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River Flood Warning 64, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 6, 2023Bossier Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 6, 2023, 11:08 AM CDT for Bossier Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 8, 2023, 8:12 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2023, 11:08 AM CDT (16:08 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 8, 2023, 8:12 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 21, 2023, 7:27 PM CDT
In force
13 days
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Bossier Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Bayou Bodcau at Bayou Bodcau Lake (LBBL1).

Action stage
171.5 ft
Minor stage
172 ft
Moderate stage
192 ft
Major stage
198 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07349650, 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 Apr 6, 6:40 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 6:40 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 6:40 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 6, 5:36 AM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 6, 5:39 AM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 6, 5:47 AM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 6, 5:56 AM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 6, 6:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVGregg34 min
Apr 5, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCherokee28 min
Apr 5, 8:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVPanola35 min
Apr 5, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSabine24 min
Apr 5, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Panola48 min
Apr 5, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVRusk28 min
Apr 5, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVAngelina, Sabine, San Augustine46 min
Apr 5, 9:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVAngelina35 min
Apr 5, 10:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSabine43 min
Apr 6, 2:27 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVAngelina, Nacogdoches3 hr
Apr 6, 2:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVPanola3 hr
Apr 6, 2:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVAngelina, Nacogdoches3 hr
Apr 6, 3:22 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVNacogdoches, San Augustine, Shelby3 hr
Apr 6, 3:46 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVShelby3 hr
Apr 6, 4:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVShelby3 hr
Apr 6, 11:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVAngelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches13 days
Apr 6, 11:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVAngelina, Houston, Polk, Trinity, Tyler7 days
Apr 6, 11:28 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVNacogdoches, Rusk33 hr
Apr 6, 11:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVSabine, San Augustine3 days
Apr 6, 11:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVNacogdoches, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby7 days
Apr 6, 11:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVAnderson, Cherokee, Houston, Trinity33 hr
Apr 6, 11:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVAngelina, Jasper, Polk, Tyler25 hr
Apr 6, 11:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVAnderson, Cherokee, Houston3 days
Apr 5, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVWebster27 min
Apr 5, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSabine27 min
Apr 6, 2:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVBossier, Caddo, De Soto3 hr
Apr 6, 6:07 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySHVNatchitoches, Red River, Sabine3 hr
Apr 6, 11:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Red River, Webster8 days
Apr 6, 11:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, Webster8 days
Apr 6, 12:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVCaddo, De Soto8 hr
Apr 6, 12:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVCaddo71 hr

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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.