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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 8, 20165 parishes in Louisiana; Columbia County, Union County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 8, 2016, 6:36 PM CST for 5 parishes in Louisiana; Columbia County, Union County, Arkansas. It was in force for 16 hr. 9 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 8, 2016, 6:36 PM CST (00:36 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2016, 11:00 AM CST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Columbia County, AR, Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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 8, 7:05 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	5 Nne Minden, LA	WATER FLOWING INTO HOMES ON DOGWOOD TRAIL.
Mar 8, 7:45 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	3 Nne Dubberly, LA	ONRAMPS TO I20 ARE CLOSED ACROSS WEBSTER PARISH DUE TO FLOODING.
Mar 8, 7:45 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Homer, LA	ROADS FLOODED AS WELL AS SOME HOMES ON CARTER DRIVE LOCATED IN HOMER. FIRE DEPT HAS EVACUATED SEVERAL HOMES
Mar 8, 8:01 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Homer, LA	ROADS FLOODED IN HOMER. FIRE DEPARTMENT IS HELPING TO EVACUATE HOMES ALONG CARTER DRIVE DUE TO FLOODING.
Mar 8, 9:00 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Se El Dorado, AR	FLOODING REPORTED MULTIPLE ROADS IN EL DORADO
Mar 8, 11:05 PM CST	FLASH FLOOD	Arcadia, LA	WATER BEGINNING TO ENTER BUSINESSES IN PORTIONS OF ARCADIA.
Mar 9, 10:24 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	1 N Homer, LA	SHOPPING CENTER WITH WATER IN THEM AND SEVERAL CARS UNDER WATER...
Mar 9, 10:38 AM CST	HEAVY RAIN 11.2	1 Wnw Simsboro, LA	MEDIA REPORTS 11.20 INCHES OF RAIN IN SIMSBORO, LA...
Mar 9, 11:00 AM CST	FLASH FLOOD	4 S El Dorado, AR	JUNCTION CITY HIGHWAY NEAR SOUTH JACKSON STREET IS FLOODED AND CLOSED.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 235 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1163 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

985 
WGUS54 KSHV 090036
FFWSHV
ARC027-139-LAC013-027-061-111-119-090630-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0003.160309T0036Z-160309T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
636 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN BIENVILLE PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  EASTERN WEBSTER PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  NORTHERN UNION PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  CLAIBORNE PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM CST
    
* AT 634 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
  PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
  FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  EL DORADO...MINDEN...HOMER...HUTTIG...JUNCTION CITY...FARMERVILLE...
  ARCADIA...HAYNESVILLE...BERNICE...GIBSLAND...STRONG...DUBBERLY...HEFLIN...
  WESSON...URBANA...ATLANTA...LAPILE...COOLEY...LAWSON AND MORO BAY STATE
  PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 3300 9207 3246 9288 3241 9326 3303 9327
      3333 9248 3329 9247 3327 9244 3328 9238
      3330 9235 3328 9234 3328 9233 3326 9232
      3328 9230 3326 9229 3325 9223 3321 9223
      3321 9218 3316 9217 3316 9211 3309 9213

$$

19

3 follow-up statements

828 
WGUS74 KSHV 090231
FFSSHV

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
831 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

ARC027-139-LAC013-027-061-111-119-090630-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160309T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLUMBIA AR-UNION AR-BIENVILLE LA-WEBSTER LA-UNION LA-LINCOLN LA-
CLAIBORNE LA-
831 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA AND UNION COUNTIES...NORTHEASTERN BIENVILLE...
EASTERN WEBSTER...NORTHERN UNION...NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN AND CLAIBORNE
PARISHES...

AT 821 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUE TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  THE EMERGENCY MANAGERS
IS REPORTING FLOODING ALL ACROSS WEBSTER PARISH AT THIS
TIME...INCLUDING WATER ACROSS SEVERAL ROADS AS WELL AS THE ONRAMPS
TO INTERSTATE 20 BEING CLOSED. WATER WAS FLOWING INTO THE WEBSTER
PARISH COURTHOUSE IN MINDEN. THE MEADOW VIEW NURSING HOME WAS
EVACUATING A PORTION OF THE REHAB WING DUE TO FLOODING. RADAR IS
ESTIMATING STORM TOTAL RAINFALL ACROSS WEBSTER PARISH BETWEEN 3 AND
5 INCHES. NEEDLESS TO SAY...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR THROUGH
THIS EVENING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EL DORADO...MINDEN...HOMER...HUTTIG...JUNCTION CITY...FARMERVILLE...
ARCADIA...HAYNESVILLE...BERNICE...GIBSLAND...STRONG...DUBBERLY...HEFLIN...
WESSON...URBANA...ATLANTA...LAPILE...COOLEY...LAWSON AND MORO BAY STATE
PARK.

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.

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 3300 9207 3246 9288 3241 9326 3303 9327
      3333 9248 3329 9247 3327 9244 3328 9238
      3330 9235 3328 9234 3328 9233 3326 9232
      3328 9230 3326 9229 3325 9223 3321 9223
      3321 9218 3316 9217 3316 9211 3309 9213

$$

PALMER

906 
WGUS54 KSHV 090614
FFWSHV
ARC027-139-LAC013-027-061-111-119-091200-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160309T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1214 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN BIENVILLE PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  EASTERN WEBSTER PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  NORTHERN UNION PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  CLAIBORNE PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 600 AM CST
    
* AT 1213 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD
  FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
  SEVERAL HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  EL DORADO...MINDEN...HOMER...HUTTIG...JUNCTION CITY...FARMERVILLE...
  ARCADIA...HAYNESVILLE...BERNICE...GIBSLAND...STRONG...DUBBERLY...HEFLIN...
  WESSON...URBANA...ATLANTA...LAPILE...COOLEY...LAWSON AND MORO BAY STATE
  PARK.

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.

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 3300 9207 3246 9288 3241 9326 3303 9327
      3333 9248 3329 9247 3327 9244 3328 9238
      3330 9235 3328 9234 3328 9233 3326 9232
      3328 9230 3326 9229 3325 9223 3321 9223
      3321 9218 3316 9217 3316 9211 3309 9213

$$

19

025 
WGUS54 KSHV 091138
FFWSHV
ARC027-139-LAC013-027-061-111-119-091700-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160309T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN BIENVILLE PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  EASTERN WEBSTER PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  NORTHERN UNION PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  CLAIBORNE PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 1100 AM CST
    
* AT 536 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMET
  OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
  FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  EL DORADO...MINDEN...HOMER...HUTTIG...JUNCTION CITY...FARMERVILLE...
  ARCADIA...HAYNESVILLE...BERNICE...GIBSLAND...STRONG...DUBBERLY...HEFLIN...
  WESSON...URBANA...ATLANTA...LAPILE...COOLEY...LAWSON AND MORO BAY STATE
  PARK.

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 3300 9207 3246 9288 3241 9326 3303 9327
      3333 9248 3329 9247 3327 9244 3328 9238
      3330 9235 3328 9234 3328 9233 3326 9232
      3328 9230 3326 9229 3325 9223 3321 9223
      3321 9218 3316 9217 3316 9211 3309 9213

$$

19

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
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, 12:07 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine	23 hr
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, 10:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Nevada, Union	40 min
Mar 8, 11:16 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Columbia, Union	11 hr
Mar 9, 10:13 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Columbia, Union	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2016 Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2016 Every flash flood warning in 2016

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.