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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Shreveport, LA

August 12, 20164 counties in Texas; 6 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood watch at Aug 12, 2016, 1:36 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas; 6 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Aug 12, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 47 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 12, 2016, 1:36 PM CDT (18:36 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 12, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 14, 2016, 2:55 PM CDT
In force: 47 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity: None

Counties Caldwell Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Aug 11, 6:53 PM CDT, 18 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 6:53 PM CDT, 18 hours 43 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 12, 3:22 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	SHV	Angelina, Sabine, San Augustine	16 hr
Aug 12, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Wood	39 min
Aug 12, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bienville	40 min
Aug 12, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Webster	48 min
Aug 12, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	34 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2016 Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2016 Every flash flood watch in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.