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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Shreveport, LA

December 21, 2013Smith County, Wood County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 21, 2013, 7:50 PM CST for Smith County, Wood County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 22, 2013, 6:36 AM CST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 21, 2013, 7:50 PM CST (01:50 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 22, 2013, 6:36 AM CST
Expired: Dec 27, 2013, 8:21 AM CST
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Smith County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sabine River near Mineola (MLAT2). The gauge peaked at 16.17 ft at Dec 24, 2013, 12:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 13.5 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08018500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Dec 21, 5:40 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 5:40 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 11:40 AM CST, 8 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1140 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013

TXZ124-125-136-137-221745-
WOOD-UPSHUR-SMITH-GREGG-
1140 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
TEXAS.

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

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER
IN THE AFTERNOON. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

ARZ071>073-LAZ001>004-010>012-017-TXZ126-138-149>153-165>167-
221745-
LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-
DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-SABINE LA-MARION-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-
RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
1140 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA UNTIL
AROUND MID AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS COULD POSSIBLY BECOME
SEVERE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR ISOLATED
TORNADOES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ANOTHER CONCERN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WHILE THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR
RADIO OPERATORS REMAINS A POSSIBILITY FOR THIS AFTERNOON...THE POTENTIAL
FOR SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE VERY ISOLATED AT THIS TIME.

ARZ050-051-059>061-070-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-221745-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-MCCURTAIN-
RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-
1140 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

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

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
NOT EXPECTED TO BE EXTREMELY HEAVY...A SATURATED GROUND MAY ALLOW
FOR BRIEF LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES AT A FEW LOCATIONS. A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME FOR
THIS AFTERNOON.

LAZ005-006-013-014-018>022-221745-
LINCOLN-UNION LA-JACKSON-OUACHITA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-
CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
1140 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.

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

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA UNTIL
AROUND THE LATE AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR ISOLATED TORNADOES.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ANOTHER CONCERN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR
RADIO OPERATORS REMAINS A POSSIBILITY FOR THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...
THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE FAIRLY ISOLATED AT
THIS TIME.

VII

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 21, 3:51 PM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 21, 4:07 PM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 21, 4:34 PM CST, 3 hours 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 21, 4:43 PM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 22, 8:05 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Cass, Marion	50 hr
Dec 22, 11:26 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby	22 hr
Dec 22, 11:26 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	43 hr
Dec 22, 11:30 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris	7 days
Dec 22, 11:32 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus	46 hr
Dec 22, 11:32 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Franklin, Morris, Titus	60 hr
Dec 22, 11:36 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Rusk	54 hr
Dec 22, 11:34 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Webster	11 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2013 Every river flood warning in 2013

Sources

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