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River Flood Warning 65, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 29, 20184 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 29, 2018, 10:56 AM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 2, 2018, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 29, 2018, 10:56 AM CDT (15:56 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 2, 2018, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 5, 2018, 10:18 AM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Bayou Dorcheat at Lake Bistineau (LBUL1).

Action stage: 142 ft
Minor stage: 142.5 ft
Moderate stage: 144 ft
Major stage: 145 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07349250, 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 29, 7:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 7:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 4:22 AM CDT, 6 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 29, 8:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 29, 8:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 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
Mar 28, 8:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches	16 days
Mar 28, 8:30 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Smith, Upshur, Wood	39 hr
Mar 28, 8:30 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Panola, Shelby	5 days
Mar 28, 10:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	5 hr
Mar 29, 5:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Sabine	6 hr
Mar 29, 10:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Jasper, Polk, Tyler	3 days
Mar 28, 11:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Caldwell, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union	6 hr
Mar 28, 11:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Winn	6 hr
Mar 28, 11:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine	6 hr
Mar 29, 5:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union	6 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.