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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 12, 201421 counties in Texas; 5 parishes in Louisiana; 8 counties in Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood watch at May 12, 2014, 4:40 AM CDT for 21 counties in Texas; 5 parishes in Louisiana; 8 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at May 12, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2014, 4:40 AM CDT (09:40 UTC)
In effect from: May 12, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 13, 2014, 11:51 AM CDT
In force: 17 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, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 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.

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 May 11, 11:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 11:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 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
May 12, 4:45 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg and 10 more	6 hr
May 12, 11:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Franklin, Morris, Titus	54 hr
May 12, 6:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Sabine	2 hr
May 12, 11:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Little River, Sevier	4 days
May 12, 11:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Howard, Little River, Sevier	65 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2014 Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2014 Flash Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2014 Every flash flood watch in 2014

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.