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River Flood Warning 119, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2020, 9:57 AM CDT for Webster Parish, Louisiana; Columbia County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 18, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2020, 9:57 AM CDT (14:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 18, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 30, 2020, 9:19 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 days
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Columbia County, AR, Webster Parish, LA
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Bayou Dorcheat near Springhill (SPHL1). The gauge peaked at 12.26 ft at May 20, 2020, 11:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 10.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 11 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 21 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07348700, 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 May 16, 7:06 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 16, 7:06 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 5:24 AM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Shreveport LA 524 AM CDT Sat May 16 2020 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-171030- Sevier-Howard-Little River-Hempstead-Nevada-Miller-Lafayette- Columbia-Union-Caddo-Bossier-Webster-Claiborne-Lincoln-De Soto- Red River-Bienville-Jackson-Ouachita-Sabine-Natchitoches-Winn- Grant-Caldwell-La Salle-McCurtain-Bowie-Franklin-Titus-Camp- Morris-Cass-Wood-Upshur-Marion-Smith-Gregg-Harrison-Cherokee-Rusk- Panola-Nacogdoches-Shelby-Angelina-San Augustine- 524 AM CDT Sat May 16 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central Arkansas, southwest Arkansas, north central Louisiana, northwest Louisiana, southeast Oklahoma, east Texas and northeast Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... Thunderstorms will increase across the region today and tonight. Although widespread severe weather is not expected, a few isolated severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and large hail cannot be ruled out. In addition, pockets of heavy rainfall will also be possible today and tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday... Coverage of thunderstorms will diminish Sunday before moving east of our region by Sunday night. Otherwise, some chances for thunderstorms may return late in the work week. However, no hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of emergency management personnel...amateur radio operators...and storm spotters should not be needed through tonight. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and CDC guidelines. 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Wood | 51 min |
| May 15, 8:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Smith | 25 min |
| May 15, 8:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Smith, Upshur, Wood | 119 min |
| May 16, 9:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus | 4 days |
| May 16, 1:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Franklin | 42 min |
| May 16, 2:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bowie | 53 min |
| May 16, 2:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Cass | 52 min |
| May 16, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass | 34 min |
| May 16, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass | 37 min |
| May 16, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie | 50 min |
| May 16, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass | 24 min |
| May 16, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Red River | 46 min |
| May 16, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie | 49 min |
| May 16, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass | 19 min |
| May 16, 4:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SHV | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 7 more | 14 hr |
| May 16, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie | 38 min |
| May 16, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie | 20 min |
| May 16, 5:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Bowie, Red River | 4 hr |
| May 15, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bossier | 46 min |
| May 16, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Webster | 44 min |
| May 16, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 44 min |
| May 15, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 39 min |
| May 16, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River | 42 min |
| May 16, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia | 47 min |
| May 16, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River, Miller | 29 min |
| May 16, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette, Nevada | 41 min |
| May 16, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Miller, Sevier | 40 min |
| May 16, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 47 min |
| May 16, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sevier | 37 min |
| May 16, 6:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier | 3 hr |
| May 16, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead | 18 min |
| May 16, 6:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 117 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.