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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Shreveport, LA

January 11, 2015Gregg County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 11, 2015, 12:27 PM CST for Gregg County, Texas. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 11, 2015, 12:27 PM CST (18:27 UTC)
Expired: Jan 13, 2015, 9:36 AM CST
In force: 45 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 18:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Jan 11, 11:50 AM CST, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 11:50 AM CST, 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1150 AM CST SUN JAN 11 2015

.AVIATION...
GENERALLY DEGRADED FLIGHT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24
HRS...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CONTINUES TO GENERATE
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION. WHILE RAIN WILL BE COMING
TO AN END DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE TAF PD...DO NOT EXPECT
CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE UNTIL BEYOND 18Z MONDAY. LIGHT E TO SELY
WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VRBL OVERNIGHT...AND PICK UP OUT OF
THE N AT 5-10 KTS AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY. /12/

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 918 AM CST SUN JAN 11 2015/

DISCUSSION...
UPDATED FORECAST HAS BEEN SENT TO REMOVE THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY HEADLINE FROM THE EARLY MORNING PACKAGE AS THE ADVISORY
WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 AM. OBSERVATIONS THIS MORNING ARE
SHOWING TEMPERATURES PREDOMINANTLY ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE
ENTIRE REGION EXCEPT FOR A 32 DEGREE READING OR TWO ACROSS OUR
NORTHERN THIRD. NOT EXPECTING ANY MORE ICE ACCUMULATION FOR
THE EVENT. ALSO CHANGED PRECIP TYPE TO SHOWERS NOW THAT WE HAVE
REMOVED WINTER PRECIP WORDING AND REMOVED TSRA FROM THE GRIDS.

WILL REVISIT THE POP STRUCTURE OF THE FORECAST FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE DAY A LITTLE LATER THIS MORNING. NO OTHER CHANGES ATTM.

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&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  41  39  51  36  44 /  60  70  10  10  20
MLU  45  45  52  35  42 /  80  70  20  10  20
DEQ  36  33  45  31  40 /  60  50  10  10  10
TXK  37  35  46  32  40 /  60  70  10  10  10
ELD  39  37  47  33  40 /  80  70  10  10  10
TYR  40  36  48  34  43 /  40  20  10  10  20
GGG  40  37  49  34  43 /  40  50  10  10  20
LFK  45  43  53  39  48 /  40  40  10  10  20

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 9:21 AM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
921 AM CST SUN JAN 11 2015

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-121800-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
921 AM CST SUN JAN 11 2015

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

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

A COLD RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY. THERE IS
NO LONGER A CONCERN WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AS TEMPERATURES SHOULD
REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

ANOTHER ROUND OF POSSIBLE WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL ARRIVE LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY FOR MAINLY AREAS ALONG AND TO THE
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 11, 9:04 AM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
904 AM CST SUN JAN 11 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 AM     FREEZING RAIN    4 WSW HAWORTH           33.82N  94.72W
01/11/2015  E0.10 INCH       MCCURTAIN          OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SIGNIFICANT ICING IN TREES AND GLAZING ON SURFACES OF
            GROUND OBJECTS

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500019

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Local storm report, Jan 11, 9:56 AM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
956 AM CST SUN JAN 11 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0915 AM     FREEZING RAIN    LONGVIEW                32.52N  94.76W
01/11/2015  E0.01 INCH       GREGG              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LIGHT ICING IN TREE TOPS

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500020

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 11, 12:15 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches	5 days
Jan 11, 12:20 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby	5 days
Jan 11, 12:23 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Houston, Polk, Trinity, Tyler	64 hr

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.