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Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2016, 10:47 AM CDT for 7 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 5 hr. 7 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
- Jul 28, 2016, 10:47 AM CDT (15:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Caldwell Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 10:55 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Monroe, LA | NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF MONROE NEAR AND ALONG STANDIFER AVENUE...THOMAS AVENUE...AND JACKSON STREET. |
| Jul 28, 11:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E Brownsville-Bawcomv, LA | STREET FLOODING ON LOUISIANA HWY 34 NEAR THE PAPER MILL. |
| Jul 28, 11:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nw Brownsville-Bawcom, LA | STREET FLOODING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WASHINGTON STREET AND NEW NATCHITOCHES ROAD. |
| Jul 28, 11:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Monroe, LA | STREET FLOODING REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTIONS OF STUBBS AVENUE AND 4TH STREET...AND STUBBS AVENUE AND 5TH STREET. |
| Jul 28, 11:15 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | West Monroe, LA | NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED ACROSS THE CITY INCLUDING INTERSECTION OF CLAIBORNE AND CYPRESS STREETS...NORTH 7TH STREET BETWEEN STELLA AND NATCHITOCHES STREETS...SOUTH 5TH STREET...AND PORTIONS OF TRENTON STREET. |
| Jul 28, 11:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Nnw Columbia, LA | NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS FLOODED. |
| Jul 28, 3:32 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | West Monroe, LA | WATER OVER THE ROAD NEAR RED CUT RD. |
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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
503
WGUS54 KSHV 281547
FFWSHV
LAC021-049-059-061-073-111-127-282045-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0076.160728T1547Z-160728T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1047 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN JACKSON PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
CALDWELL PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN UNION PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHEASTERN LA SALLE PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
EASTERN LINCOLN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHEASTERN WINN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 1046 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MONROE...CLAIBORNE...WEST MONROE...COLUMBIA...
BROWNSVILLE-BAWCOMVILLE...BROWNSVILLE-BAWCOM...SWARTZ...RICHWOOD...
STERLINGTON...OLLA...CLARKS...GRAYSON...CHOUDRANT...CHATHAM...
EROS...DOWNSVILLE...SIKES...LOCH LOMON...LUNA AND EUREKA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3209 9189 3207 9193 3193 9191 3193 9200
3189 9201 3192 9254 3272 9257 3275 9206
3269 9205 3271 9204 3271 9197 3266 9191
3251 9190 3240 9200 3228 9203 3227 9199
3219 9201 3220 9197 3217 9198 3216 9189
$$
20The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 7:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Caldwell, Winn | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 9:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Claiborne, Webster | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 9:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 12:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bienville, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Natchitoches and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Webster | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bossier, Caddo, Webster | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Sabine | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 5:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 2 hr |
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.