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River Flood Warning 59, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at May 10, 2009, 11:22 AM CDT for Grant Parish, Natchitoches Parish, Red River Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at May 14, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2009, 11:22 AM CDT (16:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 14, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 20, 2009, 10:20 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 days
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Grant Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA
The river
Written for the forecast point Red River at Grand Ecore (GREL1).
- Action stage
- 32 ft
- Minor stage
- 33 ft
- Moderate stage
- 36 ft
- Major stage
- 39 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07351930, 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 May 10, 10:49 AM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 10:49 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 545 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-101830- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE- 545 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FLASH FLOODING MAY BE A MORE SIGNIFICANT THREAT CONSIDERING THAT PREVIOUS RAINS HAVE SATURATED THE GROUND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR FLASH FLOODING ALONG WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WITH AN OVERALL DRYING TREND EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153- 165>167-101830- CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-DE SOTO- RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN- GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD- UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA- NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 545 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP TODAY ALONG A STALLED COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION. THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE ON MONDAY. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. OTHERWISE...STORMS WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 05
In the hours before
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</html>Local storm report, May 10, 10:35 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1035 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1025 AM FLASH FLOOD N TEXARKANA 33.44N 94.07W
05/10/2009 BOWIE TX EMERGENCY MNGR
CAR STALLED IN HIGH WATER ON COOPER LANE IN THE EXTREME
NORTHERN PORTION OF TEXARKANA.
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MBERRYLocal storm report, May 10, 10:37 AM CDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1037 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1025 AM FLASH FLOOD REDWATER 33.36N 94.25W
05/10/2009 BOWIE TX EMERGENCY MNGR
HIGH WATER REPORTED ON TRISTATE ROAD IN REDWATER.
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MBERRYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 10:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie | 3 hr |
| May 9, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 24 min |
| May 9, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 64 min |
| May 10, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Red River | 55 min |
| May 10, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Red River | 55 min |
| May 10, 2:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Red River | 12 hr |
| May 10, 6:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie | 8 hr |
| May 10, 10:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Red River | 6 days |
| May 10, 11:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Red River, Webster | 7 days |
| May 10, 11:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Natchitoches, Red River | 6 days |
| May 10, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Winn | 48 min |
| May 10, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Natchitoches, Red River, Winn | 29 min |
| May 10, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Natchitoches, Winn | 47 min |
| May 10, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Grant, Natchitoches, Winn | 46 min |
| May 10, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Red River | 35 min |
| May 10, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Winn | 42 min |
| May 10, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Natchitoches, Red River | 51 min |
| May 10, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River | 38 min |
| May 10, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell | 35 min |
| May 10, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 32 min |
| May 10, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard | 54 min |
| May 10, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nevada | 54 min |
| May 10, 4:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Little River | 63 min |
| May 10, 5:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 52 min |
| May 10, 7:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Nevada | 7 hr |
| May 10, 9:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Howard, Little River, Sevier | 6 days |
| May 10, 2:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier | 4 hr |
| May 10, 4:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Nevada | 57 min |
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.