Flooding rainfall continued to spread across the region on July 9th as the upper trough of low pressure remained parked across our region. Plentiful moisture combined with daytime heating allowed for scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas, northwest Louisiana and northeast Texas resulting in flood producing rainfall.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Flooding rainfall continued to spread across the region on July 9th as the upper trough of low pressure remained parked across our region. Plentiful moisture combined with daytime heating allowed for scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas, northwest Louisiana and northeast Texas resulting in flood producing rainfall.
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 9, 8:57 PM CST, 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 957 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 .DISCUSSION... WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A COUPLE OF UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS MOVING SE THROUGH EASTERN KS/OK...MAINTAINING ONGOING CONVECTION W/VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. 00Z KSHV SOUNDING SHOWS PWATS IN EXCESS OF 2 IN...AND WET-BULB ZEROS TOO HIGH FOR HAIL. WE/LL DO A QUICK UPDATE TO THE WX GRIDS BASED ON TRENDS AND CURRENT RADAR DATA. ALSO...CONVECTION HAS PLAYED HOB W/OVERNIGHT MINS...W/SOME SITES OVER THE NE CWA ALREADY HAVING BESTED THEIR MINS. WE/LL ADJUST OTHER PARAMETERS AS NECESSARY. && .AVIATION... CONVECTION WINDING DOWN AT SITES EXCEPT FOR SMALL SHOWERS OVER SHV. HOWEVER THE CONVECTION ACROSS THE REGION IS NOT FINISHED...AS SOME WILL PASS NORTH AND SOUTH OF TXK. BRIEF SHOWER PSBL AT ELD AROUND 04Z. STRONG THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER NEAR DURANT OK MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON TYR WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER. SOMEWHAT TYPICAL MVFR CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP BEFORE SUNRISE...LIFT OR THIN AFTER 15Z...WITH VFR CONDITIONS AGAIN TUESDAY EXCEPT FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON CONVECTION. /17/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 323 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007/ DISCUSSION... AFTERNOON RADAR IS LIT UP AGAIN AS MOISTURE AND HEATING INTERACTS WITH ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE FEATURE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. EAST TEXAS IS GETTING A REPREIVE FROM THE HEAVIER ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON...INSTEAD SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS IS GETTING THERE SHOT AT THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL LINGER IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK...AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS LINGERS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS DURING THE SHORT TERM. BY THURSDAY...THIS FEATURE SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA...AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN STATES AMPLIFY...AND THE RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN STATES SHIFTS OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC. NORTHWEST FLOW WILL SETUP ACROSS THE AREA AT THE END OF THE WEEK AND LOW CHANCES LINGER...AS POPS DROP OFF TO THE 20 CENT RULE. TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN STEADY THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK...CONTINUE AT NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. ELEVEN AVIATION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 10/18Z. EXPECT IFR/MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS VCNTY OF CONVECTION... OTHERWISE MAINLY VFR. ALSO..EXPECT EARLY MORNING REDUCTION IN CIGS AND VSBYS FROM DEEP EAST TX ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL LA AND INTO SOUTHWEST AR WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES OF 1 TO 3 STATUTE MILES AND CIGS NEAR 8 HUNDRED FEET...MAINLY BETWEEN 10/09Z AND 10/14Z. SURFACE WINDS SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 KNOTS WILL DIMINISH INTO THE 4 TO 8 KNOT RANGE AFTER 10/01Z. /14/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 75 91 75 91 / 40 30 30 40 MLU 70 89 75 90 / 10 40 30 40 DEQ 72 89 73 90 / 40 40 30 40 TXK 72 90 74 91 / 40 30 30 40 ELD 69 89 74 89 / 40 40 30 40 TYR 75 92 75 93 / 20 20 30 40 GGG 75 91 75 93 / 30 20 30 40 LFK 75 93 75 92 / 10 20 30 40 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 17/44
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-101200- 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 CDT MON JUL 9 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE FOUR STATE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME EASTERN TEXAS...AND MUCH OF NORTH LOUISIANA...AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EAST ACROSS THE AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS...ALTHOUGH THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT SHOULD REMAIN MINIMAL AS THESE STORMS WILL EXHIBIT MORE MOVEMENT THAN STORMS THAT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING LAST WEEK ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. ADDED DAYTIME HEATING MAY ALSO ENHANCE AN ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...ESPECIALLY OVER EAST TEXAS AND WESTERN LOUISIANA. SHOULD ANY STORMS BECOME SEVERE...THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING AS THE DISTURBANCE SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA...AND AS DAYTIME HEATING SUBSIDES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...AS WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES CONTINUE TO SHIFT SOUTHEAST INTO THE REGION. ONE SUCH DISTURBANCE WILL FOCUS SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND ADJACENT SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT OVER THESE AREAS DURING THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS ACROSS THE AREA WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EAST TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA. 11
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
538 PM CDT MON JUL 09 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0523 PM FLASH FLOOD DE QUEEN 34.04N 94.34W
07/09/2007 SEVIER AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED IN AND AROUND DE QUEEN.
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17PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
617 PM CDT MON JUL 09 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM FLASH FLOOD MARION 32.90N 92.24W
07/09/2007 UNION LA TRAINED SPOTTER
8 INCHES OF RUNOFF OVER INTERSECTION OF SR 2 AND 143.
&&
JDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
650 PM CDT MON JUL 09 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM FLASH FLOOD SPRINGHILL 33.00N 93.46W
07/09/2007 WEBSTER LA TRAINED SPOTTER
HWY 371 FLOODED...TWO CARS STALLED
&&
12PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
751 PM CDT MON JUL 09 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM FLASH FLOOD 9 N BROKEN BOW 34.16N 94.74W
07/09/2007 MCCURTAIN OK LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTS OF FLOODING AT BEAVERS BEND STATE PARK. OTHER
REPORTS OF WATER OVER ROADWAYS IN PARTS OF THE COUNTY.
&&
17PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
955 PM CDT MON JUL 09 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0458 PM TSTM WND DMG JUNCTION CITY 33.02N 92.72W
07/09/2007 UNION AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON WELCH RD. AND STATELINE RD.
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12PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
956 PM CDT MON JUL 09 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0458 PM TSTM WND DMG SPEARSVILLE 32.94N 92.60W
07/09/2007 UNION LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED IN AND AROUND SPEARSVILLE
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12The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:40 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large trees downed...one blocking all four lanes of US Hwy. 67.
Several trees downed north of town.
One foot of water across US 67 at 144 north. A car was stranded in high water with occupants needing to be rescued under a railroad bridge at the intersection of US 67 and US 259.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2007
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: 39912, 39913, 39911.