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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Shreveport, LA

February 26, 201815 counties in Texas; 9 parishes in Louisiana; 9 counties in Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood watch at Feb 26, 2018, 2:44 PM CST for 15 counties in Texas; 9 parishes in Louisiana; 9 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 27, 2018, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 47 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 26, 2018, 2:44 PM CST (20:44 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 27, 2018, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Mar 1, 2018, 11:19 AM CST
In force: 47 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity: None

All 33 counties

Columbia County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Panola County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Feb 26, 2:37 PM CST, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 2:37 PM CST, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 26, 11:44 AM CST, 3 hours 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
Feb 25, 7:27 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	3 days
Feb 26, 11:26 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches	17 days
Feb 25, 6:47 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Jackson, Ouachita	3 hr
Feb 25, 7:13 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches	3 hr
Feb 26, 12:07 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Winn	14 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2018 Flash Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2018 Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2018 Every flash flood watch in 2018

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.