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Special Weather Statement, NWS Shreveport, LA

December 13, 20157 counties in Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this special weather statement at Dec 13, 2015, 6:21 AM CST for 7 counties in Texas. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 13, 2015, 6:21 AM CST (12:21 UTC)
Expired: Dec 13, 2015, 7:15 AM CST
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA

Counties Cass County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Upshur County, TX

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Dec 13, 4:12 AM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 4:12 AM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 4:47 AM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
447 AM CST SUN DEC 13 2015

ARZ050-051-059-060-070-071-LAZ001-002-010-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-
108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165-166-132330-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-CADDO-
BOSSIER-DE SOTO-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-
MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-
PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-
447 AM CST SUN DEC 13 2015

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

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

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS
MORNING...AHEAD OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. ISOLATED
INSTANCES OF DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...AS
A LINE OF STORMS MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER...THE
PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE FLASH FLOODING. THREE TO
FIVE INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THESE AREAS...AND AN
ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL LIKELY EXACERBATE ALREADY
ONGOING FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY...AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.
HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND AMATEUR
RADIO OPERATORS...WILL CONTINUE TO BE NEEDED THROUGH THE FIRST
HALF OF TODAY.

ARZ061-072-073-LAZ003>006-011>014-017>022-TXZ167-132330-
NEVADA-COLUMBIA-UNION-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-RED RIVER-
BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-
CALDWELL-LA SALLE-
447 AM CST SUN DEC 13 2015

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

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

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY AND
TONIGHT...AHEAD OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. STORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED INSTANCE OF
DAMAGING WINDS OR A BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT ENTIRELY. IN
ADDITION...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL MAY CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY...AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.
HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND AMATEUR
RADIO OPERATORS...WILL MOST LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON
OR TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 13, 12:34 AM CST, 5 hours 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1234 AM CST SUN DEC 13 2015

TXZ108>111-124-125-130715-
WOOD TX-TITUS TX-CAMP TX-UPSHUR TX-FRANKLIN TX-MORRIS TX-
1234 AM CST SUN DEC 13 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN MORRIS...CAMP...SOUTHERN
TITUS...EASTERN WOOD...NORTHWESTERN UPSHUR AND SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN
COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CST...

AT 1233 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTH OF HAWKINS...OR 14 MILES WEST OF GILMER...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT PLEASANT...GILMER...PITTSBURG...LEESBURG...DAINGERFIELD...LONE STAR...
HAWKINS...NEWSOME...ROSEWOOD...JENKINS...CASON...SCROGGINS...WINFIELD...
MIDWAY...MILLER'S COVE...ROCKY MOUND...BETTIE...LAFAYETTE...MONTICELLO AND
PERRYVILLE.

LAT...LON 3318 9514 3304 9465 3299 9465 3257 9521
      3256 9524 3258 9525 3257 9528 3260 9531
      3261 9535
TIME...MOT...LOC 0633Z 211DEG 39KT 3270 9519

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Local storm report, Dec 13, 1:36 AM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 13, 1:56 AM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
156 AM CST SUN DEC 13 2015

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

0100 AM     FLASH FLOOD      8 SE IDABEL             33.82N  94.72W
12/13/2015                   MCCURTAIN          OK   PUBLIC

            4 INCHES OF RAIN

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EVENT NUMBER SHV1500767

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Local storm report, Dec 13, 1:59 AM CST, 4 hours 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 13, 2:04 AM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
204 AM CST SUN DEC 13 2015

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

0138 AM     FLASH FLOOD      QUITMAN                 32.80N  95.44W
12/13/2015                   WOOD               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS FLOODED IN WESTERN WOOD COUNTY

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500768

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Special weather statement, Dec 13, 6:21 AM CST, 0 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 12, 6:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cherokee	55 min
Dec 12, 6:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Red River	51 min
Dec 12, 7:34 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Gregg, Marion, Upshur	41 min
Dec 12, 7:44 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cherokee	46 min
Dec 12, 7:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	54 min
Dec 12, 8:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Morris and 3 more	66 min
Dec 12, 8:15 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Franklin, Red River, Smith, Titus, Wood	4 hr
Dec 12, 8:44 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Gregg, Rusk, Smith, Upshur	4 hr
Dec 12, 9:08 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cherokee	52 min
Dec 12, 9:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie	48 min
Dec 12, 10:39 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Smith, Upshur, Wood	2 hr
Dec 12, 10:47 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River and 1 more	4 hr
Dec 13, 12:34 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Camp	41 min
Dec 13, 12:40 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg	72 hr
Dec 13, 12:46 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Smith and 2 more	5 hr
Dec 13, 1:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Morris, Red River, Titus	27 min
Dec 13, 2:21 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Wood	6 days
Dec 13, 2:48 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus	6 hr
Dec 13, 5:44 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Smith and 2 more	4 hr
Dec 13, 7:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Smith	4 days
Dec 13, 8:51 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River and 1 more	6 hr
Dec 13, 9:22 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Sabine	53 min
Dec 13, 9:47 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Gregg, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Smith, Upshur and 1 more	6 hr
Dec 13, 10:19 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby	4 days
Dec 13, 10:27 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Camp, Morris, Titus	62 hr
Dec 13, 2:49 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River and 1 more	3 hr
Dec 13, 3:46 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Gregg, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Smith, Upshur and 1 more	3 hr
Dec 13, 8:09 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto	51 min
Dec 13, 9:02 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Webster	58 min
Dec 13, 9:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River and 1 more	62 min
Dec 13, 10:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Natchitoches	46 min
Dec 13, 10:55 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Natchitoches	65 min
Dec 13, 11:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Union and 1 more	60 min
Dec 13, 11:59 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Caldwell, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Ouachita	61 min
Dec 12, 10:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Howard, Sevier	20 min
Dec 12, 11:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sevier	28 min
Dec 13, 1:09 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Howard, Little River, Sevier	5 hr
Dec 13, 12:01 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	29 min
Dec 12, 8:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	McCurtain	54 min
Dec 12, 9:13 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	McCurtain	4 hr
Dec 12, 9:34 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	McCurtain	41 min

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