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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 9, 20215 counties in Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 2021, 4:50 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 12 hr. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2021, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2021, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Angelina County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 8:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD5 W Wells, TXFM 1247 BETWEEN FM 1911 AND FM 2752 WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
May 9, 8:15 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD7 Nne Wells, TXNACOGDOCHES COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE REPORTS THAT COUNTY ROAD 789 IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
May 9, 8:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD7 Sw Nacogdoches, TXNACOGDOCHES COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE REPORTS SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF COUNTY DUE TO FLASH FLOODING, INCLUDING...STATE HIGHWAY 7 NEAR MORRAL BAYOU, COUNTY ROAD 620, COUNTY ROAD 724, AND COUNTY ROAD 765.
May 9, 8:35 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD5 S Nacogdoches, TXNACOGDOCHES COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE REPORT A COUPLE OF ROADS JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF NACOGDOCHES ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING, INCLUDING...COUNTY ROAD 525 NEAR THE BRIDGE AND COUNTY ROAD 526.
May 9, 8:45 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD10 Se Nacogdoches, TXNACOGDOCHES COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE REPORT COUNTY ROAD 411 AND FARM TO MARKET ROAD 226 IN THE WODEN AREA ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.
May 9, 8:45 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD12 W Chireno, TXNACOGDOCHES COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE REPORT COUNTY ROAD 555 BETWEEN WODEN AND ETOILE IS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.
May 9, 8:45 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD4 E Nacogdoches, TXNACOGDOCHES COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE REPORTS SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING IN JUST EAST OF THE CITY OF NACOGDOCHES, INCLUDING...COUNTY ROADS 228, 229, 230, AND 302.
May 9, 8:45 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD8 E Nacogdoches, TXNACOGDOCHES COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE REPORT COUNTY ROAD 317 IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY IS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.
May 9, 9:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD6 S Chireno, TXFM 95 WAS FLOODED JUST SOUTH OF CR 486.
May 9, 9:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD7 N Broaddus, TXFM 1277 BETWEEN CR 344 AND CR 3250 WAS FLOODED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 853 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 288 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
853 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-220 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
490 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

907 
WGUS54 KSHV 092150
FFWSHV
TXC005-073-347-405-419-100100-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0004.210509T2150Z-210510T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
450 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Angelina County in eastern Texas...
  Nacogdoches County in eastern Texas...
  Northwestern San Augustine County in eastern Texas...
  Southwestern Shelby County in eastern Texas...
  Southern Cherokee County in northeastern Texas...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 450 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Doppler radar.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Nacogdoches, Rusk, Alto, Wells, Douglass, Pollok, Forest, Woden, 
  Melrose, Morrill, Martinsville, Appleby, Chireno, Central, 
  Looneyville, Lilbert, Linwood and Denning.

Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are possible in the 
warned area through 8 pm.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you 
can do so safely.

A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. 
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately. 
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate 
precautions to protect life and property.

&&

LAT...LON 3178 9540 3178 9495 3162 9417 3140 9429
      3144 9472 3137 9496 3138 9495 3142 9501
      3144 9501 3147 9510 3152 9510 3159 9517
      3158 9526 3163 9529 3168 9528 3172 9534
      3173 9533 3173 9537 3175 9536 3176 9540

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

15
5 follow-up statements
539 
WGUS54 KSHV 100043
FFWSHV
TXC005-073-347-405-419-100500-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210510T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
743 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Angelina County in eastern Texas...
  Nacogdoches County in eastern Texas...
  Northwestern San Augustine County in eastern Texas...
  Southwestern Shelby County in eastern Texas...
  Southern Cherokee County in northeastern Texas...

* Until midnight CDT.

* At 743 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 
  2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen over already saturated grounds. 
  Additional thunderstorms, some of which contains locally heavy 
  rainfall, continues to develop over Deep East Texas and will 
  aggravate the ongoing flooding. Flash flooding is ongoing.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Doppler radar and automated gauges.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Nacogdoches, Rusk, Alto, Wells, Douglass, Pollok, Forest, Woden, 
  Melrose, Morrill, Martinsville, Appleby, Chireno, Central, 
  Looneyville, Lilbert, Linwood and Denning.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the 
warned area through late evening.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you 
can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3178 9540 3178 9495 3162 9417 3140 9429
      3144 9472 3137 9496 3138 9495 3142 9501
      3144 9501 3147 9510 3152 9510 3159 9517
      3158 9526 3163 9529 3168 9528 3172 9534
      3173 9533 3173 9537 3175 9536 3176 9540

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-3 INCHES IN 4 HOURS 

$$

15
137 
WGUS74 KSHV 100228
FFSSHV

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
928 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021

TXC005-073-347-405-419-100500-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210510T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Angelina TX-Cherokee TX-Nacogdoches TX-San Augustine TX-Shelby TX-
928 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT 
FOR NORTHWESTERN ANGELINA, NACOGDOCHES, NORTHWESTERN SAN AUGUSTINE, 
SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY AND SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...

At 928 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 
and 5 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing across 
much of the warned area at this time.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Doppler radar and automated gauges.

IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
         highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
         drainage and low lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Nacogdoches, Rusk, Alto, Wells, Douglass, Pollok, Forest, Woden, 
  Melrose, Morrill, Martinsville, Appleby, Chireno, Central, 
  Looneyville, Lilbert, Linwood and Denning.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the 
warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you 
can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3178 9540 3178 9495 3162 9417 3140 9429
      3144 9472 3137 9496 3138 9495 3142 9501
      3144 9501 3147 9510 3152 9510 3159 9517
      3158 9526 3163 9529 3168 9528 3172 9534
      3173 9533 3173 9537 3175 9536 3176 9540

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

$$

13
999 
WGUS54 KSHV 100416
FFWSHV
TXC005-073-347-405-419-100700-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210510T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1116 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Angelina County in eastern Texas...
  Nacogdoches County in eastern Texas...
  Northwestern San Augustine County in eastern Texas...
  Southwestern Shelby County in eastern Texas...
  Southern Cherokee County in northeastern Texas...

* Until 200 AM CDT.

* At 1116 PM CDT, local law enforcement reported thunderstorms 
  producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 5 
  inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Law enforcement.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Nacogdoches, Rusk, Alto, Wells, Douglass, Pollok, Forest, Woden, 
  Melrose, Morrill, Martinsville, Appleby, Chireno, Central, 
  Looneyville, Lilbert, Linwood and Denning.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the 
warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you 
can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3178 9540 3178 9495 3162 9417 3140 9429
      3144 9472 3137 9496 3138 9495 3142 9501
      3144 9501 3147 9510 3152 9510 3159 9517
      3158 9526 3163 9529 3168 9528 3172 9534
      3173 9533 3173 9537 3175 9536 3176 9540

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

$$

44
199 
WGUS54 KSHV 100626
FFWSHV
TXC005-073-347-405-419-100900-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210510T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
126 AM CDT Mon May 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Angelina County in eastern Texas...
  Nacogdoches County in eastern Texas...
  Northwestern San Augustine County in eastern Texas...
  Southwestern Shelby County in eastern Texas...
  Southern Cherokee County in northeastern Texas...

* Until 400 AM CDT.

* At 126 AM CDT, local law enforcement reported thunderstorms 
  producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 5 
  inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Law enforcement.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Nacogdoches, Rusk, Alto, Wells, Douglass, Pollok, Forest, Woden, 
  Melrose, Morrill, Martinsville, Appleby, Chireno, Central, 
  Looneyville, Lilbert, Linwood and Denning.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the 
warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you 
can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3178 9540 3178 9495 3162 9417 3140 9429
      3144 9472 3137 9496 3138 9495 3142 9501
      3144 9501 3147 9510 3152 9510 3159 9517
      3158 9526 3163 9529 3168 9528 3172 9534
      3173 9533 3173 9537 3175 9536 3176 9540

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

$$

44
641 
WGUS54 KSHV 100847
FFWSHV
TXC005-073-347-405-419-101000-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210510T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
347 AM CDT Mon May 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Angelina County in eastern Texas...
  Nacogdoches County in eastern Texas...
  Northwestern San Augustine County in eastern Texas...
  Southwestern Shelby County in eastern Texas...
  Southern Cherokee County in northeastern Texas...

* Until 500 AM CDT.

* At 347 AM CDT, local law enforcement reported thunderstorms 
  producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 5 
  inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Law enforcement.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Nacogdoches, Rusk, Alto, Wells, Douglass, Pollok, Forest, Woden, 
  Melrose, Morrill, Martinsville, Appleby, Chireno, Central, 
  Looneyville, Lilbert, Linwood and Denning.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the 
warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you 
can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3178 9540 3178 9495 3162 9417 3140 9429
      3144 9472 3137 9496 3138 9495 3142 9501
      3144 9501 3147 9510 3152 9510 3159 9517
      3158 9526 3163 9529 3168 9528 3172 9534
      3173 9533 3173 9537 3175 9536 3176 9540

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNacogdoches45 min
May 9, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Nacogdoches64 min
May 9, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee42 min
May 9, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNacogdoches, San Augustine64 min
May 9, 5:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVWood66 min
May 9, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVAngelina57 min
May 9, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVAngelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine62 min
May 9, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVAngelina, Sabine, San Augustine67 min
May 9, 6:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVAngelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby10 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.