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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Shreveport, LA

February 11, 2020Smith County, Wood County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Feb 11, 2020, 9:11 AM CST for Smith County, Wood County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 12, 2020, 5:20 AM CST. It was in force for 18 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 11, 2020, 9:11 AM CST (15:11 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 12, 2020, 5:20 AM CST
Expired: Mar 1, 2020, 11:34 AM CST
In force: 18 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Smith County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sabine River near Mineola (MLAT2). The gauge peaked at 17.92 ft at Feb 15, 2020, 4:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 13.5 ft
Minor stage: 14 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 08018500, 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 Feb 11, 5:49 AM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 5:49 AM CST, 3 hours 22 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
Feb 10, 6:41 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg	4 days
Feb 11, 10:14 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur	6 days
Feb 10, 7:11 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Webster	3 hr
Feb 10, 7:54 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Union, Webster	2 hr

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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.