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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 18, 2021Angelina County, Cherokee County, Nacogdoches County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 2021, 11:53 PM CDT for Angelina County, Cherokee County, Nacogdoches County, Texas. It was in force for 8 hr. 3 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 18, 2021, 11:53 PM CDT (04:53 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Angelina County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:56 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 19, 3:30 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD6 Se Wells, TXGREEN SANDERS ROAD NEAR POLLOK WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
May 19, 4:00 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD4 Nw Burke, TXFM 2497 IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
May 19, 4:30 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 Ne Huntington, TXFM 328 NORTHEAST OF HUNTINGTON IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

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 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 608 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
608 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

724 
WGUS54 KSHV 190453
FFWSHV
TXC005-073-347-190900-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0007.210519T0453Z-210519T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1153 PM CDT Tue May 18 2021

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Angelina County in eastern Texas...
  Nacogdoches County in eastern Texas...
  Southeastern Cherokee County in northeastern Texas...

* Until 400 AM CDT.

* At 1153 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 
  1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen this evening, with additional 
  showers and thunderstorms containing heavy rainfall expected to 
  move north and east across the warning area from Southeast Texas 
  over the next several hours. The soils are saturated, and this 
  additional rainfall will run off. Flash flooding is ongoing or 
  expected to begin shortly.

  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...
  Lufkin, Nacogdoches, Diboll, Hudson, Huntington, Garrison, Wells, 
  Woden, Melrose, Pollok, Etoile, Martinsville, Douglass, Trawick, 
  Sacul, Burke, Zavalla, Cushing, Appleby and Chireno.

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

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3144 9502 3152 9489 3173 9500 3184 9501
      3184 9445 3163 9442 3158 9433 3105 9437
      3103 9447 3110 9465 3109 9466 3111 9475
      3115 9486 3123 9486 3126 9490 3128 9488
      3133 9490 3134 9496 3138 9495

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...2-4 INCHES IN 4 HOURS 

$$

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2 follow-up statements
289 
WGUS54 KSHV 190841
FFWSHV
TXC005-073-347-191300-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210519T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
341 AM CDT Wed May 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Angelina County in eastern Texas...
  Nacogdoches County in eastern Texas...
  Southeastern Cherokee County in northeastern Texas...

* Until 800 AM CDT.

* At 341 AM 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, with the higher totals 
  measured across Northwest Angelina County, where roads are flooded 
  and closed. Flash flooding is already occurring.

  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...
  Lufkin, Nacogdoches, Diboll, Hudson, Huntington, Garrison, Wells, 
  Woden, Melrose, Pollok, Etoile, Martinsville, Douglass, Trawick, 
  Sacul, Burke, Zavalla, Cushing, Appleby and Chireno.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the 
warned area through 8 AM.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3144 9502 3152 9489 3173 9500 3184 9501
      3184 9445 3163 9442 3158 9433 3105 9437
      3103 9447 3110 9465 3109 9466 3111 9475
      3115 9486 3123 9486 3126 9490 3128 9488
      3133 9490 3134 9496 3138 9495

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-2 INCHES IN 4 HOURS 

$$

15
492 
WGUS74 KSHV 191135
FFSSHV

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
635 AM CDT Wed May 19 2021

TXC005-073-347-191300-
/O.CON.KSHV.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210519T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Angelina TX-Cherokee TX-Nacogdoches TX-
635 AM CDT Wed May 19 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING 
FOR ANGELINA, NACOGDOCHES AND SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...

At 635 AM 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 since Tuesday night, which has 
resulted in some flooded roads and at least one road closure in 
Northwest Angelina County. Flash flooding is already occurring.

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...
  Lufkin, Nacogdoches, Diboll, Hudson, Huntington, Garrison, Wells, 
  Woden, Melrose, Pollok, Etoile, Martinsville, Douglass, Trawick, 
  Sacul, Burke, Zavalla, Cushing, Appleby and Chireno.

While the rain is tapering off across the warned area, additional 
rainfall amounts up to a quarter inch are possible in the warned 
area through 8 AM.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3144 9502 3152 9489 3173 9500 3184 9501
      3184 9445 3163 9442 3158 9433 3105 9437
      3103 9447 3110 9465 3109 9466 3111 9475
      3115 9486 3123 9486 3126 9490 3128 9488
      3133 9490 3134 9496 3138 9495

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...0.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTES

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 9:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVCherokee, Smith8 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.