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River Flood Warning 116, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 30, 2016, 8:26 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 58 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2016, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2016, 6:47 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Upshur County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Little Cypress Creek near Ore City (ORCT2). The gauge peaked at 15.59 ft at May 1, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 12.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 13 ft
- Moderate stage
- 19 ft
- Major stage
- 21 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07346050, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Apr 30, 7:30 PM CDT, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 7:30 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1157 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 OKZ077-TXZ096-108>111-124-125-136-137-149-150-011700- MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-WOOD-UPSHUR-SMITH- GREGG-CHEROKEE-RUSK- 1157 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT IS OVER...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LIKELY EXACERBATE THE ONGOING FLOODING...AS MANY ROADWAYS REMAIN FLOODED AND CLOSED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO PORTIONS OF THE REGION LATE IN THE DAY SUNDAY BUT ESPECIALLY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF YET ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM. SOME HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD ACCOMPANY THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>004-006-TXZ097-112-126-138- 151>153-165-166-011700- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-BOWIE-CASS-MARION- HARRISON-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE- 1157 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING... ALTHOUGH THE BRUNT OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE THREAT HAS PASSED...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO PORTIONS OF THE REGION LATE IN THE DAY SUNDAY BUT ESPECIALLY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF YET ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM. SOME HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD ACCOMPANY THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS COULD BE NEEDED ONCE AGAIN LATER TODAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. LAZ005-010>014-017>022-TXZ167-011700- LINCOLN-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE- NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE- 1157 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING... THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO SHIFT SLOWLY EASTWARD...AND WILL THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. ISOLATED STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE... AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...BUT SHOULD BE MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE AND NOT AS WIDESPREAD...CONTINUING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO PORTIONS OF THE REGION LATE IN THE DAY SUNDAY BUT ESPECIALLY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF YET ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM. SOME HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD ACCOMPANY THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY. PALMER
In the hours before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 8:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Camp, Morris, Titus | 37 hr |
| Apr 30, 8:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Sabine, San Augustine | 47 hr |
| May 1, 7:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Grant | 49 min |
| May 1, 7:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Caldwell | 38 min |
| May 1, 9:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | LaSalle | 43 min |
| May 1, 10:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Caddo, De Soto | 4 days |
| May 1, 10:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Caddo | 24 hr |
| May 1, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Natchitoches | 51 min |
| May 1, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Red River | 41 min |
| May 1, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Sabine | 61 min |
| May 1, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Union | 47 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.