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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 8, 2015Red River County, Texas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2015, 8:53 PM CDT for Red River County, Texas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2015, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2015, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties McCurtain County, OK, Red River County, TX

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 8, 9:30 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Idabel, OK	ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN.
May 8, 9:45 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	11 Nne Detroit, TX	FARM TO MARKET ROAD 195 CLOSED 3 MILES WEST OF THE TOWN OF MANCHESTER DUE TO FLOODING.
May 8, 11:00 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Sse Idabel, OK	ALTHOUGH THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS ABLE TO WALK TO HIGH GROUND, A TRUCK REMAINS STRANDED IN HIGH WATER ALONG LYNN LANE, AND THE ROAD IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 197 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1846 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1150 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

082 
WGUS54 KSHV 090153
FFWSHV
OKC089-TXC387-090445-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0013.150509T0153Z-150509T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
853 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHERN RED RIVER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
    
* AT 853 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED 
  STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE 
  WARNED AREA. WIDESPREAD TWO TO IN EXCESS OF FOUR INCHES OF RAIN 
  HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH THIS ADDITIONAL 
  HEAVY RAINFALL RAPIDLY RUNNING OFF. THUS...FLASH FLOODING IS 
  EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  IDABEL...BROKEN BOW...MANCHESTER...WRIGHT CITY...VALLIANT...
  MILLERTON...HAWORTH...GARVIN...KIOMATIA...RUFE...NEGLEY...OAK
  HILL...HOLLY CREEK...SHINEWELL...GOLDEN...BRYARLY...EAGLETOWN...
  GLOVER...GOODLAKE AND REDLAND.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1145 PM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3387 9530 3388 9528 3391 9528 3391 9527
      3389 9527 3390 9525 3393 9525 3396 9523
      3394 9516 3413 9515 3409 9448 3367 9449
      3369 9464 3370 9464 3369 9465 3378 9531

$$

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2 follow-up statements

217 
WGUS74 KSHV 090254
FFSSHV

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
954 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2015

OKC089-TXC387-090445-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150509T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCCURTAIN OK-RED RIVER TX-
954 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN MCCURTAIN AND NORTHERN RED RIVER COUNTIES...

AT 954 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 
WIDESPREAD TWO TO NEAR FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY 
FALLEN...WITH ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL 
OVER THE AREA. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT NUMEROUS ROADS ARE 
FLOODED AND CLOSED ACROSS NORTHERN RED RIVER COUNTY JUST EAST OF 
MANCHESTER...AND ALSO OVER SOUTHERN MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN THE CITY OF 
IDABEL. 
 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 
IDABEL...BROKEN BOW...MANCHESTER...WRIGHT CITY...VALLIANT... 
MILLERTON...HAWORTH...GARVIN...KIOMATIA...RUFE...NEGLEY...OAK 
HILL... HOLLY 
CREEK...SHINEWELL...GOLDEN...BRYARLY...EAGLETOWN...GLOVER... 
GOODLAKE AND REDLAND.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 
ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1145 PM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3387 9530 3388 9528 3391 9528 3391 9527
      3389 9527 3390 9525 3393 9525 3396 9523
      3394 9516 3413 9515 3409 9448 3367 9449
      3369 9464 3370 9464 3369 9465 3378 9531

$$

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224 
WGUS74 KSHV 090423
FFSSHV

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1123 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2015

OKC089-TXC387-090445-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150509T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCCURTAIN OK-RED RIVER TX-
1123 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN MCCURTAIN AND NORTHERN RED RIVER COUNTIES...

AT 1123 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING WITH 
ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS NORTHERN RED RIVER AND SOUTHERN MCCURTAIN 
COUNTIES. WIDESPREAD TWO TO IN EXCESS OF FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 
ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA SINCE MID EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE 
RAIN HAS ENDED FOR THE TIME BEING ACROSS THE AREA...MORE SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO 
THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE WATER IS RECEDING AT THIS 
TIME...ADDITIONAL FLOODING MAY REDEVELOP...AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT 
ANOTHER FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 
IDABEL...BROKEN BOW...MANCHESTER...WRIGHT CITY...VALLIANT... 
MILLERTON...HAWORTH...GARVIN...KIOMATIA...RUFE...NEGLEY...OAK 
HILL...HOLLY  
CREEK...SHINEWELL...GOLDEN...BRYARLY...EAGLETOWN...GLOVER... 
GOODLAKE AND REDLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3387 9530 3388 9528 3391 9528 3391 9527
      3389 9527 3390 9525 3393 9525 3396 9523
      3394 9516 3413 9515 3409 9448 3367 9449
      3369 9464 3370 9464 3369 9465 3378 9531

$$

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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 8, 8:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Bowie, Red River	3 hr
May 8, 9:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	57 days
May 8, 9:41 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur	6 days
May 9, 12:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Red River	3 hr
May 9, 3:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Red River	6 hr
May 9, 4:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River and 1 more	51 hr
May 9, 11:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Franklin, Morris, Titus	9 days
May 9, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris	64 min
May 9, 5:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Franklin, Red River, Titus	38 min
May 9, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus	45 min
May 9, 5:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie	42 min
May 9, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	63 min
May 9, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	63 min
May 9, 6:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Franklin, Red River, Titus	34 min
May 9, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie	43 min
May 9, 6:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie	47 min
May 8, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	McCurtain	54 min
May 9, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	McCurtain	4 days
May 9, 1:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	McCurtain	50 min
May 9, 1:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	McCurtain	38 min
May 9, 3:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	McCurtain	117 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.