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River Flood Warning 276, NWS Shreveport, LA

December 25, 2015Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Dec 25, 2015, 9:42 PM CST for Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas. It took effect at Dec 27, 2015, 10:13 AM CST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 25, 2015, 9:42 PM CST (03:42 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 27, 2015, 10:13 AM CST
Expired: Dec 31, 2015, 8:10 AM CST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Major

Counties Little River County, AR, Sevier County, AR

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little River near Idabel (IDBO2). The gauge peaked at 36.25 ft at Dec 28, 2015, 11:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 29 ft
Minor stage: 30 ft
Moderate stage: 32 ft
Major stage: 34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07338500, 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, 5:25 PM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 5:25 PM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 12:06 PM CST, 9 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1206 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015

ARZ050-051-059-060-070-071-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-
136>138-149-150-261815-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-MCCURTAIN-
RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-
MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-
1206 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.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 NORTHWARD. 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 STRONG TO DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES. FLASH FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH 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-
261815-
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-
1206 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE AND
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...MOST STORMS WILL
REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AND FLOODING WILL NOT BE A CONCERN.

.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 EARLY SUNDAY...ALONG WITH A DEEP UPPER
LOW...WHICH WILL BRING BACK NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA
LATE SATURDAY...AND CONTINUE SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES. FLASH
FLOODING IS 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.

VII

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 25, 6:39 PM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 25, 6:55 PM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 25, 9:30 PM CST, 12 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 25, 9:36 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	9 days
Dec 25, 9:36 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie	41 hr
Dec 26, 10:43 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	SHV	Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more	7 hr
Dec 26, 3:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Wood	29 min
Dec 26, 4:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Wood	25 min
Dec 25, 6:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Lincoln	36 min
Dec 25, 6:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Winn	50 min
Dec 25, 9:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Claiborne	45 min
Dec 25, 10:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Winn	48 min
Dec 25, 9:18 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Ashley, Union	46 days
Dec 25, 9:42 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Howard, Little River, Sevier	8 days

Nearby

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.