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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 11, 2017Smith County, Wood County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 11, 2017, 10:02 AM CDT for Smith County, Wood County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 12, 2017, 6:20 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 11, 2017, 10:02 AM CDT (15:02 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 12, 2017, 6:20 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 17, 2017, 9:51 AM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Smith County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sabine River near Mineola (MLAT2). The gauge peaked at 16.93 ft at Apr 15, 2017, 4:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 13.5 ft
Minor stage: 14 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 08018500, 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 11, 7:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 7:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 5:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 5:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 11, 5:18 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 11, 8:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
842 AM CDT TUE APR 11 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0200 AM     FLASH FLOOD      DE QUEEN                34.05N 94.34W
04/11/2017                   SEVIER             AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATER RESCUES IN DE QUEEN FROM WATER IN
            HOMES FROM 2- 5 AM. NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES
            IN FLOODED AREAS AROUND TOWN INCLUDING TALL
            PINES ROAD, AND ROCKAFELLER STREET AND ROADS
            NEAR THE FAIRGROUND.

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MBM

Local storm report, Apr 11, 9:52 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
952 AM CDT TUE APR 11 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LINDEN                  33.02N 94.37W
04/10/2017                   CASS               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WIDESPREAD TREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY.

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 7:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Gregg	51 min
Apr 10, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg, Rusk, Smith	47 min
Apr 10, 7:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Gregg, Rusk, Smith	24 min
Apr 10, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	66 min
Apr 10, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Gregg, Rusk	30 min
Apr 10, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris, Titus	56 min
Apr 10, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk	49 min
Apr 10, 8:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Rusk	29 min
Apr 10, 8:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Gregg, Titus, Upshur	36 min
Apr 10, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Morris, Titus	44 min
Apr 10, 9:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Harrison	44 min
Apr 10, 9:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk	2 hr
Apr 10, 9:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Upshur	47 min
Apr 10, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Upshur, Wood	58 min
Apr 10, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk	40 min
Apr 10, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur	35 min
Apr 10, 11:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Upshur	39 min
Apr 11, 12:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Camp, Marion, Morris, Upshur	30 min
Apr 11, 1:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cass	60 min
Apr 11, 1:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Franklin, Morris, Titus, Wood	2 hr
Apr 11, 5:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Cass	112 min
Apr 11, 5:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Nacogdoches, Panola, Shelby	57 min
Apr 11, 6:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg	49 hr
Apr 11, 7:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Gregg, Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Wood	115 min
Apr 11, 2:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Franklin, Morris, Titus	6 days
Apr 11, 2:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris	13 days
Apr 10, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Claiborne, Webster	54 min
Apr 10, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier, Webster	34 min
Apr 10, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Webster	59 min
Apr 11, 12:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Lincoln, Union	39 min
Apr 11, 5:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bossier	61 min
Apr 10, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette	39 min
Apr 10, 10:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	41 min
Apr 10, 11:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Columbia, Union	3 hr
Apr 11, 2:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Lafayette	62 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.