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River Flood Warning 145, NWS Shreveport, LA

October 30, 2009Claiborne Parish, Lincoln Parish, Union Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Oct 30, 2009, 11:38 AM CDT for Claiborne Parish, Lincoln Parish, Union Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 30, 2009, 11:38 AM CDT (16:38 UTC)
Expired: Oct 31, 2009, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 35 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Claiborne Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:40 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 Claiborne (LCAL1). The gauge peaked at 12.55 ft at Oct 30, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 187.75 ft
Minor stage: 188 ft
Moderate stage: 189 ft
Major stage: 191 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07364840, 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 30, 11:23 AM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 11:23 AM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 30, 5:51 AM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 30, 5:53 AM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 30, 6:04 AM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 30, 9:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 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 29, 8:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine	4 hr
Oct 29, 9:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola, Shelby	4 hr
Oct 29, 9:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches	5 days
Oct 30, 12:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine	4 hr
Oct 30, 1:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola, Shelby	4 hr
Oct 30, 4:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine	4 hr
Oct 30, 4:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola, Shelby	4 hr
Oct 30, 5:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	3 hr
Oct 30, 12:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	22 hr
Oct 29, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier, Webster	32 min
Oct 29, 7:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Claiborne, Webster	8 hr
Oct 29, 9:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier	4 days
Oct 29, 9:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto	4 hr
Oct 29, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Union	46 min
Oct 29, 10:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Red River, Union	4 hr
Oct 30, 12:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto	4 hr
Oct 30, 1:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Grant, Jackson, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Winn	7 hr
Oct 30, 2:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Lincoln, Red River, Union	4 hr
Oct 30, 3:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Webster	4 hr
Oct 30, 3:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Caddo, De Soto	14 days
Oct 30, 4:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto	4 hr
Oct 30, 6:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Webster	60 min
Oct 30, 6:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Lincoln, Red River, Union	3 hr
Oct 30, 7:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Webster	2 hr
Oct 30, 8:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Caldwell, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln and 6 more	3 hr
Oct 30, 9:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, Red River	23 hr
Oct 30, 11:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Ouachita	31 days
Oct 29, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Columbia, Union	36 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 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.