Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

Mar 20, 2012, 5:03 AM CDT (10:03 UTC)

Expired

Mar 20, 2012, 8:00 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Smith County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS54 KSHV 201003
FFWSHV
TXC423-459-499-201300-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0005.120320T1003Z-120320T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
503 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SMITH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WHITEHOUSE...TYLER...
  UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GILMER...
  WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WINNSBORO...MINEOLA...

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT.

* AT 458 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14
  MILES NORTHEAST OF GILMER TO TROUP...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PITTSBURG TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  WHITEHOUSE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING EXTENDS ACROSS ALL OF SMITH AND WOOD   
  COUNTIES...AS WELL AS THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF UPSHUR COUNTY. THE 
  SLOW MOVING NATURE OF THESE STORMS WILL ALLOW FOR AN ADDITIONAL    
  INCH TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL PER HOUR...WHICH WILL CAUSE A RAPID 
  RISE ACROSS URBAN AND RURAL AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND    
  POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
SHREVEPORT.

&&

LAT...LON 3297 9516 3290 9515 3291 9481 3290 9481
      3257 9491 3253 9499 3214 9499 3214 9548
      3220 9547 3224 9549 3229 9546 3236 9546
      3248 9560 3269 9560 3272 9564 3295 9567

$$

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078 
WGUS74 KSHV 201211
FFSSHV

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
711 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

TXC423-459-499-201300-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120320T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SMITH TX-UPSHUR TX-WOOD TX-
711 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR
WOOD...UPSHUR AND SMITH COUNTIES...

AT 706 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAINFALL WAS 
LOCATED ACROSS THE ENTIRE WARNING AREA. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
REPORTED SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO HIGH WATER ACROSS WOOD AND 
SMITH COUNTIES. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO  
TYLER...LINDALE...BULLARD...QUITMAN...WINNSBORO...HAWKINS... 
WHITEHOUSE...BIG SANDY...TROUP...GILMER...ARP AND WEST MOUNTAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
SHREVEPORT.

&&

LAT...LON 3297 9516 3290 9515 3291 9481 3290 9481
      3257 9491 3253 9499 3214 9499 3214 9548
      3220 9547 3224 9549 3229 9546 3236 9546
      3248 9560 3269 9560 3272 9564 3295 9567

$$

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