 9:55 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Franklin, Morris, Titus	68 hr
Feb 17, 1:00 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	20 hr
Feb 16, 8:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo, De Soto	58 min
Feb 16, 9:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto, Red River	43 min
Feb 16, 9:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Claiborne, Webster	62 min
Feb 16, 9:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Red River, Webster	62 min
Feb 16, 10:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine	62 min
Feb 16, 10:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Grant, Natchitoches, Red River, Winn	58 min
Feb 16, 10:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Lincoln	53 min
Feb 16, 11:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, Jackson, Natchitoches, Winn	56 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 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.