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River Flood Warning 54, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 18, 2020Smith County, Upshur County, Wood County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 18, 2020, 11:19 PM CDT for Smith County, Upshur County, Wood County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 22, 2020, 1:32 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 18, 2020, 11:19 PM CDT (04:19 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 22, 2020, 1:32 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 8, 2020, 11:19 PM CDT
In force
17 days
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Smith County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:18 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 Sabine River near Hawkins (HAKT2). The gauge peaked at 30.39 ft at Mar 25, 2020, 8:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
22.5 ft
Minor stage
23 ft
Moderate stage
32 ft
Major stage
37 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08019200, 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 Mar 18, 9:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 9:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 11:18 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVWood6 days
Mar 19, 10:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVWebster48 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2020Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.