Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

Mar 20, 2012, 10:36 AM CDT (15:36 UTC)

Expired

Mar 20, 2012, 2:30 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Cherokee County, TX

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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516 
WGUS54 KSHV 201536
FFWSHV
TXC073-201930-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0008.120320T1536Z-120320T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1036 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RUSK...JACKSONVILLE...

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 1031 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO REESE...
  MOUNT SELMAN AND MIXON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS HAVE BEEN TWO TO 
THREE INCHES IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY AND AN 
ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL 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.

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 3147 9510 3151 9510 3159 9518 3158 9526
      3167 9528 3176 9539 3182 9540 3185 9545
      3208 9542 3214 9546 3213 9498 3185 9499
      3183 9493 3178 9498 3176 9493 3175 9497
      3170 9497 3152 9487 3144 9498

$$

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194 
WGUS74 KSHV 201809
FFSSHV

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
109 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

TXC073-201930-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120320T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHEROKEE TX-
109 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR
CHEROKEE COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATES THAT AN 
ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED ACROSS MAINLY 
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF CHEROKEE COUNTY SINCE THE MID 
MORNING HOURS. SOME AREAS OF HIGH WATER ON ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS 
CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THESE AREAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDING LATER THIS 
AFTERNOON AS RAINFALL TO THE WEST HAS BEGUN TO DIMINISH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RUSK...
REESE...PONTA...MOUNT SELMAN...MIXON...MAYDELLE AND JACKSONVILLE

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3147 9510 3151 9510 3159 9518 3158 9526
      3167 9528 3176 9539 3182 9540 3185 9545
      3208 9542 3214 9546 3213 9498 3185 9499
      3183 9493 3178 9498 3176 9493 3175 9497
      3170 9497 3152 9487 3144 9498

$$

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.