A mesoscale convective complex formed across southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas and northeast Texas during the predawn hours of July 28th and spread southeast towards the Interstate 20 corridor of northeast Texas into northwest Louisiana during the day. The result was a few reports of wind damage across the region but the main result was excessive heavy rainfall.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
A mesoscale convective complex formed across southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas and northeast Texas during the predawn hours of July 28th and spread southeast towards the Interstate 20 corridor of northeast Texas into northwest Louisiana during the day. The result was a few reports of wind damage across the region but the main result was excessive heavy rainfall. This rainfall resulted in numerous flooding reports across the region with several high water rescues reported and water into some homes and businesses.
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 28, 3:19 AM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.
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</html>SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
459 AM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009
TXZ097-112-281045-
BOWIE-CASS-
459 AM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 AM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
BOWIE AND CASS...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
ATLANTA...BIVINS...MAUD...NEW BOSTON...QUEEN CITY...REDWATER AND
SIMMS...
AT 456 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF SIMMS...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH MAY OCCUR WITH THIS STORM.
12The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:17 UTC.
9 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and powerlines were downed northwest of town.
Trees and powerlines were downed near East College, 2 miles west of Plain Dealing, Louisiana.
Trees were downed, blocking Nickerson Road near the town of Cullen, Louisiana.
A foot and a half of water was reported on several roadways in the Springhill and Cullen areas. Several motorists were stranded in high water with high water rescues underway.
Trees were downed near the intersection of Abe Martin Road and Hwy. 3.
Two feet of water was reported over Main Street. Five to six businesses were flooded. Water was reported over 7th Street east bridge and water was nearing the top of second bridge in town. Major damage was done to several culverts and bridges across the city.
High water was across Linton Road southeast of Benton, Louisiana.
A 26 hour rainfall report of 7.45 inches was reported in Sprinhill, Louisiana ending at 9 am on July 28th.
Water was reportedly over the bridge on Spring Branch Road in Springhill, Louisiana.
One foot of water was reported over Benton Road and Beckett Street.
Several homes have knee deep water in them. Hwy. 157 north of town has water running over the roadway.
Hwy. 162 at the red light in Benton was underwater.
Water was covering the intersection of Colquitt Road and Freedoms way. Roads have been blocked by law enforcement.
A tree was downed, blocking Norris Ferry Road.
The American Legion Hall in Springhill has 3 feet of water in it. Several cars were stranded along 7th street and several homes have water in them.
Lightning struck a home and resulted in a house fire at 759 Golson Road. The lightning ran down the satellite wire and dried and cracked the ground beneath it. From the strike, the fire spread to the carport to the attic and overtook the home.
An unofficial 24 hour rainfall report of 9.50 inches was relayed to the National Weather Service from the Broadcast Media with the report coming from Blanchard, Louisiana.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, July 2009
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 188130, 188136, 188137, 188133, 188222, 188140, 188145, 188148, 188138, 188163, 188225, 188226, 188176, 188202, 188169, 188514, 188198.