Alert archive / Louisiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 8, 2016, 9:35 PM CST for Caldwell Parish, Ouachita Parish, Union Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 6 hr. 5 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, 9:35 PM CST (03:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2016, 3:30 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Caldwell Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 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, 10:00 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Columbia, LA | WATER ON ROADS IN COLUMBIA |
| Mar 8, 10:00 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Swartz, LA | MANY ROADS CLOSED IN THE AREA |
| Mar 8, 10:21 PM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Sterlington, LA | WATER COVERING SECTION OF HWY 2 AND ALSO HWY 165 NORTH IN STERLINGTON |
| Mar 8, 10:38 PM CST | HEAVY RAIN 4 | Swartz, LA | 4 INCHES OR MORE IN 5 HOURS |
| Mar 9, 2:36 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Monroe, LA | WATER 4 FEET DEEP IN HOME ON DAWNVIEW LANE IN MONROE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
410
WGUS54 KSHV 090335
FFWSHV
LAC021-073-111-090930-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0009.160309T0335Z-160309T0930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
935 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CALDWELL PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
EASTERN UNION PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 330 AM CST
* AT 934 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 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...CLARKS...GRAYSON...
MARION...LOCH LOMON...LUNA...KELLY...SPENCER...DESHARD...DREW...ROCKY
BRANCH AND LINVILLE.
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 3209 9187 3207 9193 3197 9189 3193 9191
3193 9231 3285 9230 3300 9207 3271 9206
3269 9205 3271 9204 3271 9197 3266 9191
3260 9193 3252 9190 3240 9200 3228 9203
3227 9199 3219 9201 3216 9190 3212 9187
$$
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, 8:04 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, 9:39 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.