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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 2, 20097 counties in Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 2009, 11:14 PM CDT for 7 counties in Texas. It was in force for 11 hr. 7 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 2, 2009, 11:14 PM CDT (04:14 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2009, 10:15 AM CDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Camp County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Morris County, TX, Red River County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:15 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 2, 11:50 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 E Alba, TX	WATER IN HOMES IN ALBA
May 3, 1:52 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Mount Vernon, TX	SEVERAL ROADS UNDER WATER ACROSS THE COUNTY. BARRICADES BEING PUT OUT.
May 3, 3:20 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Mineola, TX	FLOODING REPORTED ALL ACROSS WOOD COUNTY. A CAR WAS WASHED OFF OF C.R. 1410.
May 3, 3:20 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Mount Pleasant, TX	TITUS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED AND CLOSED ACROSS TITUS COUNTY.
May 3, 3:20 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Mount Vernon, TX	FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED, INCLUDING HWY 37 JUST NORTH OF HWY 900.
May 3, 7:25 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	8 Ne Mineola, TX	SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED MANY ROADS FLOODED ACROSS WOOD COUNTY.
May 3, 8:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	12 Nw Gilmer, TX	* 1 FATAL * MAN DROVE CAR INTO FLOOD WATERS...COULD NOT EXIT THE VEHICLE...AND THE CAR WAS WASHED OFF ROAD INTO A CULVERT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 7 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 36 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1069 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1182 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 10.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KSHV 030414
FFWSHV
TXC063-159-343-387-449-459-499-030815-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.W.0010.090503T0414Z-090503T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1114 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CAMP COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PITTSBURG...LEESBURG...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAGANSPORT...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN RED RIVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  TITUS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOUNT PLEASANT...
  UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GILMER...
  WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WINNSBORO...MINEOLA...

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 1112 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL CONTINUE
  TO COMPOUND THE SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD THREAT WHICH CONTINUES FOR THE
  WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS WHICH WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA
  WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES NEAR TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WILKERSON...SCROGGINS...PURLEY...PLEASANT GROVE...NEWSOME...MOUNT
  VERNON...COOKVILLE AND CASON

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
SHREVEPORT.

&&

LAT...LON 3298 9531 3342 9531 3340 9481 3263 9479
      3259 9483 3252 9500 3255 9502 3255 9514
      3257 9516 3255 9520 3260 9532 3262 9550
      3273 9564 3296 9567

$$

13

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS54 KSHV 030811
FFWSHV
TXC063-159-343-387-449-459-499-031215-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-090503T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
311 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CAMP COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PITTSBURG...LEESBURG...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAGANSPORT...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN RED RIVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  TITUS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOUNT PLEASANT...
  UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GILMER...
  WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WINNSBORO...MINEOLA...

* UNTIL 715 AM CDT

* AT 308 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SCATTERED STRONG STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF LOCALLY
  HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AT THE PRESENT TIME. HOWEVER...
  STRONGER STORMS ARE DEVELOPING WEST OF THE WARNED AREA AND THESE
  STORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING ADDITIONAL EXCESSIVE
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEAR TWO INCHES PER HOUR TOWARD THE PRE DAWN
  HOURS. SOME SECONDARY ROADS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA REMAIN CLOSED
  AND THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ONLY COMPOUND THE EXTREME
  FLASH FLOOD THREAT. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WILKERSON...SCROGGINS...QUITMAN...PURLEY...PLEASANT GROVE...
  NEWSOME...MOUNT VERNON...COOKVILLE AND CASON

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
SHREVEPORT.

&&

LAT...LON 3298 9531 3342 9531 3340 9481 3263 9479
      3259 9483 3252 9500 3255 9502 3255 9514
      3257 9516 3255 9520 3260 9532 3262 9550
      3273 9564 3296 9567

$$

13

000 
WGUS54 KSHV 031210
FFWSHV
TXC063-159-343-387-449-459-499-031515-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-090503T1515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
710 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CAMP COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PITTSBURG...LEESBURG...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAGANSPORT...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN RED RIVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  TITUS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOUNT PLEASANT...
  UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GILMER...
  WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WINNSBORO...MINEOLA...

* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT

* AT 707 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   
  FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL SHOULD
  GRADUALLY TAPER OFF OVER THE AREA BY 9 AM. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WILKERSON...SCROGGINS...QUITMAN...PURLEY...PLEASANT GROVE...
  NEWSOME...MOUNT VERNON...COOKVILLE AND CASON

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3298 9531 3342 9531 3340 9481 3263 9479
      3259 9483 3252 9500 3255 9502 3255 9514
      3257 9516 3255 9520 3260 9532 3262 9550
      3273 9564 3296 9567

$$

03

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 2, 9:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 9:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
926 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

.DISCUSSION...
MULTIPLE TSTM COMPLEXES CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NEAR A STATIONARY
FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WITH ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY UPSTREAM DEVELOPING
WEST OF METRO FTW. OVERALL...ACTIVITY HAS SHIFTED TO THE
SOUTH...BUT SO SLIGHTLY THAT SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. SEVERE
WEATHER OVERNIGHT REMAINS A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. ACTIVITY BETWEEN
INTERSTATE 20 AND THE ARKANSAS STATE LINE IN EXTREME NORTHERN LA
HAS BEEN INCREASING SINCE SUNSET. ADDED TWO SOUTHCENTRAL AR
COUNTIES TO FLOOD WATCH...AS ACTIVITY HAS TRAINED THROUGH THAT
AREA. OVERALL...TEMPERATURES AND POPS LOOKING GOOD...WITH FAIRLY
STEADY TEMPS EXPECTED MOST OF THE NIGHT...OTHER THAN SOME
LOCALIZED RAIN COOLING. LEAVING POPS IN CHANCE CATEGORY SOUTHERN
SECTIONS...SEEMS THE BEST COMPROMISE AS WELL. ASIDE FROM EXPANSION
OF FLOOD WATCH...NO OTHER CHANGES NEEDED./VII/

&&

.AVIATION...
WILD RIDE ON THE AVIATION DESK THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR
OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA. AS OF RIGHT NOW...ONLY
TXK AND ELD TERMINALS BEING EFFECTED BUT EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO
EXPAND SLOWLY SOUTHWARD...ENCOMPASSING TYR/GGG/SHV AND MLU TERMINALS
THROUGH THE NIGHT. WILL KEEP MENTION OF TSRA WITH AT LEAST MVFR
CEILINGS THROUGH THE NIGHT MOST AREAS AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY
TOMORROW. FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN JUST NORTH AND WEST OF
TERMINALS THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH WIND SHIFT NOT EXPECTED TO TAKE
PLACE UNTIL LATE IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY. /13/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  68  77  58  76  60 /  60  70  40  10  10
MLU  68  79  59  74  58 /  50  70  50  20  10
DEQ  62  68  52  73  56 /  80  70  30  10  10
TXK  65  72  54  74  57 /  80  70  40  10  10
ELD  66  75  54  73  56 /  60  70  40  20  10
TYR  68  75  56  75  61 /  60  70  40  10  10
GGG  68  76  56  76  61 /  60  70  40  10  10
LFK  70  80  62  79  64 /  50  50  40  10  10

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073.

LA...NONE.
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: OKZ077.

TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: TXZ096-097-108>112-124-125.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 12:00 PM CDT, 11 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

ARZ072-LAZ001-002-010-TXZ126-136>138-149>151-031100-
BOSSIER-CADDO-CHEROKEE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-GREGG-HARRISON-MARION-PANOLA-
RUSK-SMITH-
1200 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE INCREASING DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS...AS WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIR COMBINE WITH UPPER
DISTURBANCES AND A COLD FRONT WRAPPING SOUTHEAST AROUND A SURFACE LOW
NEAR THE RED RIVER IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR STORMS
TO BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING MAINLY LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED HIGH
AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE
AFTERNOON...BUT MORE LIKELY OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE WRAPPING AROUND A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM THAT WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA SUNDAY. THIS COMBINATION
WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL...AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO
BECOME WIDESPREAD INTO EARLY MONDAY BEFORE ENDING. DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...BUT ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS TO 4 INCHES BY EARLY MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF HAM RADIO OPERATORS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS...AND
STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

ARZ073-LAZ003>006-011>014-017>022-TXZ152-153-165>167-031100-
ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-CALDWELL-CLAIBORNE-GRANT-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LINCOLN-
NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-OUACHITA-RED RIVER LA-SABINE LA-SABINE TX-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SHELBY-UNION AR-UNION LA-WEBSTER-WINN-
1200 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND
NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP
IN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE.
HOWEVER...WITH NO SURFACE BOUNDARIES TO ENHANCE LIFT...STORMS WILL
LIKELY REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE WRAPPING AROUND A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM THAT WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA SUNDAY. THIS COMBINATION
WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...
AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME WIDESPREAD INTO EARLY
MONDAY BEFORE ENDING. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN
THREATS...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS TO 3 TO 4 INCHES BY EARLY
MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF HAM RADIO OPERATORS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS...AND
STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT...
BUT MAY BE REQUIRED FOR SUNDAY.

ARZ050-051-059>061-070-071-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-124-125-031100-
BOWIE-CAMP-CASS-FRANKLIN-HEMPSTEAD-HOWARD-LAFAYETTE-LITTLE RIVER-
MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NEVADA-RED RIVER TX-SEVIER-TITUS-UPSHUR-WOOD-
1200 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

AMPLE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL LEAD TO SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT TODAY AND CARRY OVER THROUGH TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT
WRAPPING AROUND SURFACE LOW PRESSURE MOVE OVER THE REGION.
SHOWERS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...TRAINING OVER THE SAME
AREAS...ALONG WITH SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS
THROUGH LATE SUNDAY WILL BE 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS TO NEAR 6 TO 7 INCHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING INTO
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA BY SUNDAY WITH THE COLD FRONT WRAPPING SOUTHWEST
THROUGH EAST TEXAS. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
OCCURRING ALONG AND NEAR THE SYSTEM AS WELL AS IN WAKE OF BOUNDARY
AND LOW. THIS WILL PROLONG LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND A THREAT FOR
LARGE HAIL IN THE COLDER AIR. RAINFALL TOTALS INTO MONDAY WILL BE
4 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS TO JUST OVER 8 INCHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF HAM RADIO OPERATORS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS...AND
STORM SPOTTERS COULD POSSIBLY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

VII

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 2, 9:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
900 PM CDT SAT MAY 02 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0836 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HUTTIG                  33.04N 92.18W
05/02/2009                   UNION              AR   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN IN HUTTIG AREA

&&

04

Local storm report, May 2, 9:14 PM CDT, 2 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
914 PM CDT SAT MAY 02 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0914 PM     FLASH FLOOD      PITTSBURG               33.00N 94.97W
05/02/2009                   CAMP               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY

&&

04

Local storm report, May 2, 9:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
938 PM CDT SAT MAY 02 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0850 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BLOOMBURG               33.14N 94.06W
05/02/2009                   CASS               TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORT OF WATER IN A HOME NEAR BLOOMBERG

&&

04

Local storm report, May 2, 10:48 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1048 PM CDT SAT MAY 02 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0824 PM     TSTM WND DMG     STRONG                  33.11N 92.36W
05/02/2009                   UNION              AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A COUPLE TREES DOWN IN STRONG

&&

04

Local storm report, May 2, 10:49 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1049 PM CDT SAT MAY 02 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1030 PM     FLASH FLOOD      EAGLETOWN               34.03N 94.57W
05/02/2009                   MCCURTAIN          OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONE ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

&&

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Local storm report, May 2, 10:52 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1052 PM CDT SAT MAY 02 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 W FOUKE               33.26N 94.00W
05/02/2009                   MILLER             AR   BROADCAST MEDIA

            *** 3 INJ *** POWER POLES DOWNED ON TOP OF A CAR ALONG
            BLACKMAN FERRY ROAD. DRIVER AND 2 PASSENGERS TRANSPORTED
            TO AREA HOSPITAL.

&&

04

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Gregg, Smith, Titus, Upshur and 1 more	52 min
May 2, 8:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	7 hr
May 2, 8:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Gregg, Red River, Smith, Titus and 2 more	3 hr
May 2, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Franklin, Gregg, Morris, Red River and 3 more	61 min
May 2, 8:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Titus, Upshur, Wood	25 min
May 2, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion and 3 more	55 min
May 2, 8:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Camp, Cass, Marion, Morris, Titus, Upshur	49 min
May 2, 9:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie	12 hr
May 2, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus, Upshur and 1 more	61 min
May 3, 12:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Smith, Upshur, Wood	65 min
May 3, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Marion, Morris, Titus and 1 more	37 min
May 3, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Harrison, Marion	59 min
May 3, 1:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Smith	53 min
May 3, 2:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Cass, Marion	9 days
May 3, 3:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Smith, Wood	8 days
May 3, 3:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Wood	6 days
May 3, 6:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk	62 min
May 3, 6:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine and 1 more	53 min
May 3, 7:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	61 min
May 3, 11:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Upshur, Wood	58 hr
May 3, 11:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Smith, Upshur, Wood	15 days
May 3, 11:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Camp, Morris, Titus	5 days
May 3, 11:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Cass, Harrison, Marion	9 days

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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.