Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

Mar 21, 2012, 6:16 AM CDT (11:16 UTC)

Expired

Mar 21, 2012, 9:15 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

603 
WGUS54 KSHV 211116
FFWSHV
LAC013-081-211415-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0017.120321T1116Z-120321T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
616 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BIENVILLE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  RED RIVER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 915 AM CDT

* AT 611 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED 
TO DETECT WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM SHOWER AND 
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA. LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE RELAYED REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING OVER 
THE WARNED AREA. SURFACE REPORTS AND RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED 
AREA. SOME ROADS ARE ALREADY FLOODED AND CLOSED... AND ADDITIONAL 
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MORE FLASH FLOODING. THIS IS 
AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION! 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RINGGOLD...
  GIBSLAND...COUSHATTA AND ARCADIA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3215 9282 3215 9318 3198 9313 3197 9323
      3190 9324 3189 9334 3210 9354 3213 9351
      3218 9352 3223 9360 3225 9341 3240 9342
      3241 9324 3245 9323 3245 9315 3258 9317
      3258 9288 3245 9288 3245 9278 3224 9277

$$

ELEVEN

759 
WGUS74 KSHV 211328
FFSSHV

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
828 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012

LAC013-081-211415-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120321T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RED RIVER LA-BIENVILLE LA-
828 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR
BIENVILLE AND RED RIVER PARISHES...

AT 823 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 
THAT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED EAST AND OUT OF BIENVILLE AND RED 
RIVER PARISHES.

HOWEVER...RESIDUAL FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID 
MORNING...FROM HEAVY RAINS THAT FELL OVER THE AREA LAST NIGHT.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RINGGOLD...
GIBSLAND AND ARCADIA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 3215 9282 3215 9318 3198 9313 3197 9323
      3190 9324 3189 9334 3210 9354 3213 9351
      3218 9352 3223 9360 3225 9341 3240 9342
      3241 9324 3245 9323 3245 9315 3258 9317
      3258 9288 3245 9288 3245 9278 3224 9277

$$

03

621 
WGUS74 KSHV 211407
FFSSHV

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
907 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012

LAC013-081-211415-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120321T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RED RIVER LA-BIENVILLE LA-
907 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR
BIENVILLE AND RED RIVER PARISHES...

AT 902 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS 
DETERMINED THAT RESIDUAL FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING ON
A FEW ROADS IN BIENVILLE AND RED RIVER PARISHES. THIS RESIDUAL 
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 11 AM...BUT THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING FOR THESE PARISHES WILL NOT BE REISSUED.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RINGGOLD...
GIBSLAND AND ARCADIA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3215 9282 3215 9318 3198 9313 3197 9323
      3190 9324 3189 9334 3210 9354 3213 9351
      3218 9352 3223 9360 3225 9341 3240 9342
      3241 9324 3245 9323 3245 9315 3258 9317
      3258 9288 3245 9288 3245 9278 3224 9277

$$

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