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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 29, 2016, 11:09 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Nacogdoches County, Texas. It was in force for 8 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, 11:09 PM CDT (04:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cherokee County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 11:20 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 8 Ssw Cushing, TX | NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS FLOODED |
| Apr 30, 2:52 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Rusk, TX | FLOODING REPORTED ON NUMEROUS ROADS COUNTY WIDE |
| Apr 30, 3:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Se Cuney, TX | FM 855 FROM NORTH OF HIGHWAY 175 TO 2.5 MILES SOUTH OF FM 3198 WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Apr 30, 3:15 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 10 Ne Jacksonville, TX | FM 3052 FROM 3.3 MILES NORTH OF FM 177 TO 2.5 MILES NORTH OF FM 177 WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Apr 30, 3:15 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Sw Rusk, TX | FM 1857 FROM WEST OF FM 23 TO NORTH OF FM 23 WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Apr 30, 3:15 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 9 Ne Jacksonville, TX | FM 2064 FROM SOUTH OF FM 2750 TO EAST OF HIGHWAY 135 WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Apr 30, 3:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Nw Wells, TX | FM 1247 FROM SOUTH OF FM 1911 TO WEST OF FM 1819 WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Apr 30, 4:52 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Nacogdoches, TX | WATER OVER BOTH LANES OF SH 21 WEST AND ON FM 225 IN NACOGDOCHES |
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 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 835 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 455 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 577 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.9
- Supercell composite
- 11.8
The text
As transmitted.
784
WGUS54 KSHV 300409
FFWSHV
TXC073-347-300800-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0069.160430T0409Z-160430T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1109 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NACOGDOCHES COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 300 AM CDT
* AT 1109 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
TWO TO THREE INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREAS...WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAINFALL
CONTINUING TO REDEVELOP AND MOVE REPEATEDLY NORTHEAST.
THUS...FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NACOGDOCHES...JACKSONVILLE...RUSK...ALTO...GARRISON...WELLS...MOUNT
SELMAN...TRAWICK...MAYDELLE...REESE...PONTA...DOUGLASS...MORRILL...FOREST...
MARTINSVILLE...MIXON...SACUL...NEW SUMMERFIELD...CUSHING AND
APPLEBY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES...WITH ISOLATED
HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 3 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.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3213 9546 3213 9499 3184 9499 3184 9446
3164 9440 3147 9473 3153 9487 3143 9500
3147 9510 3152 9510 3159 9517 3159 9527
3168 9529 3176 9540 3182 9540 3185 9544
3193 9542 3199 9545 3208 9542
$$
151 follow-up statement
835
WGUS54 KSHV 300751
FFWSHV
TXC073-347-301200-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FF.W.0069.000000T0000Z-160430T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
251 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NACOGDOCHES COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 700 AM CDT
* AT 251 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
THREE TO IN EXCESS OF SIX INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAINFALL
FALLING OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN
FLOODED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CHEROKEE AND NACOGDOCHES
COUNTIES...WITH THE FLOODING EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH DAYBREAK.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NACOGDOCHES...JACKSONVILLE...RUSK...ALTO...GARRISON...WELLS...MOUNT
SELMAN...TRAWICK...MAYDELLE...REESE...PONTA...DOUGLASS...MORRILL...FOREST...
MARTINSVILLE...MIXON...SACUL...NEW SUMMERFIELD...CUSHING AND
APPLEBY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES...WITH ISOLATED
HIGHER AMOUNTS EXCEEDING THREE INCHES OVER NORTHWEST
NACOGDOCHES COUNTY...ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 7 AM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3213 9546 3213 9499 3184 9499 3184 9446
3164 9440 3147 9473 3153 9487 3143 9500
3147 9510 3152 9510 3159 9517 3159 9527
3168 9529 3176 9540 3182 9540 3185 9544
3193 9542 3199 9545 3208 9542
$$
15The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Cherokee, Rusk | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Cass, Morris, Titus, Upshur | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Camp, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Upshur | 23 min |
| Apr 29, 7:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Red River | 10 hr |
| Apr 29, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Upshur | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Gregg, Rusk, Smith, Upshur | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Camp, Cass, Marion, Morris, Upshur | 21 min |
| Apr 29, 7:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Smith, Upshur, Wood | 10 hr |
| Apr 29, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Shelby | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Angelina, San Augustine, Shelby | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 9:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Marion | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Harrison, Rusk | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 9:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Rusk | 8 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Shelby | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Red River | 66 min |
| Apr 29, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison, Panola | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 11:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Upshur | 8 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cass, Harrison, Marion | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Rusk | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 12:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison | 55 min |
| Apr 30, 12:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 3:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Angelina, Nacogdoches | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Panola | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Sabine, Shelby | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine | 65 min |
| Apr 30, 4:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches | 6 days |
| Apr 30, 4:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Panola, Shelby | 9 days |
| Apr 30, 4:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches, Rusk | 3 days |
| Apr 30, 4:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Smith | 4 days |
| Apr 30, 4:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Wood | 5 days |
| Apr 30, 4:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg | 55 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Upshur, Wood | 4 days |
| Apr 30, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Shelby | 60 min |
| Apr 30, 4:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sabine, San Augustine | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 5:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SHV | Smith, Upshur, Wood | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Sabine | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 7:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Nacogdoches | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 7:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Marion | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 7:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Cass, Harrison, Marion | 13 days |
| Apr 30, 7:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Cass, Marion | 8 days |
| Apr 30, 7:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur | 7 days |
| Apr 30, 11:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Marion | 3 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.