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 Sep 24, 8:40 AM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 940 AM CDT FRI SEP 24 2004 .DISCUSSION...TD IVAN LOCATED NEAR LIVINGSTON TX THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SLOWLY NW TODAY. CONVECTION HAS BEEN CONFINED MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE SFC CIRCULATION OR ACROSS THE PINEY WOODS OF NE TX. THIS HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL RAINFALL FOR MOST AREAS WITH NO REAL PROBLEMS AS OF YET BUT WILL SEE HOW THINGS SHAPE UP THIS AFTERNOON AS PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN BAND CONTINUING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CHEROKEE AND RUSK COUNTIES WHERE ISOLATED TWO TO THREE INCH RAINS HAD FALLEN OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT. POP FCST LOOKS GOOD WITH SOME BREAKS STARTING TO COME NORTHWARD THROUGH THE TOLEDO BEND AND SAM RAYBURN COUNTRY OF SE TX. THIS MAY HELP TO SHIFT THE AXIS OF HEAVIER RAIN FURTHER TO THE WEST THIS AFTN. THE ONLY THING IN DOUBT IS TEMPS WHERE WE CURRENTLY HAVE LOWER 80S ACROSS MUCH OF EAST TEXAS. WITH THE BREAKS IN THE RAINFALL AND DRIER AIR ENTRAINING INTO IVAN FROM THE EAST... AND SEEING THAT JASPER AND PINELAND OBS ARE ALREADY IN THE MID 70S... WILL LET THE TEMP FCST RIDE FOR THIS MORNING. NO UPDATE PLANNED ATTM...13. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 83 66 83 63 / 60 60 50 20 MLU 85 67 85 63 / 40 40 50 20 TXK 83 65 83 61 / 50 50 50 20 TYR 82 66 82 63 / 70 70 50 20 LFK 83 68 84 65 / 70 70 50 20 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 600 AM CDT FRI SEP 24 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>167-241700- 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 FRI SEP 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS IVAN SLOWS AND BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY OVER PARTS OF EAST TEXAS. RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER EAST TEXAS AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN AND LOCATIONS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 49...SHIFTING A LITTLE TO THE NORTH OVERNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF IVAN WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF OVER THE LOWER HALF OF EAST TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA EARLY SATURDAY...BUT CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF EAST TEXAS...EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION. BY LATE SATURDAY RAIN CHANCES TAPER OFF OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS ...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...DELAYING UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT FOR NORTH LOUISIANA AS THE FRONT DRIFTS SOUTH. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS...MAY BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 152 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:16 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Excessive heavy rainfall in town caused severe street flooding. Some streets were closed with cars becoming stalled in high water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, September 2004
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