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River Flood Warning 85, NWS Shreveport, LA

October 4, 2009Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Oct 4, 2009, 10:02 AM CDT for Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Oct 6, 2009, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 36 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 4, 2009, 10:02 AM CDT (15:02 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 6, 2009, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired
Nov 11, 2009, 9:37 AM CST
In force
36 days
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Bayou Dorcheat at Dixie Inn (MNEL1).

Action stage
13.5 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07349000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 10:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVSmith, Wood41 days
Oct 4, 10:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVFranklin, Morris, Red River, Titus35 days
Oct 4, 10:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Morris76 days
Oct 4, 10:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVCass, Marion33 days
Oct 4, 10:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVFranklin, Morris, Titus16 days
Oct 4, 10:00 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVBossier, Webster6 days
Oct 4, 10:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVWebster39 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 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.