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River Flood Warning 119, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 2, 2016Bossier Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at May 2, 2016, 9:11 AM CDT for Bossier Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2016, 9:11 AM CDT (14:11 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2016, 6:40 AM CDT
In force: 45 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Bossier Parish, LA

The radar

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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 May 2, 7:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 7:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 3:51 AM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 5:23 AM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 7:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 8:29 AM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 8:31 AM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 9:02 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 9:05 AM CDT, 6 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
May 1, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Shelby	42 min
May 2, 12:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Smith	40 min
May 2, 12:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Smith	44 min
May 2, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Rusk	43 min
May 2, 3:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Rusk	43 min
May 2, 3:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Rusk	49 min
May 2, 9:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Rusk and 3 more	3 hr
May 2, 11:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Shelby	4 hr
May 1, 8:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Red River	40 min
May 1, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	De Soto	46 min
May 1, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caddo, De Soto	44 min
May 1, 11:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bossier	48 min
May 2, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, Webster	40 min
May 2, 7:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Caddo	47 min
May 2, 9:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln and 1 more	4 hr
May 2, 11:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Lincoln, Ouachita, Union	3 hr
May 2, 11:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Natchitoches	3 hr
May 1, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	36 min
May 1, 11:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Lafayette	46 min
May 2, 12:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Columbia	47 min
May 2, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Union	47 min
May 2, 2:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	56 min
May 2, 2:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Howard	46 min
May 2, 5:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.