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River Flood Warning 110, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Oct 13, 2009, 11:56 AM CDT for Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas. It took effect at Oct 14, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2009, 11:56 AM CDT (16:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 14, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 15, 2009, 6:34 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Sevier County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:55 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 Little River at Horatio (HRGA4). The gauge peaked at 26.95 ft at Oct 14, 2009, 2:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 20.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 27 ft
- Moderate stage
- 28.5 ft
- Major stage
- 30 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07340000, 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 13, 11:18 AM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 11:18 AM CDT, 38 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 minute 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, 9:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
952 AM CDT TUE OCT 13 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0935 AM FLASH FLOOD TEXARKANA 33.45N 94.02W
10/13/2009 MILLER AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
MILLER COUNTY ROADS 19...43...AND 215 ARE UNDER WATER OR
WASHED OUT
&&
12Local storm report, Oct 13, 10:58 AM CDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1058 AM CDT TUE OCT 13 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1033 AM FLASH FLOOD TEXARKANA 33.45N 94.02W
10/13/2009 MILLER AR EMERGENCY MNGR
WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN THE CITY OF TEXARKANA
1033 AM FLASH FLOOD TEXARKANA 33.45N 94.02W
10/13/2009 MILLER AR EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER IN HOMES IN LIBERTY-EYLEAU AREA
&&
12Local storm report, Oct 13, 11:18 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
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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, 1:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 4 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 |
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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.