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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 13, 2014Gregg County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at May 13, 2014, 7:20 AM CDT for Gregg County, Texas. It took effect at May 13, 2014, 12:19 PM CDT. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2014, 7:20 AM CDT (12:20 UTC)
In effect from: May 13, 2014, 12:19 PM CDT
Expired: May 15, 2014, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 45 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Gregg County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:22 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 Rabbit Creek at Kilgore (KLGT2).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08020700, 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 May 13, 7:02 AM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 7:02 AM CDT, 18 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, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Cherokee, Gregg, Morris, Rusk, Smith and 2 more	55 min
May 12, 7:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Gregg, Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Wood	2 hr
May 12, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris	38 min
May 12, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	37 min
May 12, 9:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk	119 min
May 12, 10:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina	113 min
May 12, 10:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	2 hr
May 13, 12:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches	13 days
May 13, 7:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Rusk	66 hr
May 13, 9:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Cass, Marion	8 days
May 13, 10:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby	3 days
May 13, 10:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Houston, Polk, Trinity, Tyler	8 days
May 12, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Howard, Little River, Sevier	57 min

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.