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River Flood Warning 103, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 11, 2015Gregg County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at May 11, 2015, 5:26 AM CDT for Gregg County, Texas. It took effect at May 11, 2015, 11:21 AM CDT. It was in force for 50 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 2015, 5:26 AM CDT (10:26 UTC)
In effect from: May 11, 2015, 11:21 AM CDT
Expired: May 13, 2015, 1:11 PM CDT
In force: 50 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 10:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 11, 4:43 AM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 4:43 AM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 11:24 AM CDT, 18 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1124 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

ARZ060-061-070>073-111630-
HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION-
1124 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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 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 AFTERNOON 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 AND DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.

LAZ001>006-010>012-017-018-TXZ126-137-138-149>153-165>167-111630-
CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-
BIENVILLE-SABINE-NATCHITOCHES-MARION-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-
PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-
1124 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

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 POSSIBLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AT ISOLATED
LOCATIONS.

.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 AFTERNOON MONDAY.

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 AND DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.

LAZ013-014-019>022-111630-
JACKSON-OUACHITA-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
1124 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

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

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

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING AND
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 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.

ARZ050-051-059-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-124-125-136-111630-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-
TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-SMITH-
1124 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

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

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

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. A
FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE.  A SECOND COMPLEX OF
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT AND MOVE INTO THE AREA 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 THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

VII

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 11, 3:23 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 11, 3:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 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 10, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Smith, Wood	53 min
May 10, 9:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Smith, Wood	7 days
May 10, 9:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Smith, Wood	29 min
May 10, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	39 min
May 10, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Smith, Upshur, Wood	59 min
May 10, 10:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie	26 min
May 10, 10:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Smith, Wood	49 min
May 10, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass, Harrison, Marion	38 min
May 10, 10:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Harrison, Marion	46 min
May 10, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Smith, Upshur, Wood	61 min
May 10, 11:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Cass, Marion	38 min
May 10, 11:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River, Titus	37 min
May 10, 11:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Smith, Upshur, Wood	4 hr
May 10, 11:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	44 min
May 10, 11:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	36 min
May 11, 12:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Marion, Morris, Titus and 1 more	53 min
May 11, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg, Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Wood	65 min
May 11, 12:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	4 hr
May 11, 12:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee	64 min
May 11, 12:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie	15 min
May 11, 12:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris	52 min
May 11, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Panola and 2 more	46 min
May 11, 1:03 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie	27 min
May 11, 1:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Rusk, Smith	41 min
May 11, 1:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie	26 min
May 11, 1:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	48 min
May 11, 1:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass, Harrison, Marion, Rusk	43 min
May 11, 1:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur	4 hr
May 11, 1:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk	61 min
May 11, 2:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Smith	40 min
May 11, 2:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Marion	61 min
May 11, 2:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cherokee	38 min
May 11, 2:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk	47 min
May 11, 3:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk	55 min
May 11, 3:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Rusk	4 hr
May 11, 3:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby	59 min
May 11, 3:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Smith, Upshur, Wood	3 hr
May 11, 4:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches	56 min
May 11, 4:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	3 hr
May 11, 5:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur	3 hr
May 11, 5:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Smith	67 hr
May 11, 10:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Cass, Harrison, Marion	4 days
May 11, 10:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Smith, Upshur, Wood	5 days
May 11, 10:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Rusk	7 days
May 11, 10:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk	8 days
May 11, 2:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	38 min
May 11, 4:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Webster	2 hr
May 11, 6:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Ouachita	52 min
May 10, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Little River, Sevier	42 min
May 10, 8:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Sevier	42 min
May 10, 8:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Howard, Sevier	38 min
May 10, 10:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier	32 min
May 10, 11:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard	32 min
May 11, 2:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Columbia, Nevada, Union	40 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.