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River Flood Warning 154, NWS Shreveport, LA

November 29, 2009Smith County, Wood County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Nov 29, 2009, 11:03 PM CST for Smith County, Wood County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 30, 2009, 1:12 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 29, 2009, 11:03 PM CST (05:03 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 30, 2009, 1:12 PM CST
Expired
Nov 30, 2009, 9:10 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Smith County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sabine River near Mineola (MLAT2). The gauge peaked at 13.46 ft at Dec 1, 2009, 8:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
13.5 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08018500, 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 Nov 29, 9:22 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 9:22 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 29, 11:42 AM CST, 11 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1142 AM CST SUN NOV 29 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>167-301745-
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-
1142 AM CST SUN NOV 29 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...

SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...MAINLY
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20...AS MOISTURE DEEPENS AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL
STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES. A COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND THE DALLAS AREA LATER THIS
AFTERNOON....AND MOVE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR BY LATER
IN THE EVENING. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME
MORE NUMEROUS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER EAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AHEAD OF
THE FRONT. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM NORTHWEST
TO SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN
THE EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES EXPECTED MAINLY SOUTH OF A JACKSONVILLE AND LONGVIEW
TEXAS...TO EL DORADO ARKANSAS LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL RETURN TO THE AREA MID WEEK AS A CLOSED UPPER
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSES OVERHEAD...WITH RAINFALL DIMINISHING BY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

VII

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 29, 6:02 PM CST, 5 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
602 PM CST SUN NOV 29 2009

TXZ124-125-136-300045-
SMITH-UPSHUR-WOOD-
602 PM CST SUN NOV 29 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CST...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
     WOOD...UPSHUR AND SMITH...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     BIG SANDY...HAWKINS...HOARD AND LINDALE...

AT 601 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF LINDALE...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF
MINEOLA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

PARKER
Special weather statement, Nov 29, 6:25 PM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
625 PM CST SUN NOV 29 2009

ARZ059>061-070-300130-
HEMPSTEAD-LITTLE RIVER-MILLER-NEVADA-
625 PM CST SUN NOV 29 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CST...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
     LITTLE RIVER...NEVADA...HEMPSTEAD AND MILLER...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     BODCAW...EMMET...FULTON...HOPE...PERRYTOWN...PRESCOTT AND
     ROSSTON...

AT 615 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MANDEVILLE...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
TEXARKANA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

VIII.
Local storm report, Nov 29, 6:38 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 29, 6:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass38 min
Nov 29, 6:25 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSHVBowie2 hr
Nov 29, 6:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Miller46 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2009Every 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.