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River Flood Warning 70, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 16, 2008Anderson County, Cherokee County, Houston County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2008, 8:36 AM CDT for Anderson County, Cherokee County, Houston County, Texas. It took effect at May 17, 2008, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2008, 8:36 AM CDT (13:36 UTC)
In effect from: May 17, 2008, 6:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 27, 2008, 7:27 AM CDT
In force: 10 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Anderson County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Houston County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Neches River near Neches (NCST2).

Action stage: 11.5 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08032000, 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 15, 3:18 PM CDT, 17 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 3:18 PM CDT, 17 hours 18 minutes before

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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.