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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 18, 2009Anderson County, Cherokee County, Houston County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2009, 11:16 AM CDT for Anderson County, Cherokee County, Houston County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 18, 2009, 12:26 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 2009, 11:16 AM CDT (16:16 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 18, 2009, 12:26 PM CDT
Expired: May 3, 2009, 1:16 PM CDT
In force: 15 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Anderson County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Houston County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Neches River near Neches (NCST2). The gauge peaked at 13.47 ft at Apr 24, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 11.5 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08032000, 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 Apr 18, 10:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 10:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute 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
Apr 18, 11:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Anderson, Cherokee, Houston, Trinity	6 days
Apr 18, 11:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Houston, Polk, Trinity, Tyler	9 days
Apr 18, 11:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches	69 hr
Apr 18, 11:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Rusk	46 hr
Apr 18, 11:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	23 hr
Apr 18, 12:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	3 hr
Apr 18, 12:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Bowie	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.