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River Flood Warning 167, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 18, 2015Bowie County, Texas; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Jun 18, 2015, 1:17 PM CDT for Bowie County, Texas; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Jun 21, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 2015, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 21, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 29, 2015, 9:02 AM CDT
In force: 8 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Hempstead County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Bowie County, TX

The radar

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The river

Written for the forecast point Red River at Index (INGA4). The gauge peaked at 26.28 ft at Jun 27, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 19.5 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07337000, 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 18, 10:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 10:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 11:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1144 AM CDT THU JUN 18 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>167-191645-
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-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-
MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-
PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-
1144 AM CDT THU JUN 18 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEATING. THIS TROPICAL
AIR IS VERY MOIST WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING
DUE TO ONGOING AREAS HIGH WATER...RESULTING FROM HEAVY RAINS LATE
LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION...A FEW CLUSTERS OF
ORGANISED THUNDERSTORM COULD DEVELOP...POSSIBLY PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS AND WEAK TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

THE CHANCE FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY IN THE WAKE OF BILL. THEN ONLY ISOLATED...MAINLY LATE DAY
ACTIVITY...COULD BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY. NO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY
FOR POSSIBLE CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING.

VII

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 9:10 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 9:22 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 9:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 12:47 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:04 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:07 PM CDT, 10 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
Jun 17, 7:38 PM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 7 more	23 hr
Jun 17, 9:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	SHV	Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more	21 hr
Jun 18, 2:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	3 hr
Jun 18, 4:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby	9 days
Jun 18, 4:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	42 hr
Jun 18, 5:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Shelby	3 hr
Jun 18, 6:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby	6 hr
Jun 18, 11:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Smith, Wood	22 days
Jun 18, 11:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Anderson, Cherokee, Houston	8 days
Jun 18, 11:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Rusk	68 hr
Jun 18, 11:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Wood	69 hr
Jun 18, 1:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Morris, Titus	38 min
Jun 18, 1:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Camp, Morris	46 min
Jun 18, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Morris	43 min
Jun 18, 1:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie	42 min
Jun 18, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Smith	43 min
Jun 18, 2:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Panola	48 min
Jun 18, 2:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cass	38 min
Jun 18, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Camp	52 min
Jun 18, 2:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cass	45 min
Jun 18, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Cass, Morris, Titus, Upshur, Wood	40 min
Jun 18, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	28 min
Jun 18, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Morris	24 min
Jun 18, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Shelby	49 min
Jun 18, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Wood	47 min
Jun 18, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Morris	51 min
Jun 18, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Wood	49 min
Jun 18, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie	56 min
Jun 18, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie	56 min
Jun 18, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	40 min
Jun 18, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris	46 min
Jun 18, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cass	60 min
Jun 17, 7:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	53 min
Jun 18, 12:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Sabine, Winn	6 hr
Jun 18, 3:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	De Soto	57 min
Jun 18, 4:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	De Soto, Sabine	46 min
Jun 18, 5:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	De Soto	47 min
Jun 18, 5:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River	38 min
Jun 18, 6:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier, Webster	24 min
Jun 18, 6:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Webster	6 hr
Jun 18, 6:45 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Webster	3 min
Jun 18, 6:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto	15 min
Jun 18, 6:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto	29 min
Jun 18, 7:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Webster	22 min
Jun 18, 11:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Webster	5 days
Jun 18, 1:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier	7 days
Jun 18, 12:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	43 min
Jun 18, 1:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	41 min
Jun 18, 1:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Howard	39 min
Jun 18, 1:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	45 min
Jun 18, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead	48 min
Jun 18, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead	43 min
Jun 18, 2:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Miller	46 min
Jun 18, 2:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead	38 min
Jun 18, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead	46 min
Jun 18, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead	45 min
Jun 18, 3:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Miller	50 min
Jun 18, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead, Little River	39 min
Jun 18, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Nevada	44 min

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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.