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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 20, 20204 counties in Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 20, 2020, 7:53 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 23, 2020, 3:34 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 20, 2020, 7:53 AM CDT (12:53 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 23, 2020, 3:34 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 13, 2020, 6:29 AM CDT
In force: 21 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Gregg County, TX, Smith 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 12:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sabine River near Gladewater (GDWT2). The gauge peaked at 34.12 ft at Mar 27, 2020, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 25 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 33 ft
Major stage: 36 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08020000, 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 20, 6:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 6:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 20, 6:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 20, 5:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 20, 6:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 20, 7:01 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 20, 7:45 AM CDT, 8 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
Mar 19, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	53 min
Mar 19, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie	33 min
Mar 19, 10:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Camp, Wood	41 min
Mar 19, 11:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Upshur	42 min
Mar 19, 11:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Camp	41 min
Mar 20, 5:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Smith	45 min
Mar 20, 6:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Harrison	43 min
Mar 20, 7:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby	12 hr
Mar 20, 8:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Anderson, Cherokee, Houston	44 days
Mar 20, 8:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Houston, Polk, Trinity, Tyler	25 days
Mar 20, 9:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Nacogdoches, Rusk	10 hr
Mar 20, 7:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	44 min
Mar 20, 7:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bienville	45 min
Mar 20, 8:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bienville, Lincoln, Red River	50 min
Mar 20, 10:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Grant, LaSalle	66 min
Mar 20, 11:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Red River	5 days
Mar 19, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Little River	42 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.