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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Shreveport, LA

October 31, 2013Anderson County, Cherokee County, Houston County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Oct 31, 2013, 6:32 AM CDT for Anderson County, Cherokee County, Houston County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 31, 2013, 6:45 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 31, 2013, 6:32 AM CDT (11:32 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 31, 2013, 6:45 PM CDT
Expired: Nov 4, 2013, 9:00 PM CST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Anderson County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Houston County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Neches River near Neches (NCST2). The gauge peaked at 14.48 ft at Nov 1, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 11.5 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08032000, 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 Oct 31, 5:49 AM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 5:49 AM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 31, 6:05 AM CDT, 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 31, 5:46 AM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 31, 6:23 AM CDT, 9 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
Oct 30, 11:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Smith	3 hr
Oct 30, 11:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Gregg, Rusk, Smith	6 hr
Oct 31, 3:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Cass, Harrison, Marion, Panola	3 hr
Oct 31, 4:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	3 hr
Oct 31, 4:45 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg and 10 more	13 hr
Oct 31, 6:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris	3 hr
Oct 31, 6:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Franklin, Morris, Titus	4 days
Oct 31, 7:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Sabine	3 hr
Oct 31, 10:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby	34 hr
Oct 31, 10:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	3 days
Oct 31, 8:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Sabine, Winn	3 hr
Oct 31, 9:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Caldwell, Jackson, Ouachita, Union	117 min
Oct 31, 10:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Winn	38 min
Oct 31, 10:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	LaSalle	3 hr
Oct 31, 11:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Sabine, Winn	3 hr

Nearby

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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.