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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 8, 2016, 8:04 PM CST for 7 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 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, 8:04 PM CST (02:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2016, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 12:00 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Farmerville, LA | WATER ON ROADS REPORTED AROUND TOWN |
| Mar 9, 1:00 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Jonesboro, LA | WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND ROAD CLOSURES |
| Mar 9, 1:00 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Quitman, LA | WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND ROADWAY CLOSURES |
| Mar 9, 1:00 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Ruston, LA | NUMEROUS ROADWAYS FLOODED IN RUSTON |
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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 225 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.
806
WGUS54 KSHV 090204
FFWSHV
LAC013-049-061-069-073-111-127-090800-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0007.160309T0204Z-160309T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
804 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JACKSON PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN BIENVILLE PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTH CENTRAL UNION PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHEASTERN NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
WINN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 200 AM CST
* AT 802 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RUSTON...GRAMBLING...WINNFIELD...JONESBORO...FARMERVILLE...CHOUDRANT...
SIMSBORO...CHATHAM...CLARENCE...HODGE...GOLDONNA...NORTH HODGE...VIENNA...
DODSON...EAST HODGE...SALINE...CALVIN...QUITMAN...ATLANTA AND EROS.
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 3182 9234 3180 9237 3179 9313 3246 9288
3285 9230 3190 9231
$$
19The 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, 8:15 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, 10:11 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 | 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 | 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 |
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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.