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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 9, 2016Smith County, Upshur County, Wood County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 2016, 2:16 AM CST for Smith County, Upshur County, Wood County, Texas. It was in force for 5 hr. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2016, 2:16 AM CST (08:16 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2016, 7:15 AM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Smith County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 9, 5:27 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	5 Ssw Mineola, TX	FLOODING ON COUNTY ROADS 484 AND 455. BARRICADES REQUIRED.
Mar 9, 6:25 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Lindale, TX	WATER RESCUES IN PROGRESS IN THE CITY OF LINDALE.
Mar 9, 6:47 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	3 Nne Noonday, TX	WATER OVER THE ROADWAY ON COUNTY ROAD 1125 BETWEEN TETON AND COUNTY ROAD 1113.
Mar 9, 6:54 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	3 E Noonday, TX	HEAVY FLOODING ON COUNTY ROAD 165 NEAR FM 2493.
Mar 9, 6:59 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	3 Nw Bullard, TX	COUNTY ROADS 173 AND 177 ARE UNDER WATER.
Mar 9, 6:59 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	5 E Noonday, TX	FM 2813 AND HIGHWAY 69 UNDER WATER.
Mar 9, 7:00 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	5 Sw Lindale, TX	LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED IN HIDEWAY... WATER BODIES OUT OF BANKS AND SOME HOMES THREATENED
Mar 9, 7:03 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	2 Ese Noonday, TX	HIGH WATER ON COUNTY ROAD 168 NEAR OWENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 197 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 593 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 803 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.1
Supercell composite: -0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

864 
WGUS54 KSHV 090816
FFWSHV
TXC423-459-499-091315-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0013.160309T0816Z-160309T1315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
216 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  SMITH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 715 AM CST
    
* AT 215 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
  EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  TYLER...WHITEHOUSE...GLADEWATER...GILMER...MINEOLA...WINNSBORO...LINDALE...
  OVERTON...BULLARD...TROUP...QUITMAN...BIG SANDY...HAWKINS...ORE CITY...
  ARP...EAST MOUNTAIN...CEDAR SPRINGS...DIANA...WEST MOUNTAIN AND GOLDEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3296 9517 3300 9515 3290 9515 3290 9471
      3284 9468 3266 9470 3266 9475 3259 9482
      3254 9499 3214 9499 3215 9548 3218 9546
      3223 9549 3230 9545 3236 9545 3248 9559
      3269 9559 3272 9564 3296 9567

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 8, 7:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	27 min
Mar 8, 7:29 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	6 hr
Mar 8, 7:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine, Shelby	57 min
Mar 8, 9:42 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cherokee	63 min
Mar 8, 9:59 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches	7 days
Mar 8, 9:59 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches	27 days
Mar 8, 10:10 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Smith, Upshur, Wood	15 days
Mar 8, 10:10 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Smith, Upshur, Wood	19 days
Mar 8, 10:11 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Rusk	21 days
Mar 8, 10:11 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk	20 days
Mar 8, 10:11 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Panola, Shelby	19 days
Mar 8, 10:53 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Wood	6 days
Mar 8, 11:09 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Rusk, Shelby	34 hr
Mar 9, 3:55 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cherokee	50 min
Mar 9, 4:34 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Morris, Titus	6 hr
Mar 9, 4:48 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Gregg, Upshur	42 min
Mar 9, 5:30 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Cherokee	3 hr
Mar 9, 5:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Smith	31 min
Mar 9, 6:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur	8 days
Mar 9, 7:12 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Upshur, Wood	5 days
Mar 9, 7:14 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Smith, Upshur, Wood	3 hr
Mar 9, 7:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Angelina	44 min
Mar 9, 8:14 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Panola, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	4 hr
Mar 9, 8:18 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	San Augustine, Shelby	30 min
Mar 9, 10:18 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Smith, Upshur, Wood	3 hr
Mar 9, 10:26 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Cass, Harrison, Marion	19 days
Mar 9, 12:07 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	23 hr
Mar 9, 12:33 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Smith, Upshur, Wood	24 hr
Mar 9, 2:43 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Jasper, Polk, Tyler	49 hr
Mar 9, 4:44 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Camp, Morris, Titus	47 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.