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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Shreveport, LA

August 28, 20129 counties in Arkansas; 8 counties in Texas; 17 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood watch at Aug 28, 2012, 4:47 AM CDT for 9 counties in Arkansas; 8 counties in Texas; 17 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Aug 29, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 2012, 4:47 AM CDT (09:47 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 29, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 30, 2012, 8:23 PM CDT
In force
25 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity
None
All 34 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, Bowie County, TX, Cass County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Panola County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 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 (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 2012-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 786 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 2012-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
786 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1415 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

730 
WGUS64 KSHV 280947
FFASHV

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
447 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA 
WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...

.TROPICAL STORM ISAAC IS EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY RAINFALL
WEDNESDAY THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY
LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING.

LAZ013-014-018>022-290000-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.A.0006.120829T1200Z-120830T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JACKSON-OUACHITA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESBORO...MONROE...NATCHITOCHES...
WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...JENA
447 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND 
  NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH 
  CENTRAL LOUISIANA...CALDWELL...GRANT...JACKSON...LA SALLE... 
  OUACHITA AND WINN. IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...NATCHITOCHES. 

* FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE
  WATCH AREA IN ADVANCE OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC. WIDESPREAD HEAVY
  RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AS ISAAC MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS
  THE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. RAINFALL
  TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE 24 HOUR PERIOD. THIS AMOUNT OF
  RAINFALL WILL SATURATE SOILS AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING
  ACROSS POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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.

&&

$$

13
9 follow-up statements
675 
WGUS64 KSHV 282005
FFASHV

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
305 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA
WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...

.TROPICAL STORM ISAAC IS EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY RAINFALL
WEDNESDAY THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY
LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING.

LAZ013-014-018>022-291015-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.A.0006.120829T1200Z-120830T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JACKSON-OUACHITA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESBORO...MONROE...NATCHITOCHES...
WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...JENA
305 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012

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

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... 
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... 
  CALDWELL...GRANT...JACKSON...LA SALLE...OUACHITA AND WINN. IN 
  NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...NATCHITOCHES. 

* FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE
  WATCH AREA IN ADVANCE OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC. WIDESPREAD HEAVY
  RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AS ISAAC MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS
  THE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. RAINFALL
  TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE 24 HOUR PERIOD. THIS AMOUNT OF
  RAINFALL WILL SATURATE SOILS AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING
  ACROSS POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.


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.

&&

$$

VII
137 
WGUS64 KSHV 290307 AAA
FFASHV

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1007 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA
WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...

.TROPICAL STORM ISAAC IS EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY RAINFALL
LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY...WITH THE POSSIBLY OF FLASH
FLOODING INCREASING AS RAIN CONTINUES AROUND THE REMNANTS OF ISSAC.

LAZ013-014-018>022-291115-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FF.A.0006.120830T0000Z-120830T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JACKSON-OUACHITA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESBORO...MONROE...NATCHITOCHES...
WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...JENA
1007 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... INCLUDING
  THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  CALDWELL...GRANT...JACKSON...LA SALLE...OUACHITA AND WINN. IN
  NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...NATCHITOCHES.

* FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING AND LIKELY BEYOND.

* HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING LATE WEDNESDAY ACROSS
  THE WATCH AREA IN ADVANCE OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC. WIDESPREAD
  HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AS ISAAC MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD
  ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
  RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF
  RAINFALL WILL SATURATE SOILS AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING
  ACROSS POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.


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.

&&

$$

24
157 
WGUS64 KSHV 291037
FFASHV

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
537 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA
WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...

.HURRICANE ISAAC IS EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY RAINFALL LATE WEDNESDAY
THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY...WITH THE POSSIBLY OF FLASH FLOODING
INCREASING AS RAIN CONTINUES AROUND THE REMNANTS OF ISSAC.

LAZ017-291845-
/O.EXB.KSHV.FF.A.0006.120830T0000Z-120831T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SABINE LA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANY
537 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF NORTHWEST 
  LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...SABINE LA. 

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

* HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING IN
  ADVANCE OF HURRICANE ISAAC. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS
  EXPECTED AS ISAAC MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE AREA
  THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
  BETWEEN 6 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS AMOUNT
  OF RAINFALL WILL SATURATE SOILS AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH
  FLOODING ACROSS POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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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151-153-166-167-291845-
/O.EXB.KSHV.FF.A.0006.120830T1200Z-120831T0000Z/
/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-BOWIE-CASS-MARION-HARRISON-
PANOLA-SHELBY-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...ATLANTA...
JEFFERSON...MARSHALL...CARTHAGE...CENTER...SAN AUGUSTINE...
HEMPHILL
537 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS...LOUISIANA 
  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...CLAIBORNE...DE SOTO...LINCOLN... 
  RED RIVER...UNION LA AND WEBSTER. IN TEXAS...BOWIE...CASS... 
  HARRISON...MARION...PANOLA...SABINE TX...SAN AUGUSTINE AND 
  SHELBY. 

* FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

* HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
  IN ADVANCE OF HURRICANE ISAAC. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS
  EXPECTED AS ISAAC MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE AREA
  THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
  BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS
  AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL SATURATE SOILS AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH
  FLOODING ACROSS POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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.

&&

$$

LAZ013-014-018>022-291845-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FF.A.0006.120830T0000Z-120831T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JACKSON-OUACHITA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESBORO...MONROE...NATCHITOCHES...
WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...JENA
537 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... 
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... 
  CALDWELL...GRANT...JACKSON...LA SALLE...OUACHITA AND WINN. IN 
  NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...NATCHITOCHES. 

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

* HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING THIS EVENING IN
  ADVANCE OF HURRICANE ISAAC. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS
  EXPECTED AS ISAAC MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE AREA
  THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
  BETWEEN 6 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE
  ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 8 TO
  10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
  EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL SATURATE
  SOILS AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ACROSS POOR DRAINAGE
  AREAS.

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
415 
WGUS64 KSHV 292105
FFASHV

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
405 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA
WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...

.HURRICANE ISAAC IS EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY RAINFALL BEGINNING LATE
WEDNESDAY EVENING...THROUGH OF THURSDAY AND INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH
THE POSSIBLY OF FLASH FLOODING INCREASING AS RAIN CONTINUES AROUND
THE REMNANTS OF ISSAC.

LAZ013-014-300515-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FF.A.0006.120830T0000Z-120831T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JACKSON-OUACHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESBORO...MONROE
405 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...JACKSON AND OUACHITA. 

* FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING THIS EVENING IN 
  ADVANCE OF HURRICANE ISAAC. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS 
  EXPECTED AS ISAAC MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE AREA 
  THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO 
  RANGE BETWEEN 6 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS 
  POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS 
  BETWEEN 8 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THIS AMOUNT OF 
  RAINFALL WILL SATURATE SOILS AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH 
  FLOODING ACROSS POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 


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-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION AR-
WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-BIENVILLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...HOPE...
PRESCOTT...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...EL DORADO...MINDEN...HOMER...
RUSTON...FARMERVILLE...BIENVILLE
405 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN ARKANSAS...COLUMBIA...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD... 
  LAFAYETTE...NEVADA...SEVIER AND UNION AR. IN LOUISIANA... 
  BIENVILLE...CLAIBORNE...LINCOLN...UNION LA AND WEBSTER. 

* FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING EARLY THURSDAY 
  MORNING IN ADVANCE OF HURRICANE ISAAC. WIDESPREAD HEAVY 
  RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AS ISAAC MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD 
  ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE 
  EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 
  AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL SATURATE SOILS 
  AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ACROSS POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 


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.

&&

$$

LAZ017>022-300515-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.A.0006.120830T0000Z-120831T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANY...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...
COLFAX...COLUMBIA...JENA
405 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

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

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... 
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... 
  CALDWELL...GRANT...LA SALLE AND WINN. IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
   NATCHITOCHES AND SABINE LA. 

* FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

* HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING THIS EVENING IN
  ADVANCE OF HURRICANE ISAAC. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS
  EXPECTED AS ISAAC MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE AREA
  THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
  BETWEEN 6 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE
  ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 8 TO 10
  INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EAST
  CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL SATURATE SOILS
  AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ACROSS POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.


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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300515-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LITTLE RIVER-MILLER-CADDO-BOSSIER-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BOWIE-CASS-
MARION-HARRISON-PANOLA-SHELBY-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHDOWN...TEXARKANA...SHREVEPORT...
BOSSIER CITY...MANSFIELD...COUSHATTA...ATLANTA...JEFFERSON...
MARSHALL...CARTHAGE...CENTER...SAN AUGUSTINE...HEMPHILL
405 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND 
  TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST 
  ARKANSAS...LITTLE RIVER AND MILLER. IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... 
  BOSSIER...CADDO...DE SOTO AND RED RIVER. IN TEXAS...BOWIE... 
  CASS...HARRISON...MARION...PANOLA...SABINE TX...SAN AUGUSTINE 
  AND SHELBY. 

* FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

* HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
  IN ADVANCE OF HURRICANE ISAAC. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS
  EXPECTED AS ISAAC MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE AREA
  THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
  BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS
  AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL SATURATE SOILS AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH
  FLOODING ACROSS POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.


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.

&&

$$

VII
688 
WGUS64 KSHV 300939
FFASHV

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
439 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL 
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT...

.TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH NORTHWEST 
INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. WHILE
THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES FURTHER INLAND...
THE POSSIBLY OF FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE WITH
THE RAIN BANDS AROUND THE REMNANTS OF ISSAC.

LAZ017-301045-
/O.CAN.KSHV.FF.A.0006.000000T0000Z-120831T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SABINE LA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANY
439 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

WITH TROPICAL STORM ISAAC EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DRIFTING NORTH 
NORTHWEST AND WEAKENING AS IT MOVES FURTHER INLAND...THE EXCESSIVE
HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT NO LONGER APPEARS LIKELY FOR THE PARISH.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD TOTAL NEAR ONE INCH TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.

$$

ARZ059-070-LAZ001-002-010-TXZ097-112-126-138-151-153-166-167-
301045-
/O.CAN.KSHV.FF.A.0006.120830T1200Z-120831T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LITTLE RIVER-MILLER-CADDO-BOSSIER-DE SOTO-BOWIE-CASS-MARION-
HARRISON-PANOLA-SHELBY-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHDOWN...TEXARKANA...SHREVEPORT...
BOSSIER CITY...MANSFIELD...ATLANTA...JEFFERSON...MARSHALL...
CARTHAGE...CENTER...SAN AUGUSTINE...HEMPHILL
439 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

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

* WITH TROPICAL STORM ISAAC EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DRIFTING NORTH
  NORTHWEST AND WEAKENING AS IT MOVES FURTHER INLAND...THE
  EXCESSIVE HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT NO LONGER APPEARS LIKELY FOR THE
  REGION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD RANGE FROM NEAR ONE HALF INCH
  ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS...CLOSER TO ONE INCH ACROSS EXTREME
  NORTHWEST LOUISIANA INCLUDING THE SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY
  AREA AND VICINITY...TO NEAR 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS EXTREME
  SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.

$$

ARZ050-051-060-061-071>073-LAZ003>006-012-310000-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FF.A.0006.120830T0939Z-120831T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEVIER-HOWARD-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION AR-
WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-BIENVILLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...HOPE...
PRESCOTT...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...EL DORADO...MINDEN...HOMER...
RUSTON...FARMERVILLE...BIENVILLE
439 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN ARKANSAS...COLUMBIA...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD... 
  LAFAYETTE...NEVADA...SEVIER AND UNION AR. IN LOUISIANA... 
  BIENVILLE...CLAIBORNE...LINCOLN...UNION LA AND WEBSTER. 

* THROUGH 7 AM FRIDAY MORNING

* RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY THROUGH
  TONIGHT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF EXCESSIVE HEAVY RAINFALL THIS
  AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AS THE REMNANTS OF ISAAC MAKE THEIR
  WAY NORTHWARD. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE
  POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM
  RINGGOLD AND MINDEN LOUISIANA TO LEWISVILLE AND DEQUEEN
  ARKANSAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
  AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBIA
  AND HOMER LOUISIANA TO PRESCOTT ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS
  AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL SATURATE SOILS AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH
  FLOODING ACROSS POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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.

&&

$$

LAZ011-310000-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FF.A.0006.120830T0939Z-120831T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RED RIVER-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...COUSHATTA
439 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

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

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* A PORTION OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREA...RED RIVER. 

* THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING

* RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH THE
  POSSIBILITY OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH 7 PM THIS
  EVENING. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL SATURATE SOILS AND COULD
  RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ACROSS POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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.

&&

$$

LAZ018>022-310000-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.A.0006.000000T0000Z-120831T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...
COLUMBIA...JENA
439 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

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

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... 
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... 
  CALDWELL...GRANT...LA SALLE AND WINN. IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
   NATCHITOCHES. 

* THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING

* RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 PM THIS
  EVENING. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL SATURATE SOILS AND COULD
  RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ACROSS POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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.

&&

$$

LAZ013-014-310000-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.A.0006.000000T0000Z-120831T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JACKSON-OUACHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESBORO...MONROE
439 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

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

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...JACKSON AND OUACHITA. 

* THROUGH 7 AM FRIDAY MORNING

* RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY THROUGH
  TONIGHT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF EXCESSIVE HEAVY RAINFALL THIS
  AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AS THE REMNANTS OF ISAAC MAKE THEIR
  WAY NORTHWARD. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED
  HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM
  COLUMBIA AND HOMER LOUISIANA TO PRESCOTT ARKANSAS THROUGH
  TONIGHT. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL SATURATE SOILS AND COULD
  RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ACROSS POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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.

&&

$$

13
589 
WGUS64 KSHV 301543
FFASHV

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1043 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT...

.TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH
NORTHWEST INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING. WHILE THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES
FURTHER INLAND... THE POSSIBLY OF FLASH FLOODING WILL EXIST IN AT
LEAST A FEW LOCATIONS...WITH HEAVIER RAIN BANDS AROUND THE
REMNANTS OF ISSAC.

ARZ050-051-060-061-071>073-LAZ003>006-012>014-302345-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.A.0006.000000T0000Z-120831T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEVIER-HOWARD-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION AR-
WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...HOPE...
PRESCOTT...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...EL DORADO...MINDEN...HOMER...
RUSTON...FARMERVILLE...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...MONROE
1043 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

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

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN ARKANSAS...COLUMBIA...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD... 
  LAFAYETTE...NEVADA...SEVIER AND UNION AR. IN LOUISIANA... 
  BIENVILLE...CLAIBORNE...JACKSON...LINCOLN...OUACHITA...UNION 
  LA AND WEBSTER. 

* THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* RAIN WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO
  TONIGHT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF EXCESSIVE HEAVY RAINFALL...AS
  THE REMNANTS OF ISAAC MAKE THEIR WAY NORTHWARD. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
  OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...ALONG AND
  EAST OF A LINE FROM RINGGOLD AND MINDEN LOUISIANA TO LEWISVILLE
  AND DEQUEEN ARKANSAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WILL
  BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBIA AND HOMER
  LOUISIANA TO PRESCOTT ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS AMOUNT OF
  RAINFALL WILL SATURATE SOILS AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING
  ACROSS SOME OF THE LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.


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.

&&

$$

LAZ011-018>022-302345-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.A.0006.000000T0000Z-120831T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RED RIVER-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUSHATTA...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...
COLFAX...COLUMBIA...JENA
1043 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

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

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... 
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... 
  CALDWELL...GRANT...LA SALLE AND WINN. IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
   NATCHITOCHES AND RED RIVER. 

* UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING

* RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE
  POSSIBILITY OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH 7 PM
  THIS EVENING. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL SATURATE SOILS AND
  COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ACROSS POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.


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.

&&

$$

VII
654 
WGUS64 KSHV 301940
FFASHV

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
240 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT...

.TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH
NORTHWEST INTO EXTREME SOUTHCENTRAL ARKANSAS...BY EARLY THIS
EVENING. WHILE THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY WEAKEN...THE
POSSIBLY OF FLASH FLOODING WILL EXIST IN AT LEAST A FEW
LOCATIONS...WITH HEAVIER RAIN BANDS AROUND THE REMNANTS OF ISSAC.

LAZ011-018>022-302045-
/O.CAN.KSHV.FF.A.0006.000000T0000Z-120831T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RED RIVER-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUSHATTA...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...
COLFAX...COLUMBIA...JENA
240 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AS THE CENTER OF
DIMINISHING TROPICAL STORM ISAAC MOVES NORTH TOWARDS THE ARKANSAS
STATE LINE...ASSOCIATED RAINFALL FOR THE MOST PART...WILL SHIFT
NORTH OF THE AREA. 

$$

ARZ050-051-060-061-071>073-LAZ003>006-012>014-310345-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.A.0006.000000T0000Z-120831T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEVIER-HOWARD-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION AR-
WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...HOPE...
PRESCOTT...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...EL DORADO...MINDEN...HOMER...
RUSTON...FARMERVILLE...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...MONROE
240 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

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

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN ARKANSAS...COLUMBIA...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD... 
  LAFAYETTE...NEVADA...SEVIER AND UNION AR. IN LOUISIANA... 
  BIENVILLE...CLAIBORNE...JACKSON...LINCOLN...OUACHITA...UNION 
  LA AND WEBSTER. 

* THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...AND MAY
  INCREASE...AS THE CENTER OF DIMINISHING TROPICAL STORM
  ISAAC...MOVES NORTHWARD TOWARDS THE ARKANSAS STATE LINE.
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
  OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL SATURATE SOILS AND
  COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ACROSS SOME OF THE LOW LYING AND
  POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.


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.

&&

$$

VII
308 
WGUS64 KSHV 302153
FFASHV

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
453 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT...

.TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH
NORTHWEST INTO EXTREME SOUTH-CENTRAL ARKANSAS BY EARLY THIS
EVENING. WHILE THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY WEAKEN...THE
POSSIBLY OF FLASH FLOODING WILL EXIST IN AT LEAST A FEW
LOCATIONS...WITH HEAVIER RAIN BANDS AROUND THE REMNANTS OF ISSAC.

ARZ050-051-060-061-071>073-LAZ003>006-012>014-311200-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.A.0006.000000T0000Z-120831T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEVIER-HOWARD-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION AR-
WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...HOPE...
PRESCOTT...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...EL DORADO...MINDEN...HOMER...
RUSTON...FARMERVILLE...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...MONROE
453 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AT 7 AM...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN ARKANSAS...COLUMBIA...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD... 
  LAFAYETTE...NEVADA...SEVIER AND UNION AR. IN LOUISIANA... 
  BIENVILLE...CLAIBORNE...JACKSON...LINCOLN...OUACHITA...UNION 
  LA AND WEBSTER. 

* THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AT 7 AM.

* RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...AND MAY 
  INCREASE...AS THE CENTER OF DIMINISHING TROPICAL STORM ISAAC...
   MOVES NORTHWARD TOWARDS THE ARKANSAS STATE LINE. RAINFALL 
  AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE 
  OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL SATURATE SOILS 
  AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ACROSS SOME OF THE LOW 
  LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 

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.

&&

$$
101 
WGUS64 KSHV 310123
FFASHV

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
823 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

ARZ050-051-060-061-071>073-LAZ003>006-012>014-310230-
/O.CAN.KSHV.FF.A.0006.000000T0000Z-120831T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SEVIER-HOWARD-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION AR-
WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...HOPE...
PRESCOTT...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...EL DORADO...MINDEN...HOMER...
RUSTON...FARMERVILLE...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...MONROE
823 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS AND 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 Aug 27, 9:45 PM CDT, 7 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 9:45 PM CDT, 7 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
945 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2012

.DISCUSSION...
MOST OF THE SHOWER AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
DIMINISH...BUT THERE IS A WEAK BOUNDARY OF SORTS ALONG AND NORTH
OF I-30 AND RADAR STILL SHOWING THE LIONS SHARE OF ACTIVITY IN THE
CORRIDOR. WE HAVE DECIDED TO LEAVE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN
OVERNIGHT. NO CHANGES TO LOW OR DEW POINTS WHICH ALL SEEM TO BE
RIGHT ON TRACK. DID UPDATE THE WINDS DIRECTIONS OFF THE MARK IN
MAINLY EAST TEXAS. LOADED IN LAPS AND NEW NAM THROUGH 12Z. WE WILL
BE SENDING A NEW SUITE OF PRODUCTS SHORTLY. AS FAR AS ISSAC GOES
THE OUTFLOW IS TORN APART AND STRETCHED IN OVER TEXAS. THE STORM
MID AND LOW LEVELS LIKEWISE LACK SYMMETRY AND REMAINS ELONGATED
DUE TO THE SURGING OUTFLOW OVER TEXAS. THE NE QUAD OF THE STORM
CONTINUES TO LACK CENTRAL DENSE OVERCAST OR ANY GOOD CIRRUS
FINGERS OBVIOUSLY WITH SOME OF THE BANDS OVER FLORIDA SUSTAINED BY
SEA BREEZE AND HEATING. THE OUTFLOW HERE IS NEARLY DIVERGENT
TOWARD THE NE GULF COAST AND IS THE LIKELY REASON FOR THE STORM
BEING UNABLE TO WRAP UP TIGHTER. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR
CHANGES IN THE STORMS PATH AND EXPECTED AFFECTS IN OUR CWA. /24/

&&

.AVIATION...
SOME ISOLATED SHOWER ACTIVITY STILL LINGERS IN NORTHEAST THIS
EVENING...BUT THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD DISSIPATE WITHIN AN HOUR. VFR
FLIGHT CATEGORIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE OBSERVED OVERNIGHT...WITH SOME
MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS OBSERVED. LOCALIZED PATCHY FOG WILL BE
POSSIBLE AFTER 06Z THROUGH 14Z TUESDAY...ANY ASSOCIATED TEMPO IFR
VISIBILITIES AT TERMINALS WILL BE HANDLED WITH AMD. LIGHT AND
VARIABLE WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH 12Z...WITH LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS
BECOMING COMMON THEREAFTER. /11/

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 308 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2012/

DISCUSSION...
DRIER AIR BEGINNING TO WORK INTO THE MID LVLS AS NE FLOW ALOFT HAS
BEGUN TO INCREASE IN RESPONSE TO SLOW APPROACHING T.S ISAAC OVER
THE CENTRAL GULF. PW VALUES DROPPED FROM THE 12Z SOUNDINGS...TO
THE SPECIAL 18Z SOUNDING LAUNCHES. HOWEVER...ISOLD CONVECTION
DEVELOPED ACROSS MOST OF AREA AROUND MIDDAY AS MID LVL SHEAR
INCREASED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THESE INCREASED MID LVL WINDS.
EXPECT CONVECTION TO DIMINISH WITH SUNSET...AND SUBSIDENCE TO BE
INCREASED DURG DAYTIME TUE...DIMINISHING CONVECTION.
THEREAFTER...POPS WILL INCREASE OVER NORTHCENTRAL LA WITH
PROJECTED PATH OF ISAAC...BUT WITH THE HEAVY QPF LIKELY JUST
MISSING CWA TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS WITH ISOLD
TSTMS CLOSER TO THE STORM PATH AFTER IT MAKES LANDFALL LATE TUE
NIGHT. HOWEVER...ISAAC REMAINS SOMEWHAT DISORGANISED...MAKING EXACT
TRACK DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN...WITH SHAPE ELONGATED...AND LACK OF
WELL DEFINED EYE ON SATELLITE. BOUY PRESSURE DATA EARLIER THIS
AFTN SUGGESTED DEEPENING TRENDS WERE OCCURRING AS EXPECTED.
HAVE LOWERED DEWPOINTS SLIGHTLY TO ACCOUNT FOR ADVECTION TO THE SW
OF DEWPONTS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MS...LOWER TO MID 60S.
DAYTIME HIGHS WERE LOWERED ACCORDINGLY WHERE POPS ARE
LIKELY...DOWN TO AROUND MID 80S./VII/.

AVIATION...
MOSTLY VFR FLIGHT WEATHER FOR THE REMAINDER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. EXCEPTION WILL BE IN AND AROUND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WHERE BRIEF PERIODS OF IFR CIGS AND VISIBILITY MAY
OCCUR. WIND GUST TO 35 KTS WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE TURBULENCE CAN BE
EXPECTED NEAR THE STRONGER CONVECTION...WHICH WILL BE MAINLY OVER
PORTIONS OF EAST TEXAS BETWEEN KTYR AND KLFK. AFTER 06Z TONIGHT
THROUGH 14Z MONDAY...EXPECT LOCALIZED AREAS OF IFR VISIBILITY...
BRIEFLY 1 TO 3 MILES IN FOG...MAINLY AT LOCATIONS WHICH RECEIVE RAIN
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. /14/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  73  95  71  91  73 /  10  20  20  30  40
MLU  72  93  71  86  74 /  10  20  40  60  60
DEQ  72  94  68  94  71 /  20  10  10  10  10
TXK  73  93  70  92  72 /  10  10  10  20  20
ELD  71  94  71  91  73 /  10  20  20  30  40
TYR  73  94  69  95  72 /  20  10  10  20  10
GGG  72  94  70  93  73 /  10  20  20  20  20
LFK  73  94  71  92  74 /  10  20  20  30  20

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

24/11
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 11:57 AM CDT, 16 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1157 AM CDT MON AUG 27 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>167-281700-
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-
1157 AM CDT MON AUG 27 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...

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
TEXAS...MAY INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN VERY ISOLATED. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE
WEATHER IS EXPECTED...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL...MAY OCCUR IN STRONGER STORMS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY
DIMINISH BY AROUND SUNSET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. GUSTY WINDS
AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH LOUISIANA
AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AS THIS STORM LIFTS NORTH. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR STATEMENTS FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REGARDING ANY CHANGES TO THE
FORECAST TRACK OR INTENSITY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR
TONIGHT.

VII

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 4:54 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisorySHVUnion10 hr
Aug 28, 5:53 AM CDTTropical Storm WatchSHVCaldwell, Jackson, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Winn24 hr
Aug 28, 5:53 AM CDTTropical Storm WarningSHVCaldwell, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Ouachita and 2 more58 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2012Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2012Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2012Every flash flood watch in 2012

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.