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 Nov 16, 4:00 AM CST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 400 AM CST SUN NOV 16 2003 .DISCUSSION... EARLY THIS MORNING A FRONTAL SYSTEM EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS ACROSS EXTREME SE OK AND SW AR AND INTO W TN. A SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDED FROM THE EASTERN SEABOARD ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO WHILE LOW PRESSURE WAS SITUATED IN MEXICO AND PARTS OF W TX...AND ALONG THE BOUNDARY IN E AR AND W TN. A WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE FOUR STATE REGION SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY ALONG UPPER DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT HAS BEEN PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM E TX ACROSS N LA...S AR AND INTO BORDERING SECTIONS OF MS. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE MOVING NORTH DURING THE DAY TODAY WITH THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ALONG AND MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. RIDGING ALOFT AND DEEPENING TROUGH TO THE WEST WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPLY THE FOUR STATE REGION WITH A SUPPLY OF WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR THROUGH MONDAY. THERE SHOULD BE A BREAK IN THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WITH CHANCES INCREASING ON MONDAY AND INTO EARLY TUESDAY...AS THE TROUGH TO THE WEST SWINGS EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN U.S. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVING ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE FOUR STATE REGION AND SPREADING OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...THE SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SE AR INTO DEEP EAST TX TOWARD DAYBREAK TUESDAY. BY MID MORNING TUESDAY THE FRONT WILL BE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH DRIER AIR ENDING RAINFALL AND RETURNING HIGH PRESSURE THAT WILL LAST THROUGH LATE WEEK. THERE MAY BE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 76 66 75 58 / 50 40 70 70 MLU 74 64 76 59 / 80 40 70 70 TXK 74 64 72 57 / 20 50 70 70 TYR 76 66 75 58 / 50 40 70 50 LFK 77 68 77 59 / 80 30 70 50 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 06
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-161800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 600 AM CST SUN NOV 16 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES FROM DEEP EAST TEXAS...ACROSS WEST CENTRAL...AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...DURING THE DAY TODAY...AND INTO THE EVENING. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER THE REGION MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...DUE TO A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE... ALONG WITH THE APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT ON THE SURFACE...AND DISTURBANCES ALOFT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOST LIKELY END ON TUESDAY AS THE STRONG SYSTEM ALOFT MOVES THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY EAST AND AWAY FROM THE REGION. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS...WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:59 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
High water was reported over highway 87 just south of shelbyville. Many county roads were also reported as flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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