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River Flood Warning 74, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 25, 20204 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Mar 25, 2020, 10:54 AM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Mar 27, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 60 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2020, 10:54 AM CDT (15:54 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 27, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 30, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
60 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:59 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 at Lake Bistineau (LBUL1). The gauge peaked at 12.34 ft at Mar 28, 2020, 6:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
142 ft
Minor stage
142.5 ft
Moderate stage
144 ft
Major stage
145 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07349250, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 3:34 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisorySHVAngelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby6 hr
Mar 25, 10:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Webster4 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 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.