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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 19, 20124 states

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood watch at Mar 19, 2012, 4:16 AM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at Mar 19, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 43 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2012, 4:16 AM CDT (09:16 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 19, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 21, 2012, 2:18 PM CDT
In force
43 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity
None
All 48 counties

Columbia County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, McCurtain County, OK, Angelina County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 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 nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 20 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2012-03-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 863 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2012-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
863 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1312 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

417 
WGUS64 KSHV 190916
FFASHV

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
416 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED
FOR PARTS OF THE REGION...

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-MILLER-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-
BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-
GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE...
TEXARKANA...IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...
PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN...GILMER...
JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...RUSK...HENDERSON...
CARTHAGE
416 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS... 
  SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE 
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...
   LITTLE RIVER...MILLER AND SEVIER. IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... 
  MCCURTAIN. IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...BOWIE...CAMP...CASS... 
  CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...GREGG...HARRISON...MARION...MORRIS... 
  PANOLA...RED RIVER...RUSK...SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR AND WOOD. 

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE REGION
  TODAY...BRINGING HEAVY RAIN AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING
  BY THIS EVENING. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY EFFICIENT
  RAINFALL PRODUCERS...AND IN ADDITION...WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AND
  MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS REPEATEDLY. EVENT TOTALS OF 7 TO 10
  INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST
  OKLAHOMA...WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST
  ARKANSAS...AND 4 TO 5 INCHES COMMON ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
  WATCH AREA.

* WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOW LYING AND POOR
  DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE...POSING A THREAT TO
  MOTORISTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY RAIN OVER
  HILLY TERRAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE RAPID WATER RUNOFF THAT WILL
  MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND BRIDGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$

12
10 follow-up statements
074 
WGUS64 KSHV 191700
FFASHV

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED FOR PARTS OF THE REGION...

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-MILLER-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-
BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-
GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE...
TEXARKANA...IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...
PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN...GILMER...
JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...RUSK...HENDERSON...
CARTHAGE
1200 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND 
  NORTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST 
  ARKANSAS...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LITTLE RIVER...MILLER AND 
  SEVIER. IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MCCURTAIN. IN NORTHEAST 
  TEXAS...BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...GREGG... 
  HARRISON...MARION...MORRIS...PANOLA...RED RIVER...RUSK... 
  SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR AND WOOD. 

* FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE REGION THIS
  AFTERNOON...ALLOWING FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR
  FLASH FLOODING LATER THIS EVENING. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
  VERY EFFICIENT RAINFALL PRODUCERS...AND IN ADDITION...WILL
  LIKELY DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS REPEATEDLY. EVENT
  TOTALS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST
  TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE
  ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND 4 TO 5 INCHES COMMON ACROSS THE
  REMAINDER OF THE WATCH AREA.

* WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOW LYING AND POOR 
  DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE...POSING A THREAT TO 
  MOTORISTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY RAIN OVER 
  HILLY TERRAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE RAPID WATER RUNOFF THAT WILL 
  MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND BRIDGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$

05
508 
WGUS64 KSHV 192042
FFASHV

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
342 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION...

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEVADA-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-
CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-
OUACHITA-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESCOTT...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...
EL DORADO...SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...HOMER...RUSTON...
FARMERVILLE...MANSFIELD...COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...
MONROE...MANY...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...
JENA...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN...SAN AUGUSTINE...HEMPHILL
342 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS...LOUISIANA 
  AND EAST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ARKANSAS...
   COLUMBIA...LAFAYETTE...NEVADA AND UNION AR. IN LOUISIANA... 
  BIENVILLE...BOSSIER...CADDO...CALDWELL...CLAIBORNE...DE SOTO...
   GRANT...JACKSON...LA SALLE...LINCOLN...NATCHITOCHES... 
  OUACHITA...RED RIVER...SABINE LA...UNION LA...WEBSTER AND 
  WINN. IN EAST TEXAS...ANGELINA...NACOGDOCHES...SABINE TX...SAN 
  AUGUSTINE AND SHELBY. 

* FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MIGRATE EAST AND PRODUCE
  HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING ON TUESDAY.
  STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY EFFICIENT RAINFALL PRODUCERS AND
  WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS REPEATEDLY.
  EVENT TOTALS RANGING FROM 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR PARTS
  OF EAST TEXAS...NORTH LOUISIANA... AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS.

* WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOW LYING AND POOR 
  DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE...POSING A THREAT TO 
  MOTORISTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY RAIN OVER 
  HILLY TERRAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE RAPID WATER RUNOFF THAT WILL 
  MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND BRIDGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-MILLER-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-
BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-
GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE...
TEXARKANA...IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...
PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN...GILMER...
JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...RUSK...HENDERSON...
CARTHAGE
342 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND 
  NORTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST 
  ARKANSAS...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LITTLE RIVER...MILLER AND 
  SEVIER. IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MCCURTAIN. IN NORTHEAST 
  TEXAS...BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...GREGG... 
  HARRISON...MARION...MORRIS...PANOLA...RED RIVER...RUSK... 
  SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR AND WOOD. 

* FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND
  THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING LATER THIS EVENING. STORMS ARE
  EXPECTED TO BE VERY EFFICIENT RAINFALL PRODUCERS...AND WILL
  LIKELY DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS REPEATEDLY. EVENT
  TOTALS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST
  TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE
  ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND 4 TO 5 INCHES COMMON ACROSS THE
  REMAINDER OF THE WATCH AREA.

* WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOW LYING AND POOR 
  DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE...POSING A THREAT TO 
  MOTORISTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY RAIN OVER 
  HILLY TERRAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE RAPID WATER RUNOFF THAT WILL 
  MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND BRIDGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$


05
491 
WGUS64 KSHV 200349
FFASHV

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1049 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION...

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-MILLER-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-
BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-
GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE...
TEXARKANA...IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...
PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN...GILMER...
JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...RUSK...HENDERSON...
CARTHAGE
1049 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND 
  NORTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST 
  ARKANSAS...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LITTLE RIVER...MILLER AND 
  SEVIER. IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MCCURTAIN. IN NORTHEAST 
  TEXAS...BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...GREGG... 
  HARRISON...MARION...MORRIS...PANOLA...RED RIVER...RUSK... 
  SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR AND WOOD. 

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL 
  AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING LATER THIS EVENING. 
  STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY EFFICIENT RAINFALL PRODUCERS... 
  AND WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS 
  REPEATEDLY. EVENT TOTALS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR 
  PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WITH 6 TO 8 
  INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND 4 TO 5 INCHES 
  COMMON ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH AREA. 

* WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOW LYING AND POOR 
  DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE...POSING A THREAT TO 
  MOTORISTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY RAIN OVER 
  HILLY TERRAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE RAPID WATER RUNOFF THAT WILL 
  MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND BRIDGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEVADA-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-
CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-
OUACHITA-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESCOTT...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...
EL DORADO...SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...HOMER...RUSTON...
FARMERVILLE...MANSFIELD...COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...
MONROE...MANY...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...
JENA...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN...SAN AUGUSTINE...HEMPHILL
1049 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS...LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS...INCLUDING 
  THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ARKANSAS...COLUMBIA...LAFAYETTE... 
  NEVADA AND UNION AR. IN LOUISIANA...BIENVILLE...BOSSIER... 
  CADDO...CALDWELL...CLAIBORNE...DE SOTO...GRANT...JACKSON...LA 
  SALLE...LINCOLN...NATCHITOCHES...OUACHITA...RED RIVER...SABINE 
  LA...UNION LA...WEBSTER AND WINN. IN EAST TEXAS...ANGELINA... 
  NACOGDOCHES...SABINE TX...SAN AUGUSTINE AND SHELBY. 

* FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MIGRATE EAST AND PRODUCE 
  HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING ON 
  TUESDAY. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY EFFICIENT RAINFALL 
  PRODUCERS AND WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS 
  REPEATEDLY. EVENT TOTALS RANGING FROM 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE 
  EXPECTED FOR PARTS OF EAST TEXAS...NORTH LOUISIANA... AND 
  SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. 

* WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOW LYING AND POOR 
  DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE...POSING A THREAT TO 
  MOTORISTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY RAIN OVER 
  HILLY TERRAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE RAPID WATER RUNOFF THAT WILL 
  MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND BRIDGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$


09
269 
WGUS64 KSHV 200936
FFASHV

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
436 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION...

ARZ050-051-059-060-070-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-
149>151-201815-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-120321T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-MILLER-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-
BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-
GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE...
TEXARKANA...IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...
PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN...GILMER...
JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...RUSK...HENDERSON...
CARTHAGE
436 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND 
  NORTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST 
  ARKANSAS...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LITTLE RIVER...MILLER AND 
  SEVIER. IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MCCURTAIN. IN NORTHEAST 
  TEXAS...BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...GREGG... 
  HARRISON...MARION...MORRIS...PANOLA...RED RIVER...RUSK... 
  SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR AND WOOD. 

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS
  TODAY...RESULTING IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
  NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.
  RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND WILL MOVE ONLY VERY SLOWLY TO
  THE EAST. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE
  EXPECTED.

* WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOW LYING AND POOR
  DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE...POSING A THREAT TO
  MOTORISTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. IN METRO AREAS...UNDERPASSES...
  LOW WATER CROSSINGS...FLASHY SMALL CREEKS...AND OTHER LOW LYING
  AREAS MAY FLOOD EASILY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$

ARZ061-071>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ152-153-165>167-
201815-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.A.0005.120320T1700Z-120321T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEVADA-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-
CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-
OUACHITA-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESCOTT...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...
EL DORADO...SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...HOMER...RUSTON...
FARMERVILLE...MANSFIELD...COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...
MONROE...MANY...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...
JENA...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN...SAN AUGUSTINE...HEMPHILL
436 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TODAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS...LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS...INCLUDING 
  THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ARKANSAS...COLUMBIA...LAFAYETTE... 
  NEVADA AND UNION AR. IN LOUISIANA...BIENVILLE...BOSSIER... 
  CADDO...CALDWELL...CLAIBORNE...DE SOTO...GRANT...JACKSON...LA 
  SALLE...LINCOLN...NATCHITOCHES...OUACHITA...RED RIVER...SABINE 
  LA...UNION LA...WEBSTER AND WINN. IN EAST TEXAS...ANGELINA... 
  NACOGDOCHES...SABINE TX...SAN AUGUSTINE AND SHELBY. 

* FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS
  TODAY...RESULTING IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
  INTO DEEP EAST TEXAS...NORTH LOUISIANA AND SOUTH CENTRAL
  ARKANSAS BY THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND
  WILL MOVE ONLY VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

* WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOW LYING AND POOR
  DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE...POSING A THREAT TO
  MOTORISTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. IN METRO AREAS...UNDERPASSES...
  LOW WATER CROSSINGS...FLASHY SMALL CREEKS...AND OTHER LOW LYING
  AREAS MAY FLOOD EASILY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$
771 
WGUS64 KSHV 201616
FFASHV

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1116 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS
THE FOUR STATE REGION...

ARZ061-071>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ152-153-165>167-
202345-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.A.0005.120320T1700Z-120321T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEVADA-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-
CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-
OUACHITA-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESCOTT...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...
EL DORADO...SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...HOMER...RUSTON...
FARMERVILLE...MANSFIELD...COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...
MONROE...MANY...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...
JENA...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN...SAN AUGUSTINE...HEMPHILL
1116 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS...LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS...INCLUDING 
  THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ARKANSAS...COLUMBIA...LAFAYETTE... 
  NEVADA AND UNION AR. IN LOUISIANA...BIENVILLE...BOSSIER... 
  CADDO...CALDWELL...CLAIBORNE...DE SOTO...GRANT...JACKSON...LA 
  SALLE...LINCOLN...NATCHITOCHES...OUACHITA...RED RIVER...SABINE 
  LA...UNION LA...WEBSTER AND WINN. IN EAST TEXAS...ANGELINA... 
  NACOGDOCHES...SABINE TX...SAN AUGUSTINE AND SHELBY. 

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...MOVING INTO NORTH TEXAS...
  CONTINUES EASING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS DEEP
  EAST TEXAS...NORTH LOUISIANA AND SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS. RAIN
  WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES
  POSSIBLE.

* WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOW LYING AND POOR 
  DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE...POSING A THREAT TO 
  MOTORISTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. IN METRO AREAS...UNDERPASSES... 
  LOW WATER CROSSINGS...FLASHY SMALL CREEKS...AND OTHER LOW 
  LYING AREAS MAY FLOOD EASILY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$

ARZ050-051-059-060-070-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-
149>151-202345-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-120321T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-MILLER-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-
BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-
GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE...
TEXARKANA...IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...
PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN...GILMER...
JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...RUSK...HENDERSON...
CARTHAGE
1116 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND 
  NORTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST 
  ARKANSAS...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LITTLE RIVER...MILLER AND 
  SEVIER. IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MCCURTAIN. IN NORTHEAST 
  TEXAS...BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...GREGG... 
  HARRISON...MARION...MORRIS...PANOLA...RED RIVER...RUSK... 
  SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR AND WOOD. 

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...CONTINUES
  TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST
  TEXAS INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. RAIN WILL
  BE HEAVY AT TIMES. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 4 TO
  6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

* WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOW LYING AND POOR 
  DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE...POSING A THREAT TO 
  MOTORISTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. IN METRO AREAS...UNDERPASSES... 
  LOW WATER CROSSINGS...FLASHY SMALL CREEKS...AND OTHER LOW 
  LYING AREAS MAY FLOOD EASILY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$


05
951 
WGUS64 KSHV 201952
FFASHV

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
252 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES
ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION...

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-210600-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-120322T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE...
PRESCOTT...TEXARKANA...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...EL DORADO...
SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...HOMER...RUSTON...
FARMERVILLE...MANSFIELD...COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...
MONROE...MANY...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...
JENA...IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...
PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN...GILMER...
JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...RUSK...HENDERSON...
CARTHAGE...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN...SAN AUGUSTINE...
HEMPHILL
252 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS...LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND 
  TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ARKANSAS... 
  COLUMBIA...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE RIVER... 
  MILLER...NEVADA...SEVIER AND UNION AR. IN LOUISIANA... 
  BIENVILLE...BOSSIER...CADDO...CALDWELL...CLAIBORNE...DE SOTO...
   GRANT...JACKSON...LA SALLE...LINCOLN...NATCHITOCHES... 
  OUACHITA...RED RIVER...SABINE LA...UNION LA...WEBSTER AND 
  WINN. IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MCCURTAIN. IN TEXAS...ANGELINA...
   BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...GREGG...
  HARRISON... MARION...MORRIS...NACOGDOCHES...PANOLA...RED 
  RIVER...RUSK... SABINE TX...SAN AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...SMITH...
  TITUS...UPSHUR AND WOOD. 

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

* AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...LINGERING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...
  CONTINUES TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS
  OF EAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTH LOUISIANA...AND
  SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS WANED ACROSS
  PORTIONS OF EAST TEXAS...ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED
  LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER
  INCH OF RAINFALL ACROSS AREAS THAT HAVE THUS FAR RECEIVED AROUND
  EIGHT INCHES OF RAINFALL. ELSEWHERE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING
  SIX INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE.

* WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOW LYING AND POOR 
  DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE...POSING A THREAT TO 
  MOTORISTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. IN METRO AREAS...UNDERPASSES... 
  LOW WATER CROSSINGS...FLASHY SMALL CREEKS...AND OTHER LOW 
  LYING AREAS MAY FLOOD EASILY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$
062 
WGUS64 KSHV 210419
FFASHV

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1119 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES
ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION...

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-211200-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-120322T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE...
PRESCOTT...TEXARKANA...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...EL DORADO...
SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...HOMER...RUSTON...
FARMERVILLE...MANSFIELD...COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...
MONROE...MANY...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...
JENA...IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...
PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN...GILMER...
JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...RUSK...HENDERSON...
CARTHAGE...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN...SAN AUGUSTINE...
HEMPHILL
1119 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS...LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND 
  TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ARKANSAS... 
  COLUMBIA...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE RIVER... 
  MILLER...NEVADA...SEVIER AND UNION AR. IN LOUISIANA... 
  BIENVILLE...BOSSIER...CADDO...CALDWELL...CLAIBORNE...DE SOTO...
   GRANT...JACKSON...LA SALLE...LINCOLN...NATCHITOCHES... 
  OUACHITA...RED RIVER...SABINE LA...UNION LA...WEBSTER AND 
  WINN. IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MCCURTAIN. IN TEXAS...ANGELINA...
   BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...GREGG...
  HARRISON... MARION...MORRIS...NACOGDOCHES...PANOLA...RED 
  RIVER...RUSK... SABINE TX...SAN AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...SMITH...
  TITUS...UPSHUR AND WOOD. 

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

* AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...LINGERING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...
  CONTINUES TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS
  OF EAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTH LOUISIANA...AND
  SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS WANED ACROSS
  PORTIONS OF EAST TEXAS...ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED
  LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER
  INCH OF RAINFALL ACROSS AREAS THAT HAVE THUS FAR RECEIVED AROUND
  EIGHT INCHES OF RAINFALL. ELSEWHERE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS
  APPROACHING EIGHT INCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED IN PARTS OF
  NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...AND MORE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.

* WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOW LYING AND POOR 
  DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE...POSING A THREAT TO 
  MOTORISTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. IN METRO AREAS...UNDERPASSES... 
  LOW WATER CROSSINGS...FLASHY SMALL CREEKS...AND OTHER LOW 
  LYING AREAS MAY FLOOD EASILY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$


09
145 
WGUS64 KSHV 210910
FFASHV

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
410 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012

...HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES
ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION...

ARZ050-051-059-060-070-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-
149>153-165>167-211015-
/O.CAN.KSHV.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-120322T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-MILLER-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-
BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-
GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE...
TEXARKANA...IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...
PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN...GILMER...
JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...RUSK...HENDERSON...
CARTHAGE...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN...SAN AUGUSTINE...
HEMPHILL
410 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND EAST TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MOST OF THE
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED EAST INTO LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN
ARKANSAS. SOME ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY.
HOWEVER...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL SHOULD BE LIGHT.

$$

ARZ061-071>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-211800-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-120322T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEVADA-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-
CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-
OUACHITA-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESCOTT...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...
EL DORADO...SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...HOMER...RUSTON...
FARMERVILLE...MANSFIELD...COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...
MONROE...MANY...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...
JENA
410 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN ARKANSAS...COLUMBIA...LAFAYETTE...NEVADA AND UNION 
  AR. IN LOUISIANA...BIENVILLE...BOSSIER...CADDO...CALDWELL... 
  CLAIBORNE...DE SOTO...GRANT...JACKSON...LA SALLE...LINCOLN... 
  NATCHITOCHES...OUACHITA...RED RIVER...SABINE LA...UNION LA... 
  WEBSTER AND WINN. 

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS
  THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
  ARKANSAS. SOME RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF EIGHT INCHES HAVE
  ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...AND MORE
  RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.

* WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOW LYING AND POOR 
  DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE...POSING A THREAT TO 
  MOTORISTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. IN METRO AREAS...UNDERPASSES... 
  LOW WATER CROSSINGS...FLASHY SMALL CREEKS...AND OTHER LOW 
  LYING AREAS MAY FLOOD EASILY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$


09
979 
WGUS64 KSHV 211539
FFASHV

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1039 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012

...HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES
ACROSS NORTHERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...

ARZ061-071-072-LAZ001>003-010-211645-
/O.CAN.KSHV.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-120322T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEVADA-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-DE SOTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESCOTT...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...
SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...MANSFIELD
1039 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

$$

ARZ073-LAZ004>006-011>014-017>022-220000-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-120322T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
UNION AR-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-
OUACHITA-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...HOMER...RUSTON...
FARMERVILLE...COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...MONROE...MANY...
NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...JENA
1039 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA...INCLUDING 
  THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...UNION AR. IN 
  LOUISIANA...BIENVILLE...CALDWELL...CLAIBORNE...GRANT... 
  JACKSON...LA SALLE...LINCOLN...NATCHITOCHES...OUACHITA...RED 
  RIVER...SABINE LA...UNION LA AND WINN. 

* UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING

* AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD
  ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND
  ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH LOUISIANA AND
  PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH
  WIDESPREAD AREAS OF RAINFALL HAVE BEEN WANING OVER THE PAST
  SEVERAL HOURS...AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE
  ACROSS SOME LOCATIONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

* WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING HAD OCCURRED. LOW LYING AND POOR
  DRAINAGE AREAS ARE ESPECIALLY PRONE...POSING A THREAT TO
  MOTORISTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. IN METRO AREAS...UNDERPASSES...
  LOW WATER CROSSINGS...FLASHY SMALL CREEKS...AND OTHER LOW LYING
  AREAS MAY ALSO FLOOD EASILY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$
437 
WGUS64 KSHV 211918
FFASHV

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
218 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

ARZ073-LAZ004>006-011>014-017>022-212030-
/O.CAN.KSHV.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-120322T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
UNION AR-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-
OUACHITA-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...HOMER...RUSTON...
FARMERVILLE...COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...MONROE...MANY...
NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...JENA
217 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND
NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
 
$$

05

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Mar 19, 3:42 AM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 3:42 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
342 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

.DISCUSSION...
SIGNIFICANT SEVERE/FLASH FLOODING EVENT SETTING UP AS EXPECTED.
MAMMOTH UPPER TROF HAS MOVED INLAND...AND THE BASE IS NOW OVER AZ
THIS MORNING. THIS DISTURBANCE HAS INITIATED A NASTY LINE OF
CONVECTION OVER THE TX PANHANDLE...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO MIGRATE
EWD TODAY...LIKELY GROWING AND INTENSIFYING. EXPECT CONVECTION TO
MOVE INTO THE WRN FRINGES OF E TX/SE OK BY THIS AFTERNOON...
BRINGING WITH IT THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES...AND
POSSIBLY HAIL.

IN THE MEAN TIME...AN EVER-TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL
PROVIDE FOR WINDY CONDITIONS AREAWIDE. LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE
UP FROM MID MORNING THROUGH AROUND SUNSET...AND MAY BE NEEDED
AGAIN FOR PARTS OF THE REGION ON TUE.

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...AS MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF CONVECTION MOVE ACROSS MAINLY E
TX...SE OK...AND ADJACENT PARTS OF SW AR. ADD TO THIS THE THREAT
FOR FLASH FLOODING...AS EFFICIENT RAINFALL-PRODUCING STORMS MOVE
REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF E
TX...SE OK...AND PARTS OF EXTREME SW AR WILL BE POSTED WITH THIS
PACKAGE. ADDITIONAL COUNTIES/PARISHES MAY NEED TO BE ADDED...AND
THE WATCH MAY EVEN NEED TO BE EXTENDED IN TIME WITH FUTURE
ISSUANCES...AS THE PICTURE BECOMES CLEARER. STILL LOOKING AT
EVENT TOTALS IN THE 7-9 INCH RANGE FOR SE OK/NE TX...WITH AN
ANOTHER AREA OF 6-8 INCHES POSSIBLE FOR ALL OF SW AR AND NW LA.
THREAT AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT EWD THROUGH TUE...AS
THE DISTURBANCE/FRONT LUMBER EWD.

WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER SHOULD COME TO AN END BY WED EVENING...
AS THE SFC BOUNDARY BEGINS TO OCCLUDE. MODELS STILL WORKING OUT
THE DETAILS ON THE NOW CUT OFF LOW...BUT THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS
FOR IT TO SPIN SOMEWHERE OVER THE SRN PLAINS THROUGH EARLY FRI...
BEFORE IT FINALLY BEGINS TO LIFT NE. WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THE
SFC BOUNDARY LINGERING ACROSS THE ERN SECTIONS OF THE REGION...
HAVE MAINTAINED SOME LOW-END POPS THROUGH FRI ACROSS THESE AREAS.

WEEKEND LOOKS DRY ATTM...WITH UPPER RIDGING/NW FLOW EXPECTED.
ONGOING HEAT WAVE STILL LOOKS TO BREAK BY TUE/WED...AND NEAR
NORMAL TO JUST ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS ARE FORECAST TO HOLD THROUGH THE
END OF THE PD. /12/

&&

.AVIATION...
MVFR/VFR FLIGHT CATEGORIES ARE BEING OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA THIS MORNING. SOME SCATTERED -RA ACTIVITY IS BEGINNING TO MOVE
INTO DEEP EAST TEXAS ATTM...AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE EAST TEXAS
TERMINALS. FLIGHT CATEGORIES SHOULD NOT CHANGE MUCH WITH THIS -RA
ACTIVITY...AS CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN MVFR TO VFR THIS MORNING.
VFR CIGS WILL BECOME MORE COMMON ACROSS THE AREA AS WE MOVE INTO THE
AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT TSRA ACTIVITY WILL ALSO BE BECOMING MORE
POSSIBLE AS WELL. TERMINALS ALONG AND WEST OF I49 WILL BE IN A
SLIGHT RISK FOR SVR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY...WITH +TSRA
ACTIVITY BECOMING MORE COMMON AFTER 00Z AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE
END OF THE 12Z PERIOD. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KTS WILL
PREVAIL ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...BUT WHERE +TSRA ACTIVITY
OCCURS WINDS WILL BE MUCH STRONGER AND VARIABLE. VSBY WILL VARY WITH
TSRA ACTIVITY AND MAY TEMPORARILY LOWER TO LIFR WHERE HEAVY RAIN
OCCURS. /11/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  82  67  78  61  69 /  40  50 100  80  70
MLU  83  67  84  65  75 /  20  20  50  50  70
DEQ  77  63  69  55  69 /  80 100 100  70  70
TXK  80  65  73  57  68 /  60  80 100  80  70
ELD  82  65  79  62  74 /  20  40  70  70  70
TYR  77  62  67  53  65 /  70 100 100  50  50
GGG  80  66  70  56  66 /  60  80 100  60  50
LFK  81  68  74  59  68 /  40  50 100  60  50

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS
     EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ARZ050-051-059-060-070.

LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS
     EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022.

OK...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS
     EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: OKZ077.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: OKZ077.

TX...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS
     EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>151.

&&

12/11
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 12:27 PM CDT, 15 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1227 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-191100-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
1227 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. HOWEVER...NO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS...AND INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS MONDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL RESULT IN AN
INCREASE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THESE AREAS. STRONG
WIND SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WITH THIS DISTURBANCE WILL RESULT IN A
THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN ISOLATED FLOOD THREAT MAY DEVELOP
LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD THESE STORMS DEVELOP AND
MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS.

THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXIST OVER
MUCH OF THE REGION TUESDAY...AS A WEAK PACIFIC COLD FRONT DRIFTS
EAST INTO EAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND POSSIBLY EXTREME
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND WESTERN LOUISIANA TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
MEANWHILE...THE PARENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL DRIFT
SOUTHEAST TO NEAR THE BIG BEND REGION OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS BEFORE
BECOMING NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH MIDWEEK. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY
BECOME SEVERE TUESDAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES. HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
AND FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE ACROSS EAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND WESTERN LOUISIANA...AS
THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP AND TRAIN NORTHWARD OVER THE SAME AREAS
NEAR AND JUST AHEAD OF THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY. FARTHER EAST
ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL ARKANSAS AND NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA...SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AHEAD
OF THE NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT...WITH A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
PERSISTING OVER THESE AREAS. DAMAGING WINDS...ISOLATED
TORNADOES...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE
STRONGER STORMS...ALTHOUGH A FLASH FLOOD THREAT CAN NOT BE RULED
OUT SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS FOR A PERIOD OF
TIME...ATOP GROUNDS THAT ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM WIDESPREAD
HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH FELL EARLY LAST WEEK. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF THREE TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED AREAWIDE THIS WEEK...WITH
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLY NEARING TEN INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST
TEXAS. LOOK FOR THE FLASH FLOOD AND SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TO
DIMINISH LATE IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

15

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 3:54 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisorySHVColumbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more18 hr
Mar 19, 3:42 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisorySHVColumbia, Lafayette, Union23 hr
Mar 19, 10:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVFranklin, Morris, Red River, Titus7 days
Mar 19, 10:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Titus7 days

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Sources

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.