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River Flood Warning 106, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 11, 20154 counties in Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at May 11, 2015, 10:53 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 12, 2015, 6:35 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 2015, 10:53 AM CDT (15:53 UTC)
In effect from: May 12, 2015, 6:35 AM CDT
Expired: May 16, 2015, 4:25 PM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Gregg County, TX, Smith County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sabine River near Gladewater (GDWT2). The gauge peaked at 25.99 ft at May 17, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 25 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 33 ft
Major stage: 36 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08020000, 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, 7:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 7:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 6:09 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 11, 5:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 11, 5:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 11, 6:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 11, 7:22 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 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, 5:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg	56 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, 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

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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.