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Flash Flood Warning 107, NWS Shreveport, LA

October 29, 2009Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, De Soto Parish, Louisiana; Lafayette County, Miller County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 29, 2009, 9:13 PM CDT for Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, De Soto Parish, Louisiana; Lafayette County, Miller County, Arkansas. It was in force for 4 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: Oct 29, 2009, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired: Oct 30, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Lafayette County, AR, Miller County, AR, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA

The radar

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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 Oct 29, 6:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 29, 6:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
609 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2009

.DISCUSSION...
TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR SE OK AND PORTIONS OF NE
TX...HAS EXPIRED./VII/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  58  60  47  69  47 / 100  80  40  10  10
MLU  64  65  48  65  47 / 100 100  60  30  10
DEQ  57  58  42  64  43 / 100  60  20  10  10
TXK  57  60  45  64  48 / 100  80  40  10  10
ELD  58  60  45  64  43 / 100  80  40  10  10
TYR  55  58  45  68  49 / 100  60  20  10  10
GGG  57  59  44  68  45 / 100  80  40  10  10
LFK  59  63  45  71  46 / 100  80  40  10  10

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ARZ050-059-070.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073.

LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: LAZ001-002-010-011-017-018.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022.

OK...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: OKZ077.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: OKZ077.

TX...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 29, 11:56 AM CDT, 9 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1156 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-301700-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
1156 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009

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

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

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...COMBINED WITH A SLOW MOVING SURFACE
COLD FRONT AND RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...WILL PROVIDE FOR
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. FLOODING WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT
CONCERN WITH RAINFALL TOTALS AVERAGING AROUND 3 TO 6 INCHES
AREAWIDE...INCLUDING ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE
THROUGH FRIDAY. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATING FOR THE HIGHEST RAINGALL
TOTALS WIL BE ACROSS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.

ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR BOTH SEVERE WEATHER AND
FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...THE MAIN TORNADIC THREAT
WITH BE WITH THE PREFRONTAL STORMS THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...IN ASSOCIATION
WITH STORMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY STILL DEVELOPING. THE MAIN THREAT
FOR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WILL BE TONIGHT...AS WELL AS POSSIBLE
STRONG TO DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A SLOW
MOVING SQUALL LINE ENTERING NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
DURING THE EVENING FROM THE WEST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

HEAVY RAIN WILL LINGER INTO MUCH OF THE DAY FRIDAY...WITH A
CONTINUED FLOODING THREAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCAL FLOODING ALSO POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON...BECOMING MORE LIKELY AREAWIDE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
EMERGENCY MANAGERS NEED TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.

VII

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 29, 5:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
558 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2009

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

0554 PM     FLASH FLOOD      LUFKIN                  31.33N 94.73W
10/29/2009                   ANGELINA           TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            KNIGHT AVE AND WHIPPERWILL DR ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH
            WATER.

&&

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Local storm report, Oct 29, 6:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 29, 6:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
620 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2009

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

0530 PM     FLASH FLOOD      LUFKIN                  31.33N 94.73W
10/29/2009                   ANGELINA           TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATER OVER US 59 LOOP

&&

KSTELLMA

Local storm report, Oct 29, 6:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
622 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2009

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

0455 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LUFKIN                  31.33N 94.73W
10/29/2009                   ANGELINA           TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWNED ON HWY 94 AND US 59

&&

KSTELLMA

Local storm report, Oct 29, 6:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
643 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2009

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

0643 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CULLEN                  32.97N 93.45W
10/29/2009                   WEBSTER            LA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            4-5 ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN CULLEN.

&&

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Local storm report, Oct 29, 6:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 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
Oct 29, 8:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine	4 hr
Oct 29, 9:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola, Shelby	4 hr
Oct 29, 9:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches	5 days
Oct 30, 12:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine	4 hr
Oct 30, 1:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola, Shelby	4 hr
Oct 30, 4:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine	4 hr
Oct 30, 4:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola, Shelby	4 hr
Oct 30, 5:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	3 hr
Oct 30, 12:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Sabine, San Augustine	22 hr
Oct 29, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier, Webster	32 min
Oct 29, 7:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Claiborne, Webster	8 hr
Oct 29, 9:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier	4 days
Oct 29, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Union	46 min
Oct 29, 10:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Red River, Union	4 hr
Oct 30, 12:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto	4 hr
Oct 30, 1:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Grant, Jackson, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Winn	7 hr
Oct 30, 2:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Lincoln, Red River, Union	4 hr
Oct 30, 3:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Webster	4 hr
Oct 30, 3:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Caddo, De Soto	14 days
Oct 30, 4:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto	4 hr
Oct 30, 6:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Webster	60 min
Oct 30, 6:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Lincoln, Red River, Union	3 hr
Oct 30, 7:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Webster	2 hr
Oct 30, 8:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Caldwell, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln and 6 more	3 hr
Oct 30, 9:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, Red River	23 hr
Oct 30, 11:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Ouachita	31 days
Oct 30, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Lincoln, Union	35 hr
Oct 29, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Columbia, Union	36 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2009 Flash Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2009 Every flash flood warning in 2009

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.