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River Flood Warning 232, NWS Shreveport, LA

December 12, 2015Bowie County, Red River County, Texas; Little River County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 12, 2015, 9:18 AM CST for Bowie County, Red River County, Texas; Little River County, Arkansas. It took effect at Dec 13, 2015, 8:27 AM CST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 12, 2015, 9:18 AM CST (15:18 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 13, 2015, 8:27 AM CST
Expired: Dec 17, 2015, 1:50 AM CST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Little River County, AR, Bowie County, TX, Red River County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Red River near Dekalb - Pecan Point (DEKT2). The gauge peaked at 26.54 ft at Dec 15, 2015, 9:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 23.5 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07336820, 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 Dec 12, 5:41 AM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 5:41 AM CST, 3 hours 37 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
Dec 12, 4:27 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	SHV	Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more	36 hr
Dec 12, 9:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Cass, Marion	10 days
Dec 12, 9:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Franklin, Morris, Titus	7 days
Dec 12, 3:43 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Wood	47 min
Dec 12, 3:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Franklin, Wood	49 min
Dec 12, 4:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Franklin, Red River, Titus	29 min
Dec 12, 5:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Red River	42 min
Dec 12, 9:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Little River, Sevier	5 days
Dec 12, 9:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Howard, Little River, Sevier	5 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2015 River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2015 Every 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.