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River Flood Warning 73, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 12, 20184 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2018, 8:09 PM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 15, 2018, 4:25 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 12, 2018, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 15, 2018, 4:25 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 14, 2018, 1:13 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Caldwell Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little River of Louisiana near Rochelle (RHLL1). The gauge peaked at 30.76 ft at Apr 11, 2018, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 31.5 ft
Minor stage: 32 ft
Moderate stage: 38 ft
Major stage: 42 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07372200, 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 12, 7:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 7:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 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
Apr 12, 11:49 PM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	SHV	Angelina, Bowie, Cass, Sabine, San Augustine	22 hr
Apr 13, 5:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bowie	39 min
Apr 13, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	61 min
Apr 13, 10:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Webster	24 hr
Apr 13, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Jackson	45 min
Apr 13, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Jackson, Lincoln	51 min
Apr 13, 6:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Lincoln, Ouachita, Union	47 min
Apr 13, 6:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Jackson, Lincoln	44 min
Apr 13, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Winn	58 min
Apr 13, 6:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Winn	52 min
Apr 13, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Columbia	25 min
Apr 13, 6:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Little River, Sevier	34 min
Apr 13, 6:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SHV	Howard, Sevier	40 min

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.