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River Flood Warning 159, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 17, 2015Smith County, Wood County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Jun 17, 2015, 10:53 AM CDT for Smith County, Wood County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 19, 2015, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2015, 10:53 AM CDT (15:53 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 19, 2015, 5:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 26, 2015, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
7 days
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Smith County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sabine River near Mineola (MLAT2). The gauge peaked at 16.78 ft at Jun 23, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
13.5 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08018500, 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 Jun 17, 10:04 AM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 10:04 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED MISSING TEXT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1004 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

.DISCUSSION...

TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL CONTINUES TO SLOWLY MOVE N THIS WEDNESDAY
MORNING THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS. A FEEDER BAND IS TRAINING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SAME AREAS OF E TX THAT WILL LIKELY RESULT
IN FLASH FLOODING.

CURRENT TEXT AND GRIDDED FORECASTS LOOK FINE...BUT WILL REINSPECT LATER
THIS MORNING BY 11 AM TO FINE TUNE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  88  75  89  75 /  60  50  40  30
MLU  91  73  92  75 /  30  20  30  20
DEQ  85  74  82  72 /  70  80  70  70
TXK  87  74  87  74 /  70  60  70  60
ELD  91  73  89  73 /  30  40  50  40
TYR  82  74  86  74 /  90  70  60  40
GGG  84  74  88  74 /  80  50  50  40
LFK  88  75  90  75 /  70  50  40  20

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR OKZ077.

TX...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ096-
     108>111-124-125-136-137-149-150-152-165.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ096-108>111-
     124-125-136-137-149-150.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 5:33 AM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
533 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

OKZ077-TXZ096-108>111-124-125-136-137-149-150-181045-
MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-WOOD-UPSHUR-SMITH-
GREGG-CHEROKEE-RUSK-
533 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

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

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

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM
BILL WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
ADDITIONALLY...A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...AS WIND SHEAR
AND INSTABILITY VALUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM APPEAR FAVORABLE.

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

THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING
IN A FEW LOCATIONS. ADDITIONAL RIVER FLOODING ON THE NECHES...SABINE...
ANGELINA...AND SULPHUR RIVERS OF EAST TEXAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ097-112-
126-138-151>153-165>167-181045-
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-BOWIE-CASS-MARION-HARRISON-PANOLA-
NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-
533 AM CDT WED JUN 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...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY...MAINLY
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
EXPECTED.

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

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...MAINLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 4:13 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisorySHVAngelina, Camp, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg, Morris and 7 more15 hr
Jun 17, 9:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVAngelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches4 hr
Jun 17, 10:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVRusk4 hr
Jun 17, 10:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCamp, Gregg, Panola, Upshur46 min
Jun 17, 12:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBowie52 min
Jun 17, 12:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBowie51 min
Jun 17, 12:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBowie, Cass, Marion40 min
Jun 17, 1:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBowie24 min
Jun 17, 1:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBowie46 min
Jun 17, 2:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVAngelina, Nacogdoches4 hr
Jun 17, 11:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSabine37 min
Jun 17, 1:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCaddo39 min
Jun 17, 1:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBossier45 min
Jun 17, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo26 min
Jun 17, 1:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVBienville, Bossier, Caddo3 hr
Jun 17, 1:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNatchitoches, Red River37 min
Jun 17, 1:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBienville, Bossier, Red River, Webster51 min
Jun 17, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBienville, Bossier, Webster44 min
Jun 17, 2:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBienville38 min
Jun 17, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo, Webster38 min
Jun 17, 2:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVClaiborne87 min
Jun 17, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVClaiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union62 min
Jun 17, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVGrant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Winn88 min
Jun 17, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Lincoln, Union67 min
Jun 17, 6:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVUnion55 min
Jun 17, 1:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVMiller55 min
Jun 17, 2:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVMiller42 min
Jun 17, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada45 min
Jun 17, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVColumbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada43 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.