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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Shreveport, LA

June 24, 2017Caddo Parish, Louisiana; Harrison County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2017, 12:34 AM CDT for Caddo Parish, Louisiana; Harrison County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2017, 12:34 AM CDT (05:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2017, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Caddo Parish, LA, Harrison County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 26 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 2017-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

176 
WGUS54 KSHV 240534
FFWSHV
LAC017-TXC203-240830-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0021.170624T0534Z-170624T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1234 AM CDT SAT JUN 24 2017

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  West central Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
  Southeastern Harrison County in northeastern Texas...

* Until 330 AM CDT

* At 1233 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across Eastern Harrison County and Western Caddo Parish 
  between Scottsville and Greenwood. Widespread rainfall amounts of 
  two to three inches have fallen within the last hour, with very 
  heavy rainfall with rates of two to three inches per hour 
  continuing to fall over the warned area, especially near Waskom 
  and just north of Greenwood. Flash flooding is expected to begin 
  shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Shreveport, Greenwood, Waskom, Elysian Fields, Jonesville and
  Bethany.

Additional rainfall amounts of two to three inches are possible in 
the warned area during the next couple of hours. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.

A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.

&&

LAT...LON 3262 9391 3242 9390 3236 9422 3255 9419

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVOuachita47 min
Jun 23, 9:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVUnion113 min
Jun 24, 12:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCaddo45 min
Jun 24, 2:40 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVDe Soto, Sabine2 hr
Jun 23, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVFranklin, Red River, Titus39 min
Jun 23, 10:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBowie40 min
Jun 24, 12:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVPanola51 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.