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River Flood Warning 261, NWS Shreveport, LA

December 25, 20154 counties in Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 25, 2015, 11:30 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 28, 2015, 2:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 25, 2015, 11:30 AM CST (17:30 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 28, 2015, 2:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 5, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
In force: 8 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Upshur County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Little Cypress Creek near Jefferson (JFFT2). The gauge peaked at 16.07 ft at Jan 1, 2016, 7:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 12.5 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07346070, 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 25, 11:28 AM CST, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 11:28 AM CST, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 6:35 AM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
635 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015

ARZ050-051-059-060-070-071-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-
136>138-149-150-261245-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-MCCURTAIN-
RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-
MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-
635 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015

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

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

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING
AS A WEAK COLD FRONT EDGES BACK OVER THE I-30 CORRIDOR. SOME MINOR
FLOODING MAY RESULT FROM A HEAVY DOWN POUR OR TWO...BUT MOVEMENT
IS SUCH THAT WIDE SPREAD FLOODING WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH GOES INTO EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUES INTO EARLY MONDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY AS THE WARM SECTOR
BUILDS BACK TO THE NORTHWARTD. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH
BY SUNDAY...ALONG WITH A DEEP UPPER LOW. THIS MAY BRING PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAINFALL UNTIL THE COLD FRONT MOVES BY EARLY ON MONDAY. SOME
OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES WITH SOME FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. THIS
WILL BRING A RENEWED THREAT FOR FLOODING ALONG OUR AREA RIVERS AND
LAKES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED UNTIL THE
WEEKEND.

ARZ061-072-073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ151>153-165>167-
261245-
NEVADA-COLUMBIA-UNION-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE-NATCHITOCHES-
WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-
635 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND FOR DEEP
EAST TEXAS.

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

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AS A WEAK COLD
FRONT EDGES BACK INTO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND PARTS OF DEEP EAST
TEXAS. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY RESULT FROM A HEAVY DOWN POUR OR
TWO...BUT MOVEMENT IS SUCH THAT WIDE SPREAD FLOODING WILL NOT BE
AN ISSUE TODAY. HOWEVER...SOME HAIL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY BE
POSSIBLE TODAY FROM ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

WE CAN EXPECT A LULL IN RAINFALL AREAS...AS THIS STATIONARY FRONT
LIFTS FARTHER NORTH ON SATURDAY. THEN...A MUCH STRONGER COLD
FRONT ON APPROACH ON SUNDAY...ALONG WITH A DEEP UPPER LOW...WHICH
WILL BRING BACK NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA LATE
SATURDAY...SUNDAY AND EARLY MONDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE AND SOME OF THIS RAINFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH
SOME FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE...AND RENEWED THREAT FOR FLOODING
ALONG OUR AREA RIVERS AND LAKES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED UNTIL LATE THIS
WEEKEND.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 25, 6:50 AM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
650 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0644 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 SW EL DORADO          33.19N  92.70W
12/25/2015                   UNION              AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FLOODING REPORTED OVER SOME ROADWAYS AND GENERAL
            FLOODING IN PARKERS CHAPEL

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500813

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Special weather statement, Dec 25, 7:10 AM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
710 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015

LAZ001>003-010-251400-
DE SOTO LA-BOSSIER LA-WEBSTER LA-CADDO LA-
710 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN CADDO...SOUTHEASTERN
BOSSIER...SOUTH CENTRAL WEBSTER AND NORTHWESTERN DE SOTO PARISHES
UNTIL 800 AM CST...

AT 709 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES NORTH OF LOGANSPORT...OR 19 MILES WEST OF MANSFIELD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHREVEPORT...MINDEN...STONEWALL...LOGANSPORT...DOYLINE...DIXIE INN...
KEACHI...LONGSTREET...NOLES LANDING...MC DADE...ROBSON...KEAT CHIE...
TAYLORTOWN...KICKAPOO...KINGSTON...GLOSTER...REEDS STORE...SLIGO...CASPIANA
AND FRIERSON.

LAT...LON 3205 9405 3220 9404 3262 9331 3241 9334
      3240 9342 3238 9343 3237 9340 3233 9341
      3224 9358 3224 9361 3222 9360 3199 9400
TIME...MOT...LOC 1309Z 234DEG 18KT 3212 9401

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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 25, 9:24 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Wood	11 days
Dec 25, 11:26 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Franklin, Morris, Titus	9 days
Dec 25, 5:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby	11 days
Dec 25, 5:34 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Rusk	5 days
Dec 25, 5:35 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Smith	6 days
Dec 25, 5:35 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Cass, Marion	11 days
Dec 25, 5:37 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg	5 days
Dec 25, 5:38 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Upshur, Wood	6 days
Dec 24, 10:25 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bienville	35 min
Dec 24, 11:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Union, Webster	54 min
Dec 25, 1:50 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	De Soto	55 min
Dec 25, 7:10 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	De Soto	50 min
Dec 25, 11:29 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, Red River	13 days
Dec 25, 4:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Winn	67 min
Dec 25, 5:32 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Webster	38 days
Dec 25, 5:33 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Webster	14 days
Dec 25, 2:06 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	54 min
Dec 25, 3:39 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Columbia, Union	4 hr
Dec 25, 7:33 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Union	3 hr

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.