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River Flood Warning 251, NWS Shreveport, LA

December 15, 2015Cass County, Harrison County, Marion County, Texas; Caddo Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 15, 2015, 11:35 AM CST for Cass County, Harrison County, Marion County, Texas; Caddo Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Dec 18, 2015, 7:19 AM CST. It was in force for 65 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 15, 2015, 11:35 AM CST (17:35 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 18, 2015, 7:19 AM CST
Expired: Dec 21, 2015, 12:00 AM CST
In force: 65 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Caddo Parish, LA, Cass County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Cypress Creek at Mooringsport (Caddo Lake) (LCOL1).

Action stage: 171.5 ft
Minor stage: 172 ft
Moderate stage: 174.5 ft
Major stage: 178 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07346310, 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 15, 11:03 AM CST, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 11:03 AM CST, 32 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 15, 12:34 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Upshur, Wood	58 hr
Dec 15, 7:40 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur	42 hr
Dec 15, 11:20 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches	30 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2015 River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 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.