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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 25, 2011McCurtain County, Oklahoma

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 25, 2011, 2:05 PM CDT for McCurtain County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 25, 2011, 11:21 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 25, 2011, 2:05 PM CDT (19:05 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 25, 2011, 11:21 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 26, 2011, 6:08 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity: Minor

County McCurtain County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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 Glover River at Glover (GLOO2). The gauge peaked at 15.25 ft at Apr 26, 2011, 12:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 15.5 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07337900, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

917 
WGUS44 KSHV 251905
FLWSHV


BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
205 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

OKC089-261905-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FL.W.0002.110426T0421Z-110427T0138Z/
/GLOO2.1.ER.110426T0421Z.110426T0600Z.110426T0738Z.NO/
205 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE GLOVER RIVER AT GLOVER OKLAHOMA.
* FROM THIS EVENING TO TUESDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS 
  CANCELLED.
* AT 130 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.9 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE 
  TO NEAR 17.8 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE
  RIVER WILL FALL  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY AFTER MIDNIGHT EARLY TUESDAY
  MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 19.0 FEET...MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING WILL TAKE PLACE 
  ON THE GLOVER RIVER WEST OF GLOVER OKLAHOMA AND ESPECIALLY AT ITS 
  CONFLUENCE WITH THE LITTLE RIVER WEST OF GOLDEN OKLAHOMA.

$$

1 follow-up statement

921 
WGUS84 KSHV 261108
FLSSHV


FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
608 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

OKC089-261138-
/O.CAN.KSHV.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110427T0138Z/
/GLOO2.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
608 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE GLOVER RIVER AT GLOVER OKLAHOMA.
* AT 530 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 15.3 FEET 
  DURING LATE MONDAY EVENING.  THE GLOVER RIVER WILL FALL TO
  5.3 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

$$

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 25, 11:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 11:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1110 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011

.DISCUSSION...
NEW TORNADO WATCH 201 ALREADY ISSUED FOR THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST
PORTION OF THE CWA. UPDATED ZONES AND WCN HAS ALREADY BEEN SENT.
NO OTHER CHANGES ATTM.

&&

AVIATION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 18Z...POSSIBLY
PRODUCING SEVERE TURBULENCE...LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR...AND HAIL. SSW
WINDS 15 TO 20KTS AFTER 16Z FOR MOST OF AREA...INCREASING AT MLU AND
ELD TERMINALS BY AROUND 21Z. OTHERWISE...MVFR CEILINGS FORECAST TO
DIMINISH BY 18Z...WITH REDEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE BY 10Z TUESDAY. /05/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  87  71  84  68  78 /  60  70  60  60  40
MLU  89  71  85  69  81 /  40  70  60  60  50
DEQ  81  62  75  58  69 /  80  80  70  70  60
TXK  84  66  79  65  73 /  70  80  70  70  50
ELD  86  67  81  66  75 /  60  80  70  70  50
TYR  87  67  83  65  75 /  70  70  60  60  40
GGG  87  69  82  66  77 /  70  70  60  60  40
LFK  88  72  87  69  81 /  40  50  50  50  30

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS
     EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073.

LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS
     EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022.

OK...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS
     EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: OKZ077.

TX...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS
     EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 12:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-
124>126-136>138-261100-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
UNION LA-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-
CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-
1200 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AS WELL AS NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA. THERE WILL BE A HEIGHTENED THREAT FOR TORNADOES ALONG
AND NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THIS HEIGHTENED
THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND SPREAD
EASTWARD...ENCOMPASSING MORE OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. TRAINING OF STORMS COULD DEVELOP ACROSS
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. THE
POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...HAIL AND TORNADOES WILL
CONTINUE AS WELL WITH A PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN THREAT...MAINLY
ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH
THROUGH THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...BRINGING AN END TO THE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY...PERHAPS INTO
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS THERE WILL BE A PROLONGED THREAT OF
WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION.

LAZ010>014-017>022-TXZ149>153-165>167-261100-
DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-
NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
1200 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
MUCH OF THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
IS EXPECTED TO BE JUST NORTH OF THE REGION TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE ISOLATED IN NATURE...AND WILL
DEPEND UPON LEFT OVER BOUNDARIES PRODUCED BY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
FURTHER NORTH. INSTABILITY WILL BE STRONG TODAY INTO THIS EVENING...
THUS ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE
COMPLETELY RULED OUT THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
THE THREAT FOR MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TO BE
GREATER ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. WHILE THE
GREATER THREAT WILL AGAIN BE JUST NORTH OF THE REGION...ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE
ACTIVITY SHOULD BE WINDING DOWN AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WHICH SHOULD
BE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING WITH ACTIVATION MORE LIKELY NEEDED FOR TUESDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 25, 9:16 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
916 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0910 AM     FUNNEL CLOUD     4 NE FULTON             33.65N 93.77W
04/25/2011                   HEMPSTEAD          AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 25, 9:54 AM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
954 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0915 AM     TSTM WND DMG     WASHINGTON              33.77N 93.68W
04/25/2011                   HEMPSTEAD          AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND OAKHAVEN.

&&

20

Local storm report, Apr 25, 10:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1040 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0910 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N FULTON              33.64N 93.81W
04/25/2011                   HEMPSTEAD          AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            10 TREES DOWN NORTH OF FULTON

&&

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Special weather statement, Apr 25, 11:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1121 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011

OKZ077-TXZ096-251715-
MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-
1121 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
     MCCURTAIN...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
     RED RIVER...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
     BROKEN BOW...IDABEL...BAGWELL...BOGATA...CLARKSVILLE AND
     MANCHESTER...

AT 1115 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES EAST OF
RINGOLD...TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANCHESTER...TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF PARIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

12

Local storm report, Apr 25, 1:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
102 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1245 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WRIGHT CITY             34.06N 95.01W
04/25/2011                   MCCURTAIN          OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES REPORTED DOWN.

&&

20

Local storm report, Apr 25, 1:31 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
131 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0125 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     HOCHATOWN               34.20N 94.67W
04/25/2011                   MCCURTAIN          OK   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND PEA HAIL AS WELL.

&&

08

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	McCurtain	55 min
Apr 24, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	McCurtain	41 min
Apr 24, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	McCurtain	58 min
Apr 25, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	McCurtain	76 min
Apr 25, 12:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	McCurtain	64 min
Apr 25, 3:48 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	SHV	McCurtain	21 hr
Apr 25, 5:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	McCurtain	56 min
Apr 25, 6:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	McCurtain	61 min
Apr 25, 12:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	McCurtain	49 min
Apr 25, 12:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	McCurtain	4 hr
Apr 25, 12:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	McCurtain	61 min
Apr 25, 1:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	McCurtain	23 min
Apr 25, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	McCurtain	38 min
Apr 25, 1:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	McCurtain	27 min
Apr 25, 2:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	McCurtain	35 min
Apr 25, 2:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	McCurtain	38 min
Apr 25, 2:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	McCurtain	4 hr
Apr 25, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	McCurtain	46 min
Apr 25, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	McCurtain	51 min
Apr 25, 3:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	SHV	McCurtain	39 hr
Apr 25, 4:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	McCurtain	28 min
Apr 25, 4:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	McCurtain	4 hr
Apr 25, 5:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	McCurtain	31 min
Apr 25, 5:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	McCurtain	33 min
Apr 25, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	McCurtain	45 min
Apr 25, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	McCurtain	43 min
Apr 25, 6:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	McCurtain	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2011 Every river flood warning in 2011

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.