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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 30, 2009Bowie County, Red River County, Texas; Little River County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 30, 2009, 9:36 AM CDT for Bowie County, Red River County, Texas; Little River County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 3, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 30, 2009, 9:36 AM CDT (14:36 UTC)
In effect from: May 3, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 1, 2009, 2:53 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Little River County, AR, Bowie County, TX, Red River County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Red River near Dekalb - Pecan Point (DEKT2). The gauge peaked at 21.69 ft at May 2, 2009, 2:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 23.5 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07336820, 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 30, 3:44 AM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 3:44 AM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 4:39 AM CDT, 4 hours 57 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
Apr 29, 8:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus	22 days
Apr 29, 8:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris	25 days
Apr 29, 8:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Franklin, Morris, Titus	17 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2009 River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 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.