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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Shreveport, LA

January 2, 20156 counties in Texas; 17 parishes in Louisiana; Columbia County, Union County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood watch at Jan 2, 2015, 3:42 PM CST for 6 counties in Texas; 17 parishes in Louisiana; Columbia County, Union County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jan 2, 2015, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 2, 2015, 3:42 PM CST (21:42 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 2, 2015, 9:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 3, 2015, 3:18 PM CST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity
None
All 25 counties

Columbia County, AR, Union County, AR, 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, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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 Jan 2, 12:36 PM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 12:36 PM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 2, 1:07 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
107 PM CST FRI JAN 2 2015

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-031200-
ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-
CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-
HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION-
MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA-
PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR-
WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD-
107 PM CST FRI JAN 2 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

PERIODS OF RAIN OR RIZZLE WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE FOUR
STATE REGION ALONG WITH PATCHY FOG...WITH SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING
OVER EAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND
SPREAD EAST ACROSS NORTH LOUISIANA LATE. THE RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT
TIMES...FALLING OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. THUS...LOCALIZED
FLOODING OF STREETS...LOW LYING...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS LATE WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES AND APPROACH OF
WARM FRONT NORTH AND SURFACE LOW INTO THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING ACROSS MUCH OF
THE REGION SATURDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL RESULT IN THE CONTINUED THREAT FOR
POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING AND FLOODING OF STREETS...LOW LYING...
AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND AMATEUR
RADIO OPERATORS...MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT OVER EAST
TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND WESTERN LOUISIANA...FOR RELAY OF
ANY RAINFALL AND FLOOD REPORTS AND FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY
FOR PARTS OF DEEP EAST TEXAS INTO NORTH LOUISIANA AND A SMALL PART
OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

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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.