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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 18, 2009Smith County, Wood County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2009, 10:40 PM CDT for Smith County, Wood County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 19, 2009, 12:44 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2009, 10:40 PM CDT (03:40 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 19, 2009, 12:44 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 22, 2009, 8:49 PM CDT
In force
4 days
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 03:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Sabine River near Mineola (MLAT2). The gauge peaked at 15.82 ft at Apr 20, 2009, 3:00 PM CDT.

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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 Apr 18, 3:39 PM CDT, 7 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 3:39 PM CDT, 7 hours 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 11:56 AM CDT, 10 hours 44 minutes before
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 10:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVNacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby7 days

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.