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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 5, 201414 counties in Texas; 17 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood watch at Apr 5, 2014, 2:20 PM CDT for 14 counties in Texas; 17 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 6, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2014, 2:20 PM CDT (19:20 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 6, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 6, 2014, 11:10 PM CDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity
None
All 31 counties

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, Angelina County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Apr 5, 2:09 PM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 2:09 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 11:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 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.