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River Flood Warning 71, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 2, 2015Caldwell Parish, Ouachita Parish, Union Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 2, 2015, 10:25 PM CDT for Caldwell Parish, Ouachita Parish, Union Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 3, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 66 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2015, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 3, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 5, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 66 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Caldwell Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ouachita River at Monroe (MLUL1). The gauge peaked at 40.06 ft at Apr 3, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 35.5 ft
Minor stage: 40 ft
Moderate stage: 43 ft
Major stage: 45 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07367005, 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 Apr 2, 6:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 6:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 11:39 AM CDT, 10 hours 46 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
Apr 3, 5:29 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	SHV	Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more	9 hr
Apr 3, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	44 min

Nearby

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.