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River Flood Warning 121, NWS Shreveport, LA

October 14, 20095 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Oct 14, 2009, 11:57 AM CDT for 5 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Oct 14, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 14, 2009, 11:57 AM CDT (16:57 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 14, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 23, 2009, 9:32 AM CDT
In force: 9 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Red River at Coushatta (CSHL1).

Action stage: 30.5 ft
Minor stage: 31 ft
Moderate stage: 33 ft
Major stage: 37 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07350500, 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 14, 11:34 AM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 11:34 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 14, 4:40 AM CDT, 7 hours 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 14, 5:58 AM CDT, 5 hours 59 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
Oct 13, 7:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Bowie	119 min
Oct 13, 8:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Anderson, Cherokee, Houston	32 days
Oct 13, 8:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Harrison, Marion, Panola, Shelby	3 hr
Oct 13, 8:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Rusk	34 days
Oct 13, 8:45 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg	24 hr
Oct 14, 2:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby	19 hr
Oct 13, 9:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Union	2 hr
Oct 13, 9:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, Red River	23 hr
Oct 13, 9:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Caldwell, Ouachita	2 hr
Oct 13, 10:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier	38 days
Oct 14, 1:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Caddo	30 hr
Oct 14, 12:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Winn	3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.