Flash Flood in Louisiana, June 17, 2003

Name: Flash Flood in Louisiana, June 17, 2003
Start: 2003-06-17T15:20
End: 2003-06-17T17:20
Location: Louisiana

June 17, 2003 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

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 Jun 17, 2:12 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 2:12 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
312 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003

UPPER LOW STILL OVER E TX...MY THIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR.  HOWEVER...
MODELS ARE INDICATING THAT CHANGES ARE A BREWING.  ETA/AVN ARE
BEGINNING TO AGREE SOMEWHAT BEGINNING TO MOVE THE UPPER LOW.
HOWEVER...TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY.  FOR TONIGHT...WILL GO WITH FLASH
FLOOD WATCH FOR S OF A LINE FROM ELD...ALL OF N LA...AND I20
CORRIDOR AND S...INCLUDING WOOD...UPSHUR...AND MARION COUNTIES IN E
TX.  THANKS FOR COORD JAN/LCH.  ACTIVITY IS INCREASING OVER THE
AREA...WITH MODELS INDICATING A 2ND ROUND OF ACTIVITY AS WELL AFTER
MIDNIGHT.  WITH THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL THAT THE AREA HAS HAD AS OF
LATE...IN ADDITION TO WHAT IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...NOT MUCH MORE CAN
BE TOLERATED BEFORE THE USUAL PLACES BEGIN ACCUMULATING WATER.

FOR TOMORROW...SHOULD SEE THE LOW BEGINNING TO MOVE ENE THEN E.
AFTER THIS TAKES PLACE...WE WILL BEGIN TO SEE SOME RELIEF.
HOWEVER...WITH LESS LIKELY RAIN CHANCES RETURNS THE WARMER
TEMPERATURES THAT COME ALONG WITH IT.  WILL RETURN TO MORE SEASONAL
READINGS AND RAIN CHANCES AFTER LOW MOVES OUT.

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SHV 068/083 070/088 069 5633
MLU 073/086 072/087 069 5633
TXK 068/082 069/087 068 5632
TYR 068/082 068/089 069 5532
LFK 069/086 070/090 069 5533

.SHV...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 11:00 AM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes before

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-181100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN OVER EAST TEXAS THIS
AFTERNOON...AS THE GULF OF MEXICO CONTINUES TO SUPPLY THE AREA WITH
ABUNDANT MOISTURE. DAYTIME HEATING...AND WEAK DISTURBANCES ROTATING
AROUND THIS LOW...WILL ALLOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  SEVERE
WEATHER SHOULD BE AT A MINIMUM WITH THESE STORMS...HOWEVER HEAVY
RAIN WILL LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING IN SOME AREAS.  IF SEVERE
WEATHER OCCURS...IT WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON...AS HEATING WILL HELP TO
DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE.  DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW AND ASSOCIATED
STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE AREA.
THUS...LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT AS THE GROUND
OVER MUCH OVER THE REGION IS NEAR SATURATION.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
DUE TO THE ISOLATED AND BRIEF NATURE OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS...SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 17, 2:30 PM CST, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
330 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0325 PM    FARMERVILLE               LA   FLASH FLOODS
06/17/03   UNION                          SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED IN
                                          FARMERVILLE. SOME STREETS
                                          BARRICADED. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

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The radar

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Natchitoches

When: June 17, 3:20 PM CST to 5:20 PM CST
Where: Natchitoches County, Natchitoches
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.724, -93.096 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several streets flooded and closed.

What these are

Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Louisiana in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Louisiana, June 2003

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5365336.