Tornado Warning 13, NWS Shreveport, LA

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
845 AM CST TUE OCT 29 1991

TIME CDT    CNTY/PRSH  STATE  EVENT/LOCATION/DAMAGE

A FEW RAINFALL TOTALS THAT OCCURRED OVERNIGHT THROUGH 7 AM THIS
MORNING...IN GENERAL RAINFALL AT A GIVEN POINT WAS IN A 8 HOUR PERIOD.

...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
IDABEL     7.12 INCHES   BROKEN BOW    6.10 INCHES   TOM   8.01 INCHES

...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
NASHVILLE   8.78 INCHES  FOREMAN       7.60 INCHES   WILTON 5.70 INCHES

...NORTHEAST TEXAS
DEKALB      7.17

SEVERAL...MAINLY SECONDARY ROADWAYS ARE CLOSED OR EXPERIENCING OVERFLOW
IN THE LITTLE RIVER BASIN AND OUACHITA MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...ALSO TRIBUTARIES OF THE RED IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
...INCLUDING TRIBUTARIES OF THE UPPER SULPHUR BASIN IN NORTHEAST TEXAS.

SPECIFICLY...SOME ROADS ARE FLOODING OR CLOSED DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
IN MC CURTAIN COUNTY OKLAHOMA...IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS..SEVIER...HOWARD...
LITTLE RIVER...AND NORTHWEST HEMPSTEAD COUNTIES AND IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
BOWIE COUNTY..MAINLY THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS.

ALSO DURING THE NIGHT SOME HOMES WERE FLOODED IN BROKEN BOW AND IDABEL
OKLAHOMA...IN NASHVILLE ARKANSAS...AND IN DEKALB TEXAS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1035 AM CST TUE OCT 29 1991

...SHOWERS AND ISOALTED THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO DECREASE OVER NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

AT 1035 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE DECREASED IN AREAL COVERAGE IN THE PAST HOUR. ALSO INTENSITIES
HAVE DECREASED. HOWEVER ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL STILL WERE INDICATED
FROM MINDEN TO NEAR STONEWALL LOUISIANA...AND IN NORTHEAST TEXAS NEAR
PITTSBURGH...MT VERNON...AND BETWEEN LONGVIEW AND MARSHALL.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE INDICATED NEAR COLUMBIA LOUISIANA AND
SOUTH OF LINE FROM LEESVILLE TO ALEXANDRIA.
.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER NIGHT IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...
AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WERE IN THE FOUR TO SIX INCH RANGE WITH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS IN THE SIX TO EIGHT INCH RANGE. ONE TO THREE INCHES HAS FALLEN
IN THE SHREVEPORT - BOSSIER CITY METROPOLITAN AREA THIS MORNING THROUGH
1030 AM.

THE RAINFALL SHOULD CONTINUE TO DECREASE TODAY BUT THE THREAT OF HEAVY
TRAINFALL EXISTS AGAIN TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ALSO COOLER TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

FLOOD WARNING...CONCERNING THE MIDDLE RED RIVER  AND ITS TRIBUTAEIES

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1100 AM CST TUE OCT 29 1991

FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR UP AND DOWNSTREAM OF PECAN POINT ON THE
MIDDLE RED RIVER DUE TO SECONDARY RISE DEVELOPING IN RESPONSE TO
ANOTHER SIEGE OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.

EXCESSIVE RAIN OCCURRED OVER THE RED BASIN IN SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND IN THE OUACHITA MOUNTAINS
OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY
MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IN THOSE AREAS OVER THE WEEKEND AND
EXCESSIVE RAINS OCCURRED AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT.

DEKALB TEXAS........7AM STAGE WAS 19.6 FEET...WILL RISE AND CREST
                    25 TO 26 FEET ON THE 31ST.  FLOOD STAGE IS 24 FEET.
FULTON ARKANSAS.....7 AM STAGE WAS 10.8.  WILL RISE AND CREST NEAR 20
                    FEET ON NOV. 1ST...FLOOD STAGE IS 27 FEET.
SHREVEPORT LA.......7 AM STAGE WAS 5.1 FEET...RISE AND CREST NEAR 21.5
                    ON NOV. 2ND. FLOOD STAGE IS 30 FEET.
GRAND ECORE LA......7 AM STAGE WAS NEAR 5.1 FEET...RISE AND CREST NEAR
                    25 FEET ON NOVEMBER 3RD...FLOOD STAGE IS 33 FEET.
ALEXANDRIA LA.......7 AM STAGE WAS 20.2 FEET..SLOW RISE TO CREST NEAR
                    24.5 ON NOV. 4TH.  FLOOD STAGE IS 32 FEET.

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY OVER THE RED BASIN BUT MAINLY FROM
FULTON DOWNSTREAM OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS..AND ESPECIALLY DOWNSTREAM
FROM SHREVEPORT.

FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL STREAMS IN THE LITTLE RIVER
INCLUDING THE MAIN STEM OF THE LITTLE IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTH-
WEST ARKANSAS.  THE GLOVER RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR 20 FEET
MIDDAY TUESDAY AT GLOVER OKLAHOMA.  FLOOD STAGE IS 16 FEET.  ON THE
MAIN STEM OF THE LITTLE RIVER...A CREST OF 31 FEET IS EXPECTED AT
OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  FLOOD STAGE IS 30 FEET.  THE LITTLE
SHOULD RISE TO NEAR THE FLOOD STAGE OF 26 FEET AT HORATIO ARKANSAS
THURSDAY MORNING.

PROTECTION AGAINST FLOODING SHOULD CONTINUE IN THE LITTLE RIVER
BASIN AND ALONG THE MIDDLE RED RIVER ESPECIALLY UP AND DOWNSTREAM
OF PECAN POINT WHERE MINOR OVERFLOW WILL OCCUR.

FLOOD WARNING...CONCERNING THE MIDDLE RED RIVER  AND ITS TRIBUTAEIES

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1100 AM CST TUE OCT 29 1991

FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR UP AND DOWNSTREAM OF PECAN POINT ON THE
MIDDLE RED RIVER DUE TO SECONDARY RISE DEVELOPING IN RESPONSE TO
ANOTHER SIEGE OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.

EXCESSIVE RAIN OCCURRED OVER THE RED BASIN IN SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
AND THE ADJACENT AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND IN THE OUACHITA MOUNTAINS
OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY
MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IN THOSE AREAS OVER THE WEEKEND AND
EXCESSIVE RAINS OCCURRED AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT.

DEKALB TEXAS........7AM STAGE WAS 19.6 FEET...WILL RISE AND CREST
                    25 TO 26 FEET ON THE 31ST.  FLOOD STAGE IS 24 FEET.
FULTON ARKANSAS.....7 AM STAGE WAS 10.8.  WILL RISE AND CREST NEAR 20
                    FEET ON NOV. 1ST...FLOOD STAGE IS 27 FEET.
SHREVEPORT LA.......7 AM STAGE WAS 5.1 FEET...RISE AND CREST NEAR 21.5
                    ON NOV. 2ND. FLOOD STAGE IS 30 FEET.
GRAND ECORE LA......7 AM STAGE WAS NEAR 5.1 FEET...RISE AND CREST NEAR
                    25 FEET ON NOVEMBER 3RD...FLOOD STAGE IS 33 FEET.
ALEXANDRIA LA.......7 AM STAGE WAS 20.2 FEET..SLOW RISE TO CREST NEAR
                    24.5 ON NOV. 4TH.  FLOOD STAGE IS 32 FEET.

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY OVER THE RED BASIN BUT MAINLY FROM
FULTON DOWNSTREAM OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS..AND ESPECIALLY DOWNSTREAM
FROM SHREVEPORT.

FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL STREAMS IN THE LITTLE RIVER
INCLUDING THE MAIN STEM OF THE LITTLE IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTH-
WEST ARKANSAS.  THE GLOVER RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR 20 FEET
MIDDAY TUESDAY AT GLOVER OKLAHOMA.  FLOOD STAGE IS 16 FEET.  ON THE
MAIN STEM OF THE LITTLE RIVER...A CREST OF 31 FEET IS EXPECTED AT
IDABEL OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  FLOOD STAGE IS 30 FEET.  THE
LITTLE SHOULD RISE TO NEAR THE FLOOD STAGE OF 26 FEET AT HORATIO
ARKANSAS THURSDAY MORNING.

PROTECTION AGAINST FLOODING SHOULD CONTINUE IN THE LITTLE RIVER
BASIN AND ALONG THE MIDDLE RED RIVER ESPECIALLY UP AND DOWNSTREAM
OF PECAN POINT WHERE MINOR OVERFLOW WILL OCCUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1240 PM CST TUE OCT 29 1991

 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS...

...SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND OVER
THE REMAINDER OF THE ARKLATEX TONIGHT AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY TONIGHT
OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE AREA...

BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER THE ARKLATEX.
THE INITIAL TWO BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE
AREA THIS MORNING CONTINUE TO WEAKEN. HOWEVER ANOTHER BAND WAS OVER
NORTHEAST TEXAS AND MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD. AT 1230 PM WEATHER RADAR
SHOWED A BROKEN BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST OF LAKE VILLAGE ARKANSAS
TO NEAR MONROE TO SOUTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA. ANOTHER BAND OF SHOWERS DECREASING
WAS FROM 20 MILES WEST OF PINE BLUFF TO MAGNOLIA TO NEAR SHREVEPORT

AND CENTER TEXAS.

A BAND OF INCREASING THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED FROM NEAR FOREMAN
ARKANSAS TO MT PLEASANT AND NAPLES TEXAS TO BETWEEN LONGVIEW AND TYLER
TO NEAR PALESTINE TEXAS. WITHIN THIS BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR GILMER TO BETWEEN LONGVIEW AND
TYLER TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF KILGORE. THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PREODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND HIGH WIND GUSTS. THE SYSTEM WAS MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HIGH WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAINFALL AS IT SLOWLY
MOVED EAST. FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP IN LOW AREAS. THERE IS A POSSIB-
ILITY OF SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON.

ALTHOUGH RAINFALL IS ONLY PATCHY AND LIGHT OVER THE OUACHITA MOUNTAINS
AND THE LITTLE RIVER BASIN OVER SOUTHEAST OKAHOAMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
AND ADAJACENT ARESA OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SMALL STREAM OVERFLOW CONTINUES
EFFECTING SECONDARY ROADS AS A RESULT OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL LAST NIGHT.
RAINFALL OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES FELL OVER THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF THE
ARKLATEX WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF SIX TO EIGHT INCHES.
.
THE GLOVER RIVER IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA CREST AT 19 FEET THIS MORNING
AND WAS NOW FALLING. HOWEVER THE LITTLE RIVER AT HORTAIO AND IDABEL
CONTINUE TO RISE. A CREST OF 31 FEET AT IDABEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
DOWNSTREAM A CREST AT HORATION OF NEAR FLOOD STABE AT NEAR 26 FEXET
THURSDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED.

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SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1240 PM CST TUE OCT 29 1991

FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS...

...SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND OVER
THE REMAINDER OF THE ARKLATEX TONIGHT AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY TONIGHT
OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE AREA...

BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER THE ARKLATEX.
THE INITIAL TWO BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE
AREA THIS MORNING CONTINUE TO WEAKEN. HOWEVER ANOTHER BAND WAS OVER
NORTHEAST TEXAS AND MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD. AT 1230 PM WEATHER RADAR
SHOWED A BROKEN BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST OF LAKE VILLAGE ARKANSAS
TO NEAR MONROE TO SOUTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA. ANOTHER BAND OF SHOWERS DECREASING
WAS FROM 20 MILES WEST OF PINE BLUFF TO MAGNOLIA TO NEAR SHREVEPORT AND
CENTER TEXAS.

A BAND OF INCREASING THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED FROM NEAR FOREMAN
ARKANSAS TO MT PLEASANT AND NAPLES TEXAS TO BETWEEN LONGVIEW AND TYLER
TO NEAR PALESTINE TEXAS. WITHIN THIS BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR GILMER TO BETWEEN LONGVIEW AND
TYLER TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF KILGORE. THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PREODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND HIGH WIND GUSTS. THE SYSTEM WAS MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HIGH WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAINFALL AS IT SLOWLY
MOVES EAST. FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP IN LOW AREAS. THERE IS A POSSIB-
ILITY OF SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON.

ALTHOUGH RAINFALL IS ONLY PATCHY AND LIGHT OVER THE OUACHITA MOUNTAINS
AND THE LITTLE RIVER BASIN OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
AND ADJACENT AREAS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SMALL STREAM OVERFLOW CONTINUES
AFFECTING SECONDARY ROADS AS A RESULT OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL LAST NIGHT.
RAINFALL OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES FELL OVER THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF THE
ARKLATEX WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF SIX TO EIGHT INCHES.
.
THE GLOVER RIVER IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA CREST AT 19 FEET THIS MORNING
AND IS NOW FALLING. HOWEVER THE LITTLE RIVER AT HORTAIO AND IDABEL
CONTINUES TO RISE. A CREST OF 31 FEET AT IDABEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
DOWNSTREAM A CREST AT HORATION OF NEAR FLOOD STABE AT NEAR 26 FEET
THU
RSDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED.