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Flash Flood Warning 82, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 13, 2009, 1:26 PM CDT for Harrison County, Marion County, Texas; Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2009, 1:26 PM CDT (18:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2009, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 25 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 567 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Oct 13, 11:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 11:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1118 AM CDT TUE OCT 13 2009
.DISCUSSION...
HEAVY RAIN AND NUMEROUS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUING ACROSS
THE NORTHERN ONE THIRD OF THE CWA...BASICALLY IN THE FLASH
FLOOD WATCH AREA. THIS AREA WILL SHIFT SLOWLY NORTHEAST AS
SHORT WAVE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE LIFT MOVES OUT OF THE AREA.
CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS OK FOR THE MOST PART BUT DID MAKE SOME
SIGNIFICANT QFP CHANGES. ALSO RAISED TODAYS HIGH TEMPS SOUTHERN
TWO THIRDS...AS THE WARM FRONT HAS ENTERED THE CWA. CONTINUING
100 PERCENT POPS NORTH BUT LOWERING TO 80 SOUTH. NO OTHER CHANGES
AT THIS TIME.
&&
.AVIATION...
A WARM FRONT STRETCHING ACROSS TXK/ELD WILL SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR
WIDESPREAD SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS THESE TWO LOCATIONS THROUGH 00Z.
THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE NORTHWARD TONIGHT WITH MVFR/IFR
CONDITIONS PREVAILING AREAWIDE...DUE TO LOW CEILINGS AND
VISIBILITIES...THROUGH MID-MORNING WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE...WINDS WILL
REMAIN LIGHT AND OUT OF THE SOUTH THROUGH THE TERMINAL FORECAST
PERIOD. /05/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV 78 71 79 70 74 / 80 80 60 60 60
MLU 77 71 78 67 75 / 80 80 70 50 60
DEQ 65 61 73 61 64 / 100 80 40 70 60
TXK 68 63 74 65 67 / 100 80 50 70 60
ELD 72 64 74 64 69 / 100 80 60 60 60
TYR 76 69 83 69 70 / 100 80 50 60 60
GGG 77 69 81 70 72 / 90 80 50 60 60
LFK 85 74 85 71 76 / 80 70 60 40 60
&&
.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073.
LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: LAZ001>006-012>014.
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: OKZ077.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138.
&&
14/05Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 11:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1155 AM CDT TUE OCT 13 2009 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-141700- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN- UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA- NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE- FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA- SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 1155 AM CDT TUE OCT 13 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE REGION NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 THROUGH 700 PM THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE QUITE NUMEROUS THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. EXPECT WIDESPREAD TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. AREA CREEKS...BAYOUS AND RESERVOIRS REMAIN NEAR TO ABOVE BANK FULL ACROSS THE REGION WITH SEVERAL RIVERS ALREADY IN FLOOD. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY WILL ONLY COMPOUND THE FLOOD THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... HIGH RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE REGION. THERE WILL BE A CONDITIONAL THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO THURSDAY. A SHORTWAVE WILL BE APPROACHING THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST ALONG WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IF WARM AIR SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE SURFACE CAN BE OVERCOME. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED THROUGH THE DAY TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THEIR LOCAL AREAS AND ONCE HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS...RESPONDERS MAY BE NEEDED TO HELP ASSIST WITH FLOODING CONCERNS ACROSS THEIR COUNTY AND PARISH.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 13, 12:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Oct 13, 12:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1218 PM CDT TUE OCT 13 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1213 PM FLASH FLOOD DE KALB 33.51N 94.62W
10/13/2009 BOWIE TX EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER COVERING HWY 259 SOUTH AND WEST AND CENTRAL MLK
&&
12Local storm report, Oct 13, 12:29 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1229 PM CDT TUE OCT 13 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1215 PM FLASH FLOOD GILMER 32.73N 94.95W
10/13/2009 UPSHUR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL ROADS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF UPSHUR COUNTY
UNDER WATER
1215 PM FLASH FLOOD PITTSBURG 33.00N 94.97W
10/13/2009 CAMP TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS ROADS IN CAMP COUNTY UNDER WATER
&&
12Local storm report, Oct 13, 12:50 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1250 PM CDT TUE OCT 13 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1039 AM FLASH FLOOD TEXARKANA 33.45N 94.02W
10/13/2009 MILLER AR EMERGENCY MNGR
US 167 AT 9TH STREET...US HWY 71 AT EAST STREET...AND HWY
237 NORTH OF THE AIRPORT ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
&&
12Local storm report, Oct 13, 1:23 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
123 PM CDT TUE OCT 13 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0121 AM FLASH FLOOD FOUKE 33.26N 93.89W
10/13/2009 MILLER AR EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL BRIDGES WASHED OUT
&&
12The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 10:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SHV | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg and 10 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 13, 8:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Morris, Red River, Titus | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 8:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk | 32 days |
| Oct 13, 9:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie | 7 hr |
| Oct 13, 10:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 10:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Smith, Wood | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 10:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Red River | 15 hr |
| Oct 13, 10:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Camp, Upshur | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 11:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Camp, Morris, Titus | 8 days |
| Oct 13, 11:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Cass, Harrison, Marion | 27 days |
| Oct 13, 12:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur | 8 days |
| Oct 13, 12:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 1:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Smith, Wood | 4 hr |
| Oct 13, 2:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Camp, Franklin, Gregg, Smith, Upshur | 4 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Cherokee, Harrison, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Sabine and 3 more | 111 min |
| Oct 13, 3:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus | 2 hr |
| Oct 13, 4:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 4:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Harrison, Panola, Shelby | 38 min |
| Oct 13, 5:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion, Panola, Sabine, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 5:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Smith | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 6:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus | 2 hr |
| Oct 12, 8:17 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Claiborne, Lincoln, Union | 4 days |
| Oct 13, 10:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Grant, Natchitoches, Red River | 29 days |
| Oct 13, 12:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bossier | 4 days |
| Oct 13, 2:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Lincoln, Ouachita, Union | 8 days |
| Oct 13, 3:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Union, Webster | 112 min |
| Oct 13, 4:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Ouachita | 2 hr |
| Oct 13, 5:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Union, Webster | 4 hr |
| Oct 13, 6:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Ouachita | 4 hr |
| Oct 13, 8:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 10:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Nevada and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 13, 11:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Howard, Little River, Sevier | 43 hr |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.