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River Flood Warning 43, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 1, 2018Caldwell Parish, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 1, 2018, 10:48 AM CST for Caldwell Parish, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Mar 8, 2018, 11:37 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 1, 2018, 10:48 AM CST (16:48 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 8, 2018, 11:37 AM CST
Expired: Mar 2, 2018, 12:00 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Caldwell Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ouachita River at Columbia Lock and Dam (COLL1).

Action stage: 62 ft
Minor stage: 65 ft
Moderate stage: 67 ft
Major stage: 70 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07367630, 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 Mar 1, 6:18 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 6:18 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 1, 6:55 AM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 1, 7:14 AM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes 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 28, 11:26 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	4 hr
Mar 1, 1:04 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie	4 hr
Mar 1, 2:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola	44 min
Mar 1, 2:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Smith	47 min
Mar 1, 3:26 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Bowie, Red River	3 hr
Mar 1, 3:34 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Shelby	41 min
Mar 1, 4:54 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Bowie	4 hr
Mar 1, 9:17 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	5 days
Mar 1, 2:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster	44 min
Feb 28, 9:44 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Howard, Sevier	3 hr
Feb 28, 9:57 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Howard, Sevier	6 hr
Mar 1, 3:57 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Howard, Sevier	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2018 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.