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Flash Flood Watch 13, NWS Shreveport, LA

September 21, 20099 counties in Texas; 5 counties in Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood watch at Sep 21, 2009, 4:18 AM CDT for 9 counties in Texas; 5 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Sep 22, 2009, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 21, 2009, 4:18 AM CDT (09:18 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 22, 2009, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 22, 2009, 5:04 AM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity: None

Counties Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Morris County, TX, Red River County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Sep 20, 9:41 PM CDT, 6 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 9:41 PM CDT, 6 hours 37 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
Sep 21, 9:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus	24 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2009 Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2009 Every flash flood watch in 2009

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.