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River Flood Warning 69, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 6, 2018Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 6, 2018, 9:59 AM CDT for Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 9, 2018, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2018, 9:59 AM CDT (14:59 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 9, 2018, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 8, 2018, 10:01 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Bayou Dorcheat at Dixie Inn (MNEL1).

Action stage
13.5 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07349000, 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 6, 6:42 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 6:42 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 5:07 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 6, 8:59 AM CDT, 1 hour before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Red River21 min
Apr 6, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVRed River36 min
Apr 6, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Morris, Red River, Titus54 min
Apr 6, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie19 min
Apr 6, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBowie, Morris, Red River, Titus19 min
Apr 6, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Morris, Red River65 min
Apr 6, 4:17 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Morris19 min
Apr 6, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVFranklin, Red River, Titus46 min
Apr 6, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCass, Marion21 min
Apr 6, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Morris41 min
Apr 6, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCass14 min
Apr 6, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHarrison49 min
Apr 6, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Harrison, Marion56 min
Apr 6, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus, Upshur and 1 more45 min
Apr 6, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCass, Marion13 min
Apr 6, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Marion51 min
Apr 6, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Morris and 2 more46 min
Apr 6, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison26 min
Apr 6, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPanola38 min
Apr 6, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Marion34 min
Apr 6, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Panola51 min
Apr 6, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVGregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk38 min
Apr 6, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Marion29 min
Apr 6, 9:59 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Red River, Webster5 days
Apr 6, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVJackson42 min
Apr 6, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVUnion40 min
Apr 6, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVUnion45 min
Apr 6, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVJackson56 min
Apr 6, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBossier50 min
Apr 6, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLincoln, Ouachita, Union56 min
Apr 6, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCaldwell, Jackson, Ouachita42 min
Apr 6, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo26 min
Apr 6, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Claiborne, Webster23 min
Apr 6, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Webster48 min
Apr 6, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBossier, Caddo, Webster10 min
Apr 6, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCaldwell, Ouachita45 min
Apr 6, 6:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVClaiborne40 min
Apr 6, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVLincoln, Union42 min
Apr 6, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVOuachita, Union59 min
Apr 6, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Webster29 min
Apr 6, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River50 min
Apr 6, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Webster48 min
Apr 6, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVJackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union61 min
Apr 6, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVJackson43 min
Apr 6, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBienville, Bossier40 min
Apr 6, 6:52 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVOuachita, Union53 min
Apr 6, 8:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier46 min
Apr 6, 10:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNevada27 min
Apr 6, 11:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNevada35 min
Apr 6, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHempstead, Nevada26 min
Apr 6, 2:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNevada22 min
Apr 6, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLittle River, Sevier12 min
Apr 6, 3:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNevada21 min
Apr 6, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHempstead50 min
Apr 6, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Nevada42 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.