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River Flood Warning 100, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 10, 2015Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at May 10, 2015, 8:52 AM CDT for Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2015, 8:52 AM CDT (13:52 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Sevier County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:51 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Little River at Horatio (HRGA4). The gauge peaked at 30.30 ft at May 12, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
20.5 ft
Minor stage
27 ft
Moderate stage
28.5 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07340000, 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 10, 7:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 7:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 6:14 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
614 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-111100-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-
MORRIS-CASS-
614 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AS THUNDERSTORMS
MOVE FROM NORTH TEXAS INTO THE AREA. A SECOND COMPLEX OF STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
AND MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE
POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE
INCHES COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR
FOUR OR FIVE INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY
MONDAY. REDEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT DURING
THE DAY MONDAY MAINLY SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK
AS THE COLD FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY NEAR THE GULF COAST BY
TUESDAY BEFORE LIFTING BACK NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA LATE IN THE
WEEK. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE MUCH LOWER AFTER
MONDAY. HOWEVER...THE PERSISTENT RAIN COMBINED WITH PREVIOUS RAIN
EVENTS MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF AREA LAKES AND RIVERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT.

LAZ001>006-010>012-017-018-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-
111100-
CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-
BIENVILLE-SABINE-NATCHITOCHES-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-
614 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. A COMPLEX OF
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT AND MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE
POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE
INCHES COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY
MONDAY. REDEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT DURING
THE DAY MONDAY MAINLY SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK
AS THE COLD FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY NEAR THE GULF COAST BY
TUESDAY BEFORE LIFTING BACK NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA LATE IN THE
WEEK. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE MUCH LOWER AFTER
MONDAY. HOWEVER...THE PERSISTENT RAIN COMBINED WITH PREVIOUS RAIN
EVENTS MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF AREA LAKES AND RIVERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

LAZ013-014-019>022-111100-
JACKSON-OUACHITA-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
614 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...ORGANIZED HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL
BE POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE
DAYTIME HOURS AND INTO MONDAY EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK
AS THE COLD FRONT BECOMES STATIONARY NEAR THE GULF COAST BY
TUESDAY BEFORE LIFTING BACK NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA LATE IN THE
WEEK. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE MUCH LOWER AFTER
MONDAY. HOWEVER...THE PERSISTENT RAIN COMBINED WITH PREVIOUS RAIN
EVENTS MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF AREA LAKES AND RIVERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT BUT MAY BE
NEEDED BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Morris61 min
May 9, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBowie44 min
May 9, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie43 min
May 10, 10:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVCass, Marion10 days
May 10, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVGregg, Upshur44 min
May 10, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBowie, Red River42 min
May 9, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Little River, Miller50 min
May 9, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVColumbia, Lafayette, Nevada50 min
May 9, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHempstead47 min
May 9, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNevada18 min
May 10, 11:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSevier51 min
May 10, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVLafayette47 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.