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River Flood Warning 112, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 13, 20154 counties in Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at May 13, 2015, 8:31 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 16, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2015, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 18, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Angelina County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Polk County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Neches River at Rockland (ROKT2). The gauge peaked at 24.91 ft at May 17, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 25 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08033500, 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 13, 8:18 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 8:18 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 12:00 PM CDT, 8 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2015

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-141700-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-DE SOTO-
RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-
GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
1200 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF SOUTH ARKANSAS AND
FOR ALL OF NORTH LOUISIANA.

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

SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE REGION
TODAY. HOWEVER...HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MUCH
OF THE WEEK AS A WARM FRONT BEGINS LIFTING BACK NORTHWARD ACROSS
THE AREA. MUCH OF THIS WILL BE HIT OR MISS DAYTIME ACTIVITY. AND
WHILE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT LOOKS TO BE VERY MINIMAL OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN COMBINED WITH CURRENT
CREST EXPECTATIONS COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF SOME AREA
LAKES AND RIVERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-141700-
MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-
UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-
NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE-
1200 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2015

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

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

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...AS AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE REGION TODAY. WHILE WIDESPREAD
FLOODING ISSUES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...A FEW ISOLATED
TROUBLE SPOTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY UNDER HEAVIER
DOWNPOURS OR WHERE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MUCH
OF THE NEXT WEEK AS A WARM FRONT BEGINS LIFTING BACK NORTHWARD
ACROSS THE AREA. THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREEP IN
LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION
AND BECOMES STALLED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST
TEXAS...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. WHILE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
LOOKS TO BE VERY MINIMAL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...ANY
ADDITIONAL RAIN COMBINED WITH CURRENT CREST EXPECTATIONS COULD
LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF SOME AREA LAKES AND RIVERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 7:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 13, 7:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 13, 8:29 PM CDT, 2 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 14, 12:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Cass, Harrison, Marion	48 hr
May 14, 12:52 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk	68 hr
May 14, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Smith	58 min
May 14, 6:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Cherokee, Smith	3 hr
May 14, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Nacogdoches	50 min
May 14, 6:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches	3 hr
May 14, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Upshur	50 min
May 13, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	De Soto	46 min
May 13, 11:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Grant	49 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2015 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.