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River Flood Warning 117, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 17, 20154 counties in Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at May 17, 2015, 11:31 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 17, 2015, 8:04 PM CDT. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 17, 2015, 11:31 AM CDT (16:31 UTC)
In effect from: May 17, 2015, 8:04 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 6, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 19 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Franklin County, TX, Morris County, TX, Red River County, TX, Titus County, TX

The river

Written for the forecast point Sulphur River near Talco (TLCT2).

Action stage: 19.5 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 27.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07343200, 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 17, 7:19 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 7:19 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 4:22 AM CDT, 7 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
422 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015

ARZ050-051-059-060-070-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-
171700-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-MILLER-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-
BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-
GREGG-HARRISON-
422 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015

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

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

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WHICH MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY
WIND...CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT.
FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY WHERE HEAVY
RAIN FALLS ON ALREADY SATURATED SOILS...RESULTING IN RAPID RUNOFF
OF WATER.

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

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN
IS POSSIBLE MONDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT
THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY...MAINLY DUE TO FLOODING.

ARZ061-071>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ149>153-165>167-
171700-
NEVADA-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-
LINCOLN-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-
NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-
422 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015

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

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

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WHICH MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY
WIND AND HAIL...CAN BE EXPECTED. WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER A FEW MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS THIS AFTERNOON.

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

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 17, 8:07 AM CDT, 3 hours 24 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 17, 5:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus	3 hr
May 17, 8:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus and 1 more	3 hr
May 17, 11:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Wood	5 days
May 17, 11:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Franklin, Morris, Titus	15 days
May 17, 2:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby	21 days
May 17, 4:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	SHV	Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more	24 hr
May 17, 2:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Jackson, Winn	66 min
May 17, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Caldwell	54 min
May 17, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Ouachita	54 min
May 17, 5:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Sevier	67 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.