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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 16, 201513 counties in Texas; 5 counties in Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood watch at May 16, 2015, 4:22 AM CDT for 13 counties in Texas; 5 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at May 17, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2015, 4:22 AM CDT (09:22 UTC)
In effect from: May 17, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 17, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity: None

Counties Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Red River County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 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 May 16, 4:15 AM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 4:15 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 10:27 AM CDT, 17 hours 55 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 16, 9:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Smith, Upshur, Wood	70 hr
May 16, 1:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Shelby	40 min
May 16, 2:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Panola	32 min
May 16, 9:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Webster	20 days
May 16, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bossier	41 min
May 16, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Winn	44 min
May 16, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Jackson, Natchitoches, Winn	42 min
May 16, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bienville	46 min
May 16, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Lincoln	47 min
May 16, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	52 min
May 16, 1:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Lafayette	40 min
May 16, 2:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Lafayette	42 min
May 16, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Columbia	42 min
May 16, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia	47 min
May 16, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Nevada	60 min
May 16, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead	43 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2015 Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2015 Every flash flood watch in 2015

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.