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River Flood Warning 116, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 16, 2015Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2015, 9:23 AM CDT for Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2015, 9:23 AM CDT (14:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2015, 6:06 AM CDT
In force: 20 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Bayou Dorcheat at Dixie Inn (MNEL1).

Action stage: 13.5 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07349000, 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 16, 7:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 7:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 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, 4:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 7 more	33 hr
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, 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

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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.