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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 9, 20165 parishes in Louisiana; 5 counties in Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 9, 2016, 12:07 PM CST for 5 parishes in Louisiana; 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 23 hr. 1 report 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, 12:07 PM CST (18:07 UTC)
Expired: Mar 10, 2016, 11:00 AM CST
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 2:53 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	8 Sse Hemphill, TX	TXDOT IS REPORTING FLOODING OVER THE INTERSECTION OF FM 3315 AND FM944...

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 166 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 194 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: 1619 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 320 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 415 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.6
Supercell composite: 21.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

099 
WGUS54 KSHV 091807
FFWSHV
LAC013-031-069-081-085-TXC005-347-403-405-419-092300-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0023.160309T1807Z-160309T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1207 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BIENVILLE PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHERN DE SOTO PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN RED RIVER PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SABINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
  ANGELINA COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
  SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
  NACOGDOCHES COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 500 PM CST
    
* AT 1205 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE HEAVY
  RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING...AND
  WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS AS MORE RAINFALL MOVES INTO
  THESE AREAS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LUFKIN...NACOGDOCHES...DIBOLL...MILAM...HUDSON...MANY...HUNTINGTON...SAN
  AUGUSTINE...COUSHATTA...ZWOLLE...LOGANSPORT...HEMPHILL...GARRISON...
  PINELAND...JOAQUIN...CONVERSE...DOUGLASS...ROSEVINE...PATROON AND
  MELROSE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3115 9485 3132 9490 3142 9500 3153 9487
      3164 9495 3176 9493 3180 9497 3184 9494
      3185 9445 3166 9439 3164 9418 3201 9402
      3186 9387 3216 9318 3216 9307 3168 9331
      3131 9365 3117 9358 3116 9391 3103 9447

$$

12

3 follow-up statements

907 
WGUS54 KSHV 092254
FFWSHV
LAC013-031-069-081-085-TXC005-347-403-405-419-100500-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160310T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BIENVILLE PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHERN DE SOTO PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN RED RIVER PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SABINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
  ANGELINA COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
  SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
  NACOGDOCHES COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CST WEDNESDAY
    
* AT 453 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING
  AND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING
  IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LUFKIN...NACOGDOCHES...DIBOLL...MILAM...HUDSON...MANY...HUNTINGTON...SAN
  AUGUSTINE...COUSHATTA...ZWOLLE...LOGANSPORT...HEMPHILL...GARRISON...
  PINELAND...JOAQUIN...CONVERSE...DOUGLASS...ROSEVINE...PATROON AND
  MELROSE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3115 9485 3132 9490 3142 9500 3153 9487
      3164 9495 3176 9493 3180 9497 3184 9494
      3185 9445 3166 9439 3164 9418 3201 9402
      3186 9387 3216 9318 3216 9307 3168 9331
      3131 9365 3117 9358 3116 9391 3103 9447

$$

19

456 
WGUS54 KSHV 100454
FFWSHV
LAC013-031-069-081-085-TXC005-347-403-405-419-101100-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160310T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1054 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BIENVILLE PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHERN DE SOTO PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN RED RIVER PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SABINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
  ANGELINA COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
  SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
  NACOGDOCHES COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 500 AM CST THURSDAY
    
* AT 1050 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING
  TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
  EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LUFKIN...NACOGDOCHES...DIBOLL...MILAM...HUDSON...MANY...
  HUNTINGTON...SAN AUGUSTINE...COUSHATTA...ZWOLLE...LOGANSPORT...
  HEMPHILL...GARRISON...PINELAND...JOAQUIN...CONVERSE...DOUGLASS...
  ROSEVINE...PATROON AND MELROSE.

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.

IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3115 9485 3132 9490 3142 9500 3153 9487
      3164 9495 3176 9493 3180 9497 3184 9494
      3185 9445 3166 9439 3164 9418 3201 9402
      3186 9387 3216 9318 3216 9307 3168 9331
      3131 9365 3117 9358 3116 9391 3103 9447

$$

19

536 
WGUS54 KSHV 101058
FFWSHV
LAC013-031-069-081-085-TXC005-347-403-405-419-101700-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160310T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
458 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BIENVILLE PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHERN DE SOTO PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN RED RIVER PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SABINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
  ANGELINA COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
  SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
  NACOGDOCHES COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1100 AM CST THURSDAY
    
* AT 451 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
  EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LUFKIN...NACOGDOCHES...DIBOLL...MILAM...HUDSON...MANY...HUNTINGTON...SAN
  AUGUSTINE...COUSHATTA...ZWOLLE...LOGANSPORT...HEMPHILL...GARRISON...
  PINELAND...JOAQUIN...CONVERSE...DOUGLASS...ROSEVINE...PATROON AND
  MELROSE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR
LIFE.

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 

IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES ATTEMPTING TO ENTER HIGH OR SWIFT
MOVING WATER.

&&

LAT...LON 3115 9485 3132 9490 3142 9500 3153 9487
      3164 9495 3176 9493 3180 9497 3184 9494
      3185 9445 3166 9439 3164 9418 3201 9402
      3186 9387 3216 9318 3216 9307 3168 9331
      3131 9365 3117 9358 3116 9391 3103 9447

$$

06

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Mar 9, 11:37 AM CST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 11:37 AM CST, 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1137 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

.AVIATION...
MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE
AFTERNOON...WITH AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF CONVECTION OVER NCNTRL LA/SE
TX EXPECTED TO LIFT BACK N ACROSS E TX/NW LA/SW AR THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. AS THE CONVECTION FILLS IN...IFR CIGS WITH REDUCED
VSBYS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD AS
+TSRA CONTINUES. AS THE HEAVY RAIN SETS IN AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON/OVERNIGHT...FLOODING OF RUNWAYS AND TAXIWAYS ARE
POSSIBLE. SHOULD FINALLY BEGIN TO SEE THE CONVECTION DIMINISH FROM
S TO N BY MID TO LATE MORNING THURSDAY OVER E TX AS DRIER AIR
ALOFT BEGINS TO ENTRAIN NWD AHEAD OF THE CLOSED LOW AS IT BEGINS
TO DRIFT N INTO S TX. THE CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH ACROSS N
LA/SW AR BY AFTERNOON JUST BEYOND THE END OF THIS TAF PERIOD. NE
WINDS 10-15KTS WITH GUSTS TO 22KTS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD DIMINISH
TO 7-10KTS AFTER 00Z. /15/

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1123 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016/
.DISCUSSION...
COMPLEX OF HEAVY RAIN IS NOW MAINLY CONFINED TO AREAS SOUTHEAST
OF A LINE FROM LUFKIN TEXAS TO HUTTIG AR. HOWEVER...MORE HEAVY
RAIN IS UPSTREAM TO THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS AND IS
HEADING THIS WAY. A THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER ALSO STILL EXISTS
ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE A BREAK IN THE RAINFALL WHICH
WILL ALLOW FOR SOME INSTABILITY TO BUILD. IN SHORT...WE ARE STILL
IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS EVENT AND WE WILL BE DEALING WITH HEAVY RAIN
AND FLOODING FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS AND LIKELY INTO THURSDAY.

A QUICK ZFP WAS SENT TO REMOVE MORNING WORDING BUT NO UPDATES WERE
MADE TO THE GRIDS.

/09/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  73  66  77  63 / 100 100  80  60
MLU  76  68  77  65 /  90  90  90  80
DEQ  69  62  68  59 / 100  90  90  70
TXK  70  63  70  59 / 100 100  80  60
ELD  72  67  75  62 / 100 100  90  80
TYR  72  63  72  60 / 100  60  70  50
GGG  71  65  75  61 / 100  80  70  50
LFK  74  65  78  61 / 100  90  70  50

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR ARZ050-051-
     059>061-070>073.

LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR LAZ001>006-
     010>014-017>022.

OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR OKZ077.

TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR TXZ096-097-
     108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

&&

15

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 12:00 PM CST, 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016

ARZ061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ112-126-136>138-
149>153-165>167-101800-
NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-
CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-
SABINE-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-CASS-MARION-
SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-
ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-
1200 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016

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...

THE THREAT FOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AS WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO
THE AREA BRINGING SEVERAL MORE INCHES OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. MANY LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 3 TO OVER 7 INCHES
OF RAINFALL...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA HAVING
RECEIVED 10 TO 14 INCHES OF RAINFALL. MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING
IS ONGOING AND COULD WORSEN WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL. IN
ADDITION...SOME THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT COULD BE
SEVERE. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST
THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN WILL BECOME LESS
WIDESPREAD...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH EVEN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...
MAY BE ENOUGH TO PERPETUATE ONGOING AREAS OF FLOODING. THE UPPER
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGING THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
AREA...WILL FINALLY MOVE TO THE EAST BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY POSSIBLY BE NEEDED TODAY AND
TONIGHT...MAINLY TO ASSIST MOTORISTS MOTORISTS IN FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

ARZ050-051-059-060-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>111-124-125-101800-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-WOOD-UPSHUR-
1200 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016

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

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

THE THREAT FOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AS WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AND BRING SEVERAL MORE INCHES OF RAIN TO
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MANY LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 3
TO OVER 7 INCHES OF RAINFALL AND MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING IS
ONGOING AND MAY WORSEN WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL. STRONG
GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR IN THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST
THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN WILL BECOME LESS
WIDESPREAD...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH EVEN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...
MAY BE ENOUGH TO PERPETUATE ONGOING AREAS OF FLOODING. THE UPPER
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGING THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
AREA...WILL FINALLY MOVE TO THE EAST BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY POSSIBLY BE NEEDED TODAY AND
TONIGHT...MAINLY TO ASSIST MOTORISTS MOTORISTS IN FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

09

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 9, 11:53 AM CST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1153 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

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

1151 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 S BROKEN BOW          34.02N 94.74W
03/09/2016                   MCCURTAIN          OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            *** 1 FATAL ***
            ONE PERSON HAS DIED AFTER THEIR SUV WAS
            SWEPT INTO A FLOODED LUKFATA CREEK IN BROKEN
            BOW, OK...

&&

MD

Local storm report, Mar 9, 11:55 AM CST, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1155 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

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

0551 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSE WHITEHOUSE        32.18N 95.20W
03/09/2016                   SMITH              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FM 344 AND HIGHWAY 110...POWER POLES
            PARTIALLY COVERING THE ROADWAY.

&&

PALMER

Local storm report, Mar 9, 11:58 AM CST, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1158 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

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

0647 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 NNE NOONDAY           32.28N 95.39W
03/09/2016                   SMITH              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER OVER THE ROADWAY ON COUNTY ROAD 1125
            BETWEEN TETON AND COUNTY ROAD 1113.

&&

PALMER

Local storm report, Mar 9, 12:01 PM CST, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1201 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016

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

0654 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 E NOONDAY             32.25N 95.35W
03/09/2016                   SMITH              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HEAVY FLOODING ON COUNTY ROAD 165 NEAR FM
            2493.

&&

PALMER

Local storm report, Mar 9, 12:04 PM CST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1204 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016

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

0659 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 NW BULLARD            32.17N 95.36W
03/09/2016                   SMITH              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            COUNTY ROADS 173 AND 177 ARE UNDER WATER.

&&

PALMER

Local storm report, Mar 9, 12:05 PM CST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1205 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016

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

0659 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 E NOONDAY             32.24N 95.31W
03/09/2016                   SMITH              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FM 2813 AND HIGHWAY 69 UNDER WATER.

&&

PALMER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 8, 6:36 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Union, Webster	16 hr
Mar 8, 6:57 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine	6 hr
Mar 8, 7:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine	31 min
Mar 8, 7:29 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	De Soto	6 hr
Mar 8, 7:42 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Webster	6 hr
Mar 8, 7:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River	30 min
Mar 8, 7:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	De Soto, Sabine	57 min
Mar 8, 8:04 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Union and 1 more	6 hr
Mar 8, 8:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bienville, Jackson, Natchitoches, Winn	45 min
Mar 8, 8:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine	66 min
Mar 8, 9:00 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Webster	12 hr
Mar 8, 9:11 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Lincoln	49 min
Mar 8, 9:14 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Webster	17 days
Mar 8, 9:14 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Webster	14 days
Mar 8, 9:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine	41 min
Mar 8, 9:35 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Ouachita, Union	6 hr
Mar 8, 9:39 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Red River, Webster	18 days
Mar 8, 9:49 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier	20 days
Mar 8, 10:11 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	De Soto	19 days
Mar 8, 10:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bienville	53 min
Mar 8, 10:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Red River, Webster	61 min
Mar 8, 11:09 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Caddo, De Soto	34 hr
Mar 8, 11:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln	19 min
Mar 9, 1:44 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Red River, Webster	8 hr
Mar 9, 3:28 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union	3 hr
Mar 9, 4:58 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Caddo	5 hr
Mar 9, 7:39 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Webster	7 hr
Mar 9, 7:51 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Lincoln, Union	5 days
Mar 9, 7:56 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Lincoln, Ouachita, Union	8 days
Mar 9, 8:14 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine	4 hr
Mar 9, 9:18 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Red River, Union and 1 more	4 hr
Mar 9, 9:20 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Jackson, Lincoln, Union	40 min
Mar 9, 10:06 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Ouachita, Union	39 min
Mar 9, 10:07 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Ouachita, Union	38 min
Mar 9, 10:26 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Caddo	19 days
Mar 9, 10:40 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Grant, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Winn	23 hr
Mar 9, 10:58 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Union, Webster	4 hr
Mar 9, 11:08 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Caddo, De Soto	16 days
Mar 9, 11:47 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Natchitoches, Red River	16 days
Mar 9, 11:47 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Red River	19 days
Mar 9, 11:51 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Winn	13 days
Mar 9, 1:15 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, Webster	23 hr
Mar 9, 2:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Webster	23 hr
Mar 9, 2:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Caddo	6 days
Mar 9, 2:48 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Caldwell, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Ouachita and 4 more	12 hr
Mar 9, 2:52 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Union, Webster	21 hr
Mar 9, 2:53 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Winn	52 min
Mar 9, 3:48 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Jackson	57 min
Mar 8, 7:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	27 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, 10:53 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Wood	6 days
Mar 9, 2:16 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Smith, Upshur, Wood	5 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, 8:18 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, 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.