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River Flood Warning 133, NWS Shreveport, LA

October 26, 2009Bowie County, Red River County, Texas; Little River County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Oct 26, 2009, 8:54 AM CDT for Bowie County, Red River County, Texas; Little River County, Arkansas. It took effect at Oct 29, 2009, 4:59 AM CDT. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 26, 2009, 8:54 AM CDT (13:54 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 29, 2009, 4:59 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 30, 2009, 8:58 AM CDT
In force: 28 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Little River County, AR, Bowie County, TX, Red River County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Red River near Dekalb - Pecan Point (DEKT2). The gauge peaked at 23.89 ft at Oct 29, 2009, 6:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 23.5 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07336820, 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 26, 6:11 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 6:11 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 26, 6:03 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 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 26, 1:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Red River	4 hr
Oct 26, 7:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Smith, Titus and 2 more	4 hr
Oct 26, 11:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Panola, Shelby	16 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2009 River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2009 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.