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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 17, 2017McCurtain County, Oklahoma; Red River County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 17, 2017, 5:18 AM CDT for McCurtain County, Oklahoma; Red River County, Texas. It was in force for 7 hr. 1 report 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
Apr 17, 2017, 5:18 AM CDT (10:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2017, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties McCurtain County, OK, Red River County, TX

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:20 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 was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 17, 8:30 AM CDTFLASH FLOODIdabel, OKFLOODING REPORTED ACROSS K STREET AND MADISON STREETS. ALSO, REPORTS OF SEVERAL STREETS ACROSS IDABEL WITH RISING WATER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2017-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 230 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2017-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
230 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1743 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

355 
WGUS54 KSHV 171018
FFWSHV
OKC089-TXC387-171415-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0002.170417T1018Z-170417T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
518 AM CDT MON APR 17 2017

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern McCurtain County in southeastern Oklahoma...
  Northern Red River County in northeastern Texas...

* Until 915 AM CDT

* At 517 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to 
  begin shortly. Rainfall amounts of two to three inches an hour 
  will be possible across the warned area. 

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Idabel, Broken Bow, Manchester, Wright City, Valliant, Millerton,
  Haworth, Garvin, Eagletown, Moon, Cerrogordo, Goodwater, Shinewell,
  Woodland, Redland, Kanawha, Glover, America, Kiomatia and Oak Hill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3388 9531 3388 9528 3391 9528 3389 9525
      3396 9523 3394 9516 3411 9515 3408 9448
      3362 9449 3363 9457 3366 9455 3364 9459
      3367 9456 3368 9459 3367 9467 3370 9464
      3370 9474 3366 9475 3374 9531

$$

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1 follow-up statement
513 
WGUS54 KSHV 171409
FFWSHV
OKC089-TXC387-171715-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170417T1715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
909 AM CDT MON APR 17 2017

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern McCurtain County in southeastern Oklahoma...
  Northern Red River County in northeastern Texas...

* Until 1215 PM CDT

* At 908 AM CDT, local law enforcement reported thunderstorms
  producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to three inches of 
  rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring. 
  Flooding has already been reported in Idabel.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Idabel, Broken Bow, Manchester, Wright City, Valliant, Millerton,
  Haworth, Garvin, Eagletown, Moon, Cerrogordo, Goodwater, Shinewell,
  Woodland, Redland, Kanawha, Glover, America, Kiomatia and Oak Hill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3388 9531 3388 9528 3391 9528 3389 9525
      3396 9523 3394 9516 3411 9515 3408 9448
      3362 9449 3363 9457 3366 9455 3364 9459
      3367 9456 3368 9459 3367 9467 3370 9464
      3370 9474 3366 9475 3374 9531

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 2:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVMcCurtain64 min
Apr 17, 3:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVMcCurtain61 min
Apr 17, 5:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVMcCurtain57 min
Apr 17, 4:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVRed River55 min
Apr 17, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVAngelina46 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2017Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2017Every flash flood warning in 2017

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.