Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 8, 2016, 7:29 PM CST for Sabine County, San Augustine County, Shelby County, Texas; De Soto Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 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, 7:29 PM CST (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2016, 1:30 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties De Soto Parish, LA, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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, 9:00 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Huxley, TX | FLOODING REPORTED ON NUMEROUS ROADS IN EASTERN PART OF COUNTY |
| Mar 8, 10:25 PM CST | HEAVY RAIN 6.7 | 5 E Pineland, TX | 6.70 INCHES OF RAIN AS OF 10 PM |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1426 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 11.3
The text
As transmitted.
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WGUS54 KSHV 090129
FFWSHV
LAC031-TXC403-405-419-090730-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0005.160309T0129Z-160309T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
729 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN DE SOTO PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
SABINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 130 AM CST WEDNESDAY
* AT 728 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MILAM...SAN AUGUSTINE...LOGANSPORT...HEMPHILL...PINELAND...JOAQUIN...
BROWNDELL...ROSEVINE...NEUVILLE...MACUNE...PATROON...SHELBYVILLE...BLAND
LAKE...HUXLEY...BROADDUS...CALGARY...SEXTON...HURSTOWN...CHINAQUAPIN AND
COLUMBUS.
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 3124 9433 3194 9407 3198 9404 3198 9402
3201 9402 3185 9381 3185 9388 3170 9380
3160 9384 3153 9380 3151 9371 3147 9375
3145 9370 3137 9367 3137 9364 3131 9369
3127 9362 3118 9360 3116 9391 3110 9413
$$
19The 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, 7:48 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, 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, 8:14 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 |
| 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, 7:42 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, 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 | 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, 10:22 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, 11:10 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 | 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, 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, 10:40 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 | 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 |
Nearby
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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.