1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 17, 2:30 PM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 230 PM CST WED NOV 17 2004 .DISCUSSION... WIDESPREAD RAIN EVENT SHAPING UP FOR THE ENTIRE REGION TONIGHT AS OUR MUCH TALKED ABOUT STORM SYSTEM OUT WEST IS FINALLY STARING TO MOVE AND FILL TOWARDS THE LOWER/MID MISS VALLEY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE MOSTLY BEEN LIGHT TODAY WITH NO GAUGES OVER ONE HALF INCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD INCREASE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR OF NE TX TNGT AS LINEAR LINE OF CONVECTION APPROACHES FROM CENTRAL TX. THIS LINE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SFC TROUGH WITH LOW PRESSURE FROM DEEP S TX TO NEAR CLL. WARM FRONT ACROSS SE TX HAS MOVED JUST A LITTLE FURTHER N THIS AFTN...INCREASING THE THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION ACROSS DEEP EAST TEXAS TONIGHT. A FEW ROTATING STORMS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS SE TX THIS MORNING/AFTN AS LOW LEVEL SHEAR IS MAXIMIZED ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WILL LEAVE SEVERE OUT OF THE ZONES FOR TONIGHT AS STORMS HAVE WEAKENED RAPIDLY JUST 30 MILES NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT THIS AFTN. PROFILES BECOMING INCREASINGLY SATURATED AS THE CONVECTION MOVES NORTH SHOULD HELP NEGATE ANY SEVERE CONVECTION TNGT WITH THE WARM FRONT EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTH OF THE REGION. RAIN ENDS FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY ON THURSDAY THUS HAVE WORDED POPS MORNING AND AFTERNOON FOR THU. KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN FOR THU NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH THE ETA A LITTLE FASTER IN SUGGESTING SOME ISENTROPIC LIFT SETTING UP LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. GFS A LITTLE SLOWER TO PICK UP ON THIS BUT FINALLY GETS INTO THE GAME LATE FRIDAY INTO SAT WITH INCREASING SW FLOW ALOFT. WENT WITH HIGH END CHANCE POPS FOR SAT BUT THIS MAY NEED TO BE INCREASED AS TIMING ISSUES BECOME RESOLVED. LONGWAVE TROUGH DIGS INTO THE SW BY LATE WEEKEND INTO THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK WITH THE TROUGH TRYING TO CUTOFF. TIMING OF DISTURBANCES IN THE SW FLOW WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF RAIN THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. TIMING THESE IS A LOST CAUSE THIS FAR OUT THUS...HAVE KEPT CHANCE POPS GOING PRETTY MUCH ALL AREAS THROUGH DAY 7. OH WELL...IT HASNT RAINED IN A WHILE. PRELIMS TO FOLLOW...13. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 58 69 56 72 / 100 70 20 20 MLU 56 67 57 72 / 100 80 20 20 DEQ 53 65 53 68 / 100 70 20 20 TXK 57 67 56 72 / 100 70 20 20 ELD 56 67 57 70 / 100 80 20 20 TYR 58 71 57 72 / 100 40 20 20 GGG 58 70 56 72 / 100 40 20 20 LFK 60 73 58 73 / 100 70 20 40 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CST WED NOV 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>167-181200- 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- 1200 PM CST WED NOV 17 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE OVER WEST TEXAS WILL TAP MOISTURE FROM THE GULF...AND SPREAD PLENTY OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA TONIGHT. RAINFALL MAY BE LOCALLY UP TO TWO INCHES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS DEEP EAST TEXAS AND ACROSS THE LOWER TOLEDO BEND COUNTRY OF WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... BUT FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. THEREFORE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... WIDESPREAD RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THURSDAY. HOWEVER...UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...AND INTO NEXT WEEK AS THE REGION WILL REMAIN IN A RATHER WET PATTERN. ANY THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AT THIS TIME. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS...IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. 13
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 645 PM CST WED NOV 17 2004 TXZ124-125-136-137-149-150-152-153-165>167-180145- ANGELINA-CHEROKEE-GREGG-NACOGDOCHES-RUSK-SABINE TX-SAN AUGUSTINE- SHELBY-SMITH-UPSHUR-WOOD- 640 PM CST WED NOV 17 2004 AT 640 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT DETECTED AN AREA OF SHOWERS...ABOUT 25 MILES WIDE...THAT COVERED MOST OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHOWERS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEAR ONE TO NEAR TWO INCHES PER HOUR. LUFKIN TEXAS HAD RECORDED 2.37 INCHES BETWEEN 500 PM AND 630 PM...WITH A TOTAL FOR TODAY OF 3.46 INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT THAT MAY CAUSE FLOODING...BUT NO REPORTS OTHER THAN DITCHES AND DRAINAGES SYSTEMS FILLING TO NEAR THE TOP HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SO FAR. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND MAY AFFECT SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER ON ROADWAYS. 06
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 152 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:02 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
HIGH WATER CAUSING CARS TO STALL. HIGH WATER ALSO REPORTED ACROSS FM 2497 JUST WEST OF BURKE.
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