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 Jul 17, 2:00 AM CST, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 300 AM CDT SAT JUL 17 2004 .DISCUSSION... HIGHLY AMPLIFIED PATTERN WITH RIDGE ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND A TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE NATION...WILL ALLOW FOR A RARE SUMMER COLD FRONT TO PUSH THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. THIS COLD FRONT CURRENTLY ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY OF NE TX/SE OK NORTHEAST THROUGH ARKANSAS...WILL GRADUALLY PUSH THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. A VORTICITY MAX IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW...HAS ALLOWED FOR A COMPLEX OF STORMS TO DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. AREA PROFILERS INDICATE THIS AREA OF STORMS SHOULD MOVE SOUTH SOUTHEAST...AND AFFECT THE EASTERN PART OF THE AREA. A MODEST WESTERLY LOW LEVEL JET WILL ALSO HELP BACK BUILD THE CONVECTION INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. WILL MENTION SEVERE ACROSS THE AREA MENTIONED ABOVE. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE FRONT...AS IT MOVES SOUTHWARD TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON WITH DAYTIME HEATING. WILL HAVE POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA TONIGHT FOR ANY LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE EVENING. DRY WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED TO RETURN TO MOST OF THE AREA SUNDAY... BUT WITH SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...AND DEW POINTS THAT ARE QUITE COMFORTABLE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL NEARLY BE THE SAME ALL WEEK...WITH RIDGE ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND TROUGH ACROSS THE EAST...WITH NO RAIN EXPECTED UNTIL ANOTHER FRONT PUSHES DOWN IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW LATE NEXT WEEK. WILL ONLY GO SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY TIME FRAME FOR NOW. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 93 72 92 70 / 30 20 0 0 MLU 91 72 91 69 / 50 20 10 0 TXK 94 71 92 69 / 30 0 0 0 TYR 95 72 94 71 / 30 10 0 0 LFK 95 73 93 70 / 30 20 20 0 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 22
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 600 AM CDT SAT JUL 17 2004 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-171700- ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE- CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD- HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION- MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA- PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX- SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR- WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD- 600 AM CDT SAT JUL 17 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH LOUISIANA TODAY. A FEW STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS...SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 319 AM CDT SAT JUL 17 2004 ARZ073-LAZ006-014-021-170835- CALDWELL-OUACHITA-UNION AR-UNION LA- 319 AM CDT SAT JUL 17 2004 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...NUMBER 652...HAS EXPIRED FOR UNION COUNTY ARKANSAS AND FOR UNION...OUACHITA...AND CALDWELL PARISHES IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND SHOULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 25 MPH...BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINFALL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH. 06
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 158 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:07 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe street flooding in and near Monroe and also scattered around the parish. Rainfall amounts between 5 and 9 am ranged between three and four inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, July 2004
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: 5412661.