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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Shreveport, LA

August 31, 20209 counties in Texas; 6 counties in Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood watch at Aug 31, 2020, 1:39 PM CDT for 9 counties in Texas; 6 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Sep 1, 2020, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 51 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 31, 2020, 1:39 PM CDT (18:39 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 1, 2020, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 3, 2020, 2:54 AM CDT
In force: 51 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Flood severity: None

Counties Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Morris County, TX, Red River County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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 Aug 30, 6:58 PM CDT, 18 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 6:58 PM CDT, 18 hours 41 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
Aug 31, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bossier	40 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2020 Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2020 Every flash flood watch in 2020

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.