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Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 13, 2009Bowie County, Red River County, Texas; 9 counties in Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood watch at May 13, 2009, 9:48 PM CDT for Bowie County, Red River County, Texas; 9 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at May 14, 2009, 1:37 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2009, 9:48 PM CDT (02:48 UTC)
In effect from
May 14, 2009, 1:37 AM CDT
Expired
May 14, 2009, 10:51 AM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity
None

Counties Columbia County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Union County, AR, Bowie County, TX, Red River County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 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 May 13, 3:37 PM CDT, 6 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 3:37 PM CDT, 6 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 12:00 PM CDT, 9 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

ARZ050-051-059>061-070-071-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-141100-
BOWIE-CAMP-CASS-FRANKLIN-HEMPSTEAD-HOWARD-LAFAYETTE-LITTLE RIVER-
MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NEVADA-RED RIVER TX-SEVIER-TITUS-
1200 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-30. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK
THAT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH
BRIEF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZED HAIL. HOWEVER...NO
WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE IN THE WEEK AND
ESPECIALLY OVER THE WEEKEND. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL
CONTINUE TO BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

ARZ072-073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153-
165>167-141100-
ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-CADDO-CALDWELL-CHEROKEE-CLAIBORNE-
COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LINCOLN-
MARION-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-OUACHITA-PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RUSK-
SABINE LA-SABINE TX-SAN AUGUSTINE-SHELBY-SMITH-UNION AR-UNION LA-
UPSHUR-WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD-
1200 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS.

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

ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS
MORNING. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS...IF ANY DEVELOP...ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

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

MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE IN THE WEEK AND
ESPECIALLY OVER THE WEEKEND. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL
BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

VII

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 5:24 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 2:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVRed River53 min
May 14, 3:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River and 1 more62 min
May 14, 3:52 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVBowie38 min
May 14, 4:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVBowie, Red River4 hr
May 14, 4:17 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVBowie50 min
May 14, 4:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Camp, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Morris and 2 more48 min
May 14, 5:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Webster44 min
May 14, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHoward, Sevier60 min
May 14, 5:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVColumbia, Lafayette3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2009Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2009Every 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.