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River Flood Warning 144, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 13, 2016Webster Parish, Louisiana; Columbia County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Jun 13, 2016, 8:19 PM CDT for Webster Parish, Louisiana; Columbia County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jun 15, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2016, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 15, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 23, 2016, 12:11 PM CDT
In force: 8 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Columbia County, AR, Webster Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Bayou Dorcheat near Springhill (SPHL1). The gauge peaked at 14.46 ft at Jun 18, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 10.5 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07348700, 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 Jun 13, 6:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 6:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 12:01 PM CDT, 8 hours 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 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
Jun 14, 3:36 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	SHV	Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more	4 days
Jun 14, 3:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Lincoln	34 min
Jun 14, 5:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Union	118 min
Jun 14, 6:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Columbia	39 min
Jun 14, 6:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Columbia, Hempstead, Nevada	3 hr
Jun 14, 7:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead	50 min
Jun 14, 7:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Hempstead	3 hr
Jun 14, 8:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette	49 min
Jun 14, 9:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada	3 hr
Jun 14, 9:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Union	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2016 River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2016 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.