1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 1, 9:10 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 910 PM CST THU MAR 1 2001 FLOOD POTENTIAL CONTINUES TO BE THE MAIN THREAT ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. LOOKING AT RADAR TRENDS THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION IS SHIFTING TO THE EAST WITH NEW CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS MOVING NORTHEAST INTO THE EXTREME SOUTHERN COUNTIES IN TEXAS AND SOUTHERN PARISHES IN LOUISIANA OF THE FORECAST AREA. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL PARISHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA WITH SEVERAL ROADS WITH WATER OVER THEM. SOME MODERATE RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED UP TO NORTH LOUISIANA TO NEAR INTERSTATE 20. TEMPERATURES RUNNING A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN ORIGINALLY FORECAST ACROSS EAST TEXAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA SO WILL LOWER MINIMUMS THERE. WILL CONTINUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND MID SHIFT WILL PROBABLY EXTEND IT THROUGH FRIDAY. 09 .SHV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR LAZ001>006-d010>014-017>022- TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167 FOR TONIGHT.
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:41 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
State Highway 15 between 167 and Spearsville was closed due to high water from heavy rains.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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