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River Flood Warning 61, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Jun 5, 2017, 1:45 PM CDT for Smith County, Wood County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 5, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2017, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 5, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- 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 18:45 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).
- 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 Jun 4, 3:32 PM CDT, 22 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:32 PM CDT, 22 hours 13 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Shreveport LA 332 PM CDT Sun Jun 4 2017 .DISCUSSION... Deep upper low slowly approaching the area. Short waves wrapping around bottom of this low creating multiple mcs with very heavy rain movg south of cwa and then newd into north central LA. Keeping pops mostly likely cat in this region and dropping back to chance pops elsewhere, even closer to low center where so far convection has remained scattered. Vertical moisture increasing slightly into Monday with precip water values remaining around 2 inches warranting likely pops for Monday aftn once diurnal heating added to equation. Beginning Monday night, upper low begins to migrate east with lessening both moisture and lapse rates tapering off thunder as well as overall rain chances from the nw thru Tue aftn before precip comes to an end. Dry wx expected thru most of the extended with isold sea breeeze convection possible later in the weekend as southerly flow begins to increase and aftn once again begin to approach the 90 degree mark./07/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 1252 PM CDT Sun Jun 4 2017/ AVIATION... Showers and thunderstorms to persist through 05/02Z across area terminals. Light rain possible across ELD/MLU through the evening hours. MVFR ceilings this afternoon to become VFR by 05/02Z, becoming MVFR again after 05/06Z. Could see IFR ceilings by 05/12Z gradaully lifting during the morning hours Monday. Otherwise, light winds to prevail across area terminals becoming south at 4 to 6 knots on Monday and switching to the northwest across TYR by 05/18Z. /05/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 72 83 71 86 / 50 60 40 20 MLU 72 82 71 84 / 50 60 50 40 DEQ 70 82 68 88 / 50 60 20 10 TXK 71 82 70 88 / 50 60 20 10 ELD 71 82 69 87 / 50 60 40 20 TYR 72 83 70 87 / 50 60 30 20 GGG 72 83 70 87 / 50 60 30 20 LFK 72 84 72 87 / 50 60 30 40 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...None. LA...None. OK...None. TX...None. &&
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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.