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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 2, 20134 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Jun 2, 2013, 8:36 PM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 46 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2013, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
46 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Bayou Dorcheat at Lake Bistineau (LBUL1). The gauge peaked at 11.27 ft at Jun 1, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
142 ft
Minor stage
142.5 ft
Moderate stage
144 ft
Major stage
145 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07349250, 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 Jun 2, 2:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.