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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Shreveport, LA

January 3, 2015Franklin County, Morris County, Titus County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Jan 3, 2015, 9:22 AM CST for Franklin County, Morris County, Titus County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 4, 2015, 10:02 AM CST. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 3, 2015, 9:22 AM CST (15:22 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 4, 2015, 10:02 AM CST
Expired: Jan 12, 2015, 6:00 AM CST
In force: 8 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Franklin County, TX, Morris County, TX, Titus County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point White Oak Creek near Talco (WOCT2).

Action stage: 15.5 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07343500, 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 Jan 3, 6:24 AM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 6:24 AM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
624 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

.AVIATION...
FOR THE 12/03Z TAFS...WIDESPREAD SHWRS AND SOME EMBEDDED TSTMS
WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE TAF PERIOD FOR MOST OF
OUR AREA TERMINALS...GRADUALLY ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST LATER
TODAY AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION. LOW CLOUDS WILL
LAG BEHIND THE FRONT SO MVFR/IFR CIGS WILL LINGER THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AT OUR ERN TAF
SITES. VSBYS WILL ALSO REMAIN IN FLUX WITH THE RAINFALL AND
RESULTING BR...GENERALLY IN THE MVFR RANGE BUT CANNOT RULE OUT
SOME IFR PERIODS WITH HEAVIER RAINFALL. WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY
VARIABLE AVERAGING AROUND 10 KTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN CONVECTION
AND EXPECT VEERING TO A SW DIRECTION LATER THIS MORNING AHEAD OF
THE COLD FRONT...EVENTUALLY BECOMING W AND THEN NW TOWARD THE END
OF THE PERIOD AS THE FRONT ADVANCES EWRD WITH CONDITIONS IMPROVING
TO VFR AROUND 04/00Z AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER AT ELD/MLU. /19/

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 549 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015/

DISCUSSION...
SORRY FOR THE LATE PRODUCTS...AS SOME OF THESE STORMS DECIDED TO
GO ROGUE ON US THIS MORNING AS THE STORMS ROLLED INTO SHV/DEEP E
TX/WCNTRL LA. BUT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS/GUSTY WINDS HAVE
ACCELERATED E QUICKLY ACROSS NCNTRL LA AS OF 11Z...MUCH FASTER
THAN THE 00Z NAM/GFS. THE HRRR HAS INITIALIZED ON THIS WELL...AS
HAVE HAD TO MAKE A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO THE TEMPS TODAY
AS THIS SHALLOW/COLDER AIR QUICKLY OVERTAKES THE WARM SECTOR
ACROSS NCNTRL LA. EARLIER THIS MORNING AS OF 06Z...THERE WAS A SFC
LOW IN VC OF LFK...BUT THIS HAS BECOME ILL-DEFINED AS THE
CONVECTION ACCELERATED E...WITH WHAT LIMITED OF A SVR THREAT
DIMINISHES FURTHER THIS MORNING AS THIS SFC TROUGH QUICKLY SPREADS
E TOWARDS THE MS RIVER. WILL STILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL THIS MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS EXTREME ERN
TX/N LA/SCNTRL AR...WHERE WIDESPREAD 3-5+ INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN IN THE LAST WEEK...AND PW/S ARE FORECAST TO APPROACH NEAR
RECORD VALUES FOR JANUARY /PER CLIMATOLOGY/. BELIEVE THAT THE
HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT WILL DIMINISH AFTER 18Z AS THE STRONGER
STORMS EXIT THE AREA...BUT WILL ALLOW THE CURRENT FLASH FLOOD
WATCH TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED AT 22Z.

SHOULD SEE THE STRATOCU LINGER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH
SOME BREAKS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER IN THE DAY ACROSS E TX...WHICH
WOULD RESULT IN A LITTLE BETTER WARMING THAN AREAS FARTHER N AND
E. GIVEN THE FASTER MOVEMENT OF THE SFC TROUGH THIS MORNING...HAVE
ALSO TRIMMED BACK MAX TEMPS OVER EXTREME NW LA...WITH MAX TEMPS
FARTHER E ACROSS NCNTRL LA OCCURRING BY DAYBREAK WITH TEMPS
FALLING DURING THE DAY.

THE SHORT TERM PROGS ARE STILL IN AGREEMENT WITH OUR ARCTIC FRONT
MOVING INTO THE REGION AFTER 06Z...DEEPENING LATE THROUGH SUNDAY
AS A 1040MB SFC RIDGE BUILDS E ACROSS THE CNTRL/SRN PLAINS. SHOULD
SEE THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE NEW YEAR MONDAY MORNING...AS THE SKY
CLEARS AND WINDS DECOUPLE IN THE VERY COLD/DRY AIR MASS BUILDING
IN. A SECOND ARCTIC FRONT WILL QUICKLY BUILD SE INTO THE AREA
TUESDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT LONGWAVE TO DIVE SE ACROSS THE CNTRL/ERN
CONUS...WITH WHAT SHOULD BE THE COLDEST TEMPS SO FAR THIS WINTER
SEASON...WITH SE OK/NRN SECTIONS OF SW AR POSSIBLY FALLING INTO
THE TEENS...WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION WELL INTO THE 20S.
HAVE KEPT THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED DRY GIVEN THE DRY NW FLOW
ALOFT...ALTHOUGH THE POTENTIAL FOR -SHRA APPEARS TO INCREASE NEXT
WEEKEND AS A SHORTWAVE BEGINS TO OPEN UP AND SHIFT E ACROSS THE
SRN PLAINS...RESULTING IN ENHANCED OVERRUNNING AS THE ARCTIC AIR
MASS BEGINS TO MODIFY.

PRELIMS TO FOLLOW BELOW...

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&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  54  39  46  27  46 / 100   0   0   0   0
MLU  66  42  49  28  46 / 100  20   0   0   0
DEQ  51  32  40  21  41 /  70  10   0   0   0
TXK  53  37  41  23  42 /  90  10   0   0   0
ELD  57  39  46  24  43 / 100  10   0   0   0
TYR  53  34  44  25  45 /  50   0   0   0   0
GGG  53  37  44  25  45 /  90   0   0   0   0
LFK  57  37  50  27  48 / 100   0   0   0   0

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: ARZ072-073.

LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022.

OK...NONE.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ151>153-165>167.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 6:07 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
607 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-031800-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
607 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

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

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

SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE
REGION THIS MORNING...BUT WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST BY MID
MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN TEXAS...NORTH
LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHCENTRAL ARKANSAS...WHERE GROUNDS ARE
SATURATED FROM WIDESPREAD RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST WEEK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE LIKELY
TODAY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW
LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE FLOOD THREAT WILL DIMINISH BY
EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGER...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND AMATEUR
RADIO OPERATORS...MAY BE NEEDED TODAY OVER DEEP EAST TEXAS...NORTH
LOUISIANA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...FOR ANY HEAVY RAINFALL OR
FLOODING REPORTS.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 3, 6:41 AM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
641 AM CST SAT JAN 03 2015

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

0425 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CAMPTI                  31.90N  93.11W
01/03/2015                   NATCHITOCHES       LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINES DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 71 AND
            HIGHWAY 9 IN CAMPTI.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500010

15

Local storm report, Jan 3, 6:47 AM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
647 AM CST SAT JAN 03 2015

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

0455 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NE ATLANTA            31.82N  92.72W
01/03/2015                   WINN               LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONE TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN ON HIGHWAT 1228 OFF OF HIGHWAY
            34.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500011

15

Local storm report, Jan 3, 6:49 AM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
649 AM CST SAT JAN 03 2015

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

0515 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SIKES                   32.08N  92.49W
01/03/2015                   WINN               LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            2 TREES BLOWN DOWN ON HIGHWAY 126 IN SIKES. THE ROOF
            WAS ALSO BLOWN OFF OF A CARPORT IN SIKES.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500012

15

Local storm report, Jan 3, 7:05 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
705 AM CST SAT JAN 03 2015

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

0315 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SHREVEPORT              32.47N  93.80W
01/03/2015                   CADDO              LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG COOPER ROAD IN NORTH
            SHREVEPORT. POWER LINES WERE ALSO REPORTED DOWN AT OTHER
            VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT SHREVEPORT.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500013

15

Local storm report, Jan 3, 7:10 AM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
710 AM CST SAT JAN 03 2015

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

0315 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MANSFIELD               32.03N  93.70W
01/03/2015                   DE SOTO            LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE CENTRAL
            AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE PARISH...BETWEEN MANSFIELD AND
            STONEWALL.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500014

15

Local storm report, Jan 3, 7:45 AM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
745 AM CST SAT JAN 03 2015

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

0315 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SW SHREVEPORT         32.42N  93.86W
01/03/2015                   CADDO              LA   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN ON COLQUITT ROAD JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE
            SHREVEPORT CITY LIMITS...NEAR THE DERRICK AND WOOLWORTH
            ROAD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500015

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 2, 11:16 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	4 hr
Jan 3, 3:02 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Bowie, Morris, Red River, Titus	118 min
Jan 3, 3:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	45 min
Jan 3, 7:15 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus	3 days
Jan 3, 7:21 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby	6 days
Jan 3, 7:21 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	33 hr
Jan 3, 9:17 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Houston, Polk, Trinity, Tyler	4 days
Jan 3, 9:21 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris	9 days
Jan 3, 3:39 PM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg, Morris and 6 more	20 hr
Jan 3, 1:27 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine	2 hr
Jan 3, 3:07 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	113 min
Jan 3, 3:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Natchitoches and 2 more	41 min
Jan 3, 4:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Sabine, Winn	45 min
Jan 3, 4:19 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Natchitoches	26 min
Jan 3, 4:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Ouachita, Winn	46 min
Jan 3, 9:14 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Webster	11 days

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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.