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River Flood Warning 103, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Oct 12, 2009, 10:55 AM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Oct 14, 2009, 12:17 PM CDT. It was in force for 30 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 12, 2009, 10:55 AM CDT (15:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 14, 2009, 12:17 PM CDT
- Expired
- Nov 13, 2009, 10:02 AM CST
- In force
- 30 days
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Bayou Dorcheat at Lake Bistineau (LBUL1). The gauge peaked at 17.49 ft at Nov 4, 2009, 8:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 142 ft
- Minor stage
- 142.5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 144 ft
- Major stage
- 145 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07349250, 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 Oct 12, 10:52 AM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 10:52 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 413 AM CDT MON OCT 12 2009 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-121800- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP- MORRIS-CASS- 413 AM CDT MON OCT 12 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH TONIGHT SHOULD NOT EXCEED ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY TUESDAY ACROSS THE REGION AS A WARM FRONT PULLS UP NEARLY STATIONARY SOUTH OF THE REGION...TOWARDS THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO NORTHERN LOUISIANA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BEGINNING EARLY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT COULD TOTAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR. THE GROUND REMAINS VERY SATURATED ACROSS THE REGION AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...IF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS ON TUESDAY... FIRST RESPONDERS MAY BE NEEDED TO HELP ASSIST WITH FLOODING CONCERNS ACROSS THEIR COUNTY. LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167- 121800- CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-DE SOTO- RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN- GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON- CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE- SABINE TX- 413 AM CDT MON OCT 12 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. SOME OF THESE COULD CONTAIN PERIODS OF MODERATE RAINFALL... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA AS A WARM FRONT BEGINS TO LIFT NORTHWARD FROM THE LOUISIANA AND TEXAS GULF COAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THE REGION THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. STORMS DURING THE DAY THURSDAY COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE IN NATURE BUT TIMING DIFFERENCES AND WARM AIR ALOFT MAY PRECLUDE STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THIS WILL NEED TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED THROUGH THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCE MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 13
In the hours before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 8:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Cass, Harrison, Marion | 4 hr |
| Oct 12, 9:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg, Smith, Upshur, Wood | 33 days |
| Oct 12, 9:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Wood | 6 days |
| Oct 12, 9:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Harrison, Panola | 114 min |
| Oct 12, 7:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Union | 79 min |
| Oct 12, 1:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Winn | 119 min |
| Oct 12, 10:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Union | 114 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.