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River Flood Warning 138, NWS Shreveport, LA

October 29, 2009Lincoln Parish, Ouachita Parish, Union Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Oct 29, 2009, 10:22 AM CDT for Lincoln Parish, Ouachita Parish, Union Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Oct 30, 2009, 2:20 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 29, 2009, 10:22 AM CDT (15:22 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 30, 2009, 2:20 PM CDT
Expired
Nov 5, 2009, 1:25 PM CST
In force
6 days
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Lincoln Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Bayou D'Arbonne at Lake D'Arbonne (LDBL1). The gauge peaked at 45.22 ft at Nov 1, 2009, 9:00 PM CST.

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Action stage
82.25 ft
Minor stage
83 ft
Moderate stage
84.5 ft
Major stage
86 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07366364, 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 29, 10:21 AM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 29, 10:21 AM CDT, 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1021 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009

.DISCUSSION...
AS UPPER TROF TO WEST DEEPENS...SQUALL LINE AND SFC FRONT
CURRENTLY REMAINS WEST OF DFW METROPLEX...AND WILL BE DELAYED INTO
CWA BY SVRL HOURS. AS A RESULT...HAVE REDUCED POPS SLIGHTLY TODAY...
KEEPING NORTHCENTRAL LA AND SOUTHCENTRAL AR IN CHANCE CATEGORY
THRU 18Z...AND KEEP LIKELY POPS AREAWIDE THRU AFTN. VERY STRONG
LOW LVL JET OF 50 TO 60 KTS WILL HAVE MORE TIME TO DESTABILIZE
ATMOSPHERE...TELLTALE STREAMING BANDS OF CONVECTION INCREASING
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. THIS STRONG JET...ALONG WITH SE SFC
WINDS...CONTRIBUTING TO 12Z SOUNDING HELICITIES EXCEEDING VALUES
OF 500 AT SHV...FTW...OUN AND LZK. MORE INFO AVAILABLE WITH
SPECIAL 18Z SOUNDING RELEASES. SVR THREAT WITH PREFRONTAL DEVELOPMENT
ENHANCED FOR AFTN HOURS. FLOODING MAIN THREAT OVERNIGHT AS LOW LVL
WINDS REDUCE BY EVENING...SLOW MOVG SQUALL LINE CONTAINING VERY
HEAVY RAIN WEST OF DFW METRO...EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY WITH THIS
STRONG GULF FEED. ALSO RAISED AFTN TEMPS TO MAINLY UPPER 70S TO
AROUND 80 WITH CURRENT TEMP TRENDS AND WARM AIR ADVECTION...EVEN
IN ABSENCE OF BREAKS IN OVERCAST. 12Z SOUNDING INDICATES SMALL SFC
BASED INVERSION...IF INVERSION BREAKS THIS AFTN...BOTH
CONVECTION...AND SFC WINDS...EXPECTED TO SUDDENLY INTENSIFY./VII/

&&

.AVIATION...

THE MORNING SOUNDING SHOWS POSSIBLE STRONG WIND SHEAR ACROSS THE
AREA...AS WINDS GET UP TO 50 KTS IN THE FIRST 2000 FEET. IFR/MVFR
CEILINGS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...WITH SCATTERED
SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY. PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL  CONTINUE TO TIGHTEN
CREATING WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT
WILL APPROACH THE AREA TONIGHT...SHIFTING WINDS TO A WESTERLY
COMPONENT WITH FROPA. SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN COMMON IN THE
18Z TAF PERIOD...ESPECIALLY IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE PERIOD AFTER
06Z WHERE THE FRONT WILL INITIATE MUCH OF THE CONVECTION ACROSS THE
AREA. /11/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  80  55  60  45  67 /  70 100 100  40  20
MLU  79  62  65  46  63 /  60 100 100  60  40
DEQ  77  54  58  42  62 /  70 100  60  20  10
TXK  76  55  60  43  62 /  70 100  80  40  20
ELD  75  55  60  43  62 /  60 100 100  40  20
TYR  81  52  58  44  66 /  70 100  60  20  10
GGG  82  54  59  42  66 /  70 100  80  40  10
LFK  84  56  64  43  69 /  70 100 100  40  20

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ARZ050-059-070.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073.

LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: LAZ001-002-010-011-017-018.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022.

OK...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: OKZ077.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: OKZ077.

TX...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

&&

07/07
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 29, 5:51 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 29, 3:41 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisorySHVAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more15 hr
Oct 29, 2:19 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHarrison, Panola26 min
Oct 29, 2:28 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVPanola13 min
Oct 29, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Panola, Shelby51 min
Oct 29, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVAngelina, Nacogdoches50 min
Oct 29, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVAngelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Shelby47 min
Oct 29, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVPanola, Shelby28 min
Oct 29, 4:49 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHarrison, Panola41 min
Oct 29, 5:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVHarrison, Panola, Shelby4 hr
Oct 29, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNacogdoches, Panola, Shelby46 min
Oct 29, 5:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVAngelina, Nacogdoches, Rusk4 hr
Oct 29, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCass, Harrison, Marion48 min
Oct 29, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Camp, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion and 2 more65 min
Oct 29, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Panola, Shelby47 min
Oct 29, 6:16 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencySHVShelby3 hr
Oct 29, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBowie, Cass34 min
Oct 29, 10:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVCaldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Winn11 days
Oct 29, 1:16 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBienville, Red River29 min
Oct 29, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLincoln, Union26 min
Oct 29, 1:22 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVLincoln, Union23 min
Oct 29, 1:33 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVLincoln, Union27 min
Oct 29, 1:55 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVUnion35 min
Oct 29, 3:16 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo44 min
Oct 29, 3:54 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo36 min
Oct 29, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBossier14 min
Oct 29, 4:20 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo, Webster25 min
Oct 29, 4:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVWebster4 hr
Oct 29, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo42 min
Oct 29, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVWebster38 min
Oct 29, 5:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVBossier, Caddo4 hr
Oct 29, 5:49 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo41 min
Oct 29, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo47 min
Oct 29, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVClaiborne, Union42 min
Oct 29, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVUnion34 min
Oct 29, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Nevada37 min
Oct 29, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVColumbia, Nevada33 min
Oct 29, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVColumbia, Nevada25 min
Oct 29, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVLittle River, Sevier41 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.