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Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 29, 20167 counties in Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 29, 2016, 6:56 PM CDT for 7 counties in Texas. It was in force for 10 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
Apr 29, 2016, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2016, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Morris County, TX, Red River County, TX, Titus County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 29, 8:00 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 5.59Pittsburg, TX
Apr 29, 8:53 PM CDTFLASH FLOODPittsburg, TXNUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS FLOODED...STREET FLOODING IN PITTSBURG
Apr 29, 10:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 Ssw Detroit, TXFM ROAD 410 CLOSED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 1255 DUE TO FLOODING
Apr 29, 10:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 Wsw Bogata, TXFM ROAD 410 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
Apr 29, 11:13 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD4 S Daingerfield, TXNUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS FLOODED...STREET FLOODING NEAR JENKINS
Apr 30, 12:00 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 E Winnsboro, TXFARM TO MARKET ROAD 11 BETWEEN HIGHWAY 37 AND FARM TO MARKET ROAD 515 WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Apr 30, 1:35 AM CDTFLASH FLOODHughes Springs, TXSEVERAL HIGH WATER RESCUES ACROSS THE CITY. FAMILIES ARE BEING EVACUATED TO THE CIVIC CENTER.
Apr 30, 1:53 AM CDTFLASH FLOODHughes Springs, TXTIES OFF THE TRAIN TRACK GOING THROUGH HUGHES SPRINGS ARE WASHING OUT INTO THE STREET

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

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2016-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1756 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2016-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 310 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1756 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
451 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
14.9

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The text

As transmitted.

863 
WGUS54 KSHV 292356
FFWSHV
TXC037-063-067-159-343-387-449-300600-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0065.160429T2356Z-160430T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
656 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  RED RIVER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  CAMP COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  TITUS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  NORTHWESTERN CASS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT SATURDAY

* AT 656 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
  WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAVE ALREADY
  FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY
  RAINFALL EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS.
  THUS...FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  TEXARKANA...MOUNT PLEASANT...NEW BOSTON...PITTSBURG...WINNSBORO...
  CLARKSVILLE...BOXELDER...LEESBURG...HAGANSPORT...NASH...HOOKS...MOUNT
  VERNON...DAINGERFIELD...HUGHES SPRINGS...DE KALB...LONE STAR...NAPLES...
  BOGATA...REDWATER AND MAUD.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES...WITH ISOLATED
HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1 AM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3386 9531 3396 9523 3386 9497 3375 9487
      3376 9477 3373 9479 3366 9466 3368 9459
      3362 9453 3364 9445 3360 9447 3354 9438
      3359 9424 3357 9425 3353 9406 3290 9466
      3290 9515 3300 9515 3296 9517 3296 9531

$$

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1 follow-up statement
310 
WGUS54 KSHV 300548
FFWSHV
ARC081-OKC089-TXC037-063-067-159-343-387-449-459-499-301000-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FF.W.0065.000000T0000Z-160430T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1248 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN LITTLE RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  RED RIVER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  CAMP COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  TITUS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  NORTHWESTERN CASS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 1248 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
  RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS ALL OF THE WARNED AREA. WIDESPREAD
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO IN EXCESS OF SEVEN INCHES HAVE FALLEN
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH NUMEROUS ROADS STILL FLOODED AND
  CLOSED. THUS...FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  TEXARKANA...MOUNT PLEASANT...NEW BOSTON...PITTSBURG...WINNSBORO...
  CLARKSVILLE...BOXELDER...LEESBURG...HAGANSPORT...NASH...HOOKS...MOUNT
  VERNON...DAINGERFIELD...HUGHES SPRINGS...DE KALB...LONE STAR...NAPLES...
  BOGATA...REDWATER AND MAUD.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS LATE TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 3386 9531 3396 9523 3386 9497 3375 9487
      3376 9477 3373 9479 3366 9466 3368 9459
      3362 9453 3364 9445 3360 9447 3354 9438
      3359 9424 3357 9425 3353 9406 3290 9466
      3290 9515 3300 9515 3296 9517 3296 9531

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 7:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVFranklin, Morris, Titus8 days
Apr 29, 1:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBowie, Franklin, Morris, Titus42 min
Apr 29, 1:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBowie52 min
Apr 29, 1:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Morris, Red River, Titus54 min
Apr 29, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie62 min
Apr 29, 3:35 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisorySHVAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more13 hr
Apr 29, 5:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie63 min
Apr 29, 10:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVGregg, Rusk19 days
Apr 29, 10:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVGregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk19 days
Apr 29, 10:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVRusk46 min
Apr 29, 11:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHarrison38 min
Apr 29, 11:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHarrison, Marion43 min
Apr 29, 12:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSmith, Upshur50 min
Apr 29, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Smith, Upshur, Wood45 min
Apr 29, 12:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVMarion42 min
Apr 29, 12:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Franklin, Smith, Upshur, Wood38 min
Apr 29, 12:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHarrison, Panola49 min
Apr 29, 12:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVGregg48 min
Apr 29, 12:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Upshur29 min
Apr 29, 1:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCamp, Upshur, Wood45 min
Apr 29, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Franklin, Titus, Upshur, Wood38 min
Apr 29, 1:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVCamp, Franklin, Smith, Titus, Upshur, Wood3 hr
Apr 29, 2:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVRed River53 min
Apr 29, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCamp, Morris, Titus, Wood42 min
Apr 29, 2:37 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVNacogdoches, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby9 days
Apr 29, 2:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCamp, Wood29 min
Apr 29, 2:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVCamp, Franklin, Morris, Smith, Titus, Upshur and 1 more5 hr
Apr 29, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSmith, Wood62 min
Apr 29, 5:23 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBowie37 min
Apr 29, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBowie42 min
Apr 29, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVSmith29 min
Apr 29, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVSmith, Upshur, Wood33 min
Apr 29, 6:06 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatSHVSmith, Upshur, Wood29 min
Apr 29, 6:25 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatSHVCamp, Upshur, Wood35 min
Apr 29, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Smith, Upshur, Wood45 min
Apr 29, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCamp, Upshur, Wood9 min
Apr 29, 6:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSmith40 min
Apr 29, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCamp, Morris, Titus, Upshur20 min

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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.