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River Flood Warning 153, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 31, 2015Wood County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at May 31, 2015, 8:32 AM CDT for Wood County, Texas. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2015, 8:32 AM CDT (13:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Lake Fork Creek near Quitman (QTMT2). The gauge peaked at 17.25 ft at May 31, 2015, 5:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 15.5 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08019000, 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 31, 7:49 AM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 7:49 AM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 6:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 3:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 31, 8:31 AM CDT, 1 minute 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 30, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Angelina	40 min
May 30, 8:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches	116 min
May 30, 8:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Panola, Rusk	2 hr
May 30, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Shelby	46 min
May 30, 10:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Shelby	2 hr
May 31, 8:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Panola, Shelby	10 days
May 31, 8:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur	3 days
May 30, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Sabine	48 min
May 30, 10:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Sabine	2 hr
May 31, 3:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	LaSalle	59 min
May 30, 11:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Lafayette	2 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.