Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Shreveport, LA

Issued

Mar 20, 2012, 11:26 AM CDT (16:26 UTC)

Expired

Mar 20, 2012, 3:30 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Shreveport, LA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Smith County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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116 
WGUS54 KSHV 201626
FFWSHV
TXC183-203-401-423-459-499-202030-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0009.120320T1626Z-120320T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1126 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GREGG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WHITE OAK...LONGVIEW...KILGORE...
  GLADEWATER...
  SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HENDERSON...
  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 330 PM CDT

* AT 1121 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED          
  CONTINUED ROAD CLOSURES AS A RESULT OF HEAVY RAIN FROM WIDESPREAD  
  SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST
  MOUNTAIN...ROSEWOOD...QUITMAN...PLEASANT GROVE...ORE CITY...
  HOARD...HAWKINS...HAINESVILLE...GOLDEN...EAST MOUNTAIN...DIANA AND
  BIG SANDY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3297 9558 3296 9518 3290 9518 3289 9474
      3238 9460 3197 9460 3197 9457 3185 9456
      3185 9495 3216 9495 3214 9542 3215 9548
      3220 9547 3224 9549 3229 9546 3236 9546
      3246 9558

$$

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538 
WGUS74 KSHV 201833
FFSSHV

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

TXC183-203-401-423-459-499-202030-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120320T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GREGG TX-HARRISON TX-RUSK TX-SMITH TX-UPSHUR TX-WOOD TX-
133 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR
WOOD...UPSHUR...SMITH...RUSK...HARRISON AND GREGG COUNTIES...

AT 124 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD 
SHOWERS TO THAT AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 
ACROSS THE AREA SINCE MID MORNING. 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 WILL BEGIN TO 
DIMINISH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINNSBORO...
WHITE OAK...WEST MOUNTAIN...ROSEWOOD...QUITMAN...PLEASANT GROVE...ORE
CITY...MINEOLA...LONGVIEW...LINDALE...LIBERTY CITY...KILGORE...
HOARD...HAWKINS...HAINESVILLE...GOLDEN...GLADEWATER...GILMER...EAST
MOUNTAIN...DIANA...CLARKSVILLE CITY...CEDAR SPRINGS AND BIG SANDY

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 3297 9558 3296 9518 3290 9518 3289 9474
      3238 9460 3197 9460 3197 9457 3185 9456
      3185 9495 3216 9495 3214 9542 3215 9548
      3220 9547 3224 9549 3229 9546 3236 9546
      3246 9558

$$

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.