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River Flood Warning 81, NWS Shreveport, LA

September 3, 2008Union County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Sep 3, 2008, 9:58 AM CDT for Union County, Arkansas. It took effect at Sep 5, 2008, 2:59 PM CDT. It was in force for 31 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 3, 2008, 9:58 AM CDT (14:58 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 5, 2008, 2:59 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 6, 2008, 9:18 AM CDT
In force
31 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 14:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 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 Sep 3, 7:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 7:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 6:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
600 AM CDT WED SEP 3 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>167-031700-
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-
600 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTH
WEST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST AND DEEP EAST TEXAS...AND FOR NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DRIFT TO THE
NORTH NORTHWEST FROM THE TEXARKANA AREA. PERSISTENT SHOWERS...WITH
HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO CIRCULATE COUNTERCLOCKWISE
AROUND THE CENTER OF GUSTAV...AFFECTING NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA...
AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
SOME FLOODING COULD OCCUR THIS MORNING...AND POSSIBLY INTO THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. MORE IMMEDIATE CONCERNS OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING
ARE IN THE COLFAX...DRY PRONG...JENA...COLUMBIA...AND MONROE AREAS
OF NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA...AS THUNDERSTORMS WITH INTENSE
RAINFALL ARE MOVING TOWARDS THESE AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO
NEAR FOUR INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THIS SAME REGION
OF NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA IS ALSO IN AN IMMEDIATE TORNADO RISK
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SAME INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH HAVE A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES FURTHER TO THE SOUTH.

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

GUSTAV HAS ALREADY SLOWED DOWN ITS NORTHWESTWARD MOVEMENT AND WINDS
WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH. THE FLOODING THREAT IS EXPECTED
TO DIMINISH AS WELL...AS AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TO
SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE FOUR STATE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER...HAM RADIO OPERATOR...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
PERSONNEL ACTIVATION IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...WILL
LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS MORNING...AND POSSIBLY INTO THE AFTERNOON...
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA...MAINLY SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 20. IN ADDITION TO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONCERNS...
TORNADO DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS THREAT WILL BEGIN TO
DIMINISH BY EVENING.

VII

The office that day

Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 11:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVOuachita3 hr
Sep 3, 7:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVGrant, LaSalle6 hr
Sep 3, 7:21 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisorySHVOuachita, Union9 hr
Sep 3, 10:39 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVHempstead, Howard, Little River, Nevada, Sevier111 min
Sep 3, 12:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Nevada3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 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.