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River Flood Warning 81, NWS Shreveport, LA
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 11:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Ouachita | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Grant, LaSalle | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:21 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Ouachita, Union | 9 hr |
| Sep 3, 10:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Nevada, Sevier | 111 min |
| Sep 3, 12:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Nevada | 3 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.