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River Flood Warning 228, NWS Shreveport, LA

December 3, 20155 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 3, 2015, 10:08 AM CST for 5 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Dec 5, 2015, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 3, 2015, 10:08 AM CST (16:08 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 5, 2015, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 6, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:12 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 Red River at Coushatta (CSHL1).

Action stage
30.5 ft
Minor stage
31 ft
Moderate stage
33 ft
Major stage
37 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07350500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 3, 10:08 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningSHVGrant, Natchitoches, Red River4 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2015Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.