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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 12, 2023Hempstead County, Nevada County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 12, 2023, 8:58 AM CDT for Hempstead County, Nevada County, Arkansas. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2023, 8:58 AM CDT (13:58 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2023, 11:08 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

Counties Hempstead County, AR, Nevada County, AR

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at May 11, 6:10 PM CDT, 14 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 6:10 PM CDT, 14 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 1:15 PM CDT, 19 hours 43 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
May 11, 9:48 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	SHV	Lincoln, Ouachita, Union	12 hr
May 12, 7:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead	22 min
May 12, 7:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Hempstead, Howard	42 min
May 12, 8:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Sevier	2 hr
May 12, 10:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Ashley, Union	20 days
May 12, 10:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Sevier	118 min
May 12, 11:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Nevada	112 min

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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.