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 and even a tornado 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 and even a tornado 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, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
419 AM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009
.DISCUSSION...
A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY FOR THE I20 CORRIDOR AND
NORTHWARD...AS MORE HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. SO
FAR THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS REMAIN JUST NORTH OF I30...AS RADAR
ESTIMATES STORM TOTALS OF 5 PLUS INCHES IN MC CURTAIN...SEVIER...AND
LITTLE RIVER COUNTIES. NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO ESCORT A
SERIES OF SHORT WAVES ACROSS THE AREA THIS PERIOD...SO A DECENT
CHANCE OF RAINFALL REMAINS IN THE FORECAST. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
IS EXPECTED TO LINGER AROUND THE I30 CORRIDOR AGAIN TODAY...SO
THIS WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR HEAVIEST RAINFALL AS CONVERGENCE ALONG
THE BOUNDARY WILL ENHANCE THUNDERSTORM GROWTH. THE MODELS BRING
SOME MID TO UPPER LEVEL DRY AIR INTO THE AREA...THIS EVENING SO
POPS TREND A LITTLE LOWER. HOWEVER CHANCE POPS REMAIN TO RESPECT
THE NORTHWEST FLOW AND THE ACCOMPANYING DISTURBANCES. ANOTHER VERY
GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THURSDAY...THEN POPS START A
DOWNWARD TREND AS WE MOVE INTO THE WEEKEND. TRIED TO KEEP
CONSISTENCY IN SHORT TERM TEMPS...BUT I WARMED UP A LITTLE IN THE
EXTENDED TO MOVE CLOSER TO GUIDANCE.
ELEVEN
&&
.AVIATION...
KSHV CONTINUES TO SHOW WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PREVAIL FOR MOST OF THE PD...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES
THROUGH THE REGION. MVFR TO LIFR CONDITIONS WITH GUSTY VRB WINDS
WILL OCCUR WITH CONVECTION. PDS OF SLY WINDS AT 5 TO 8 MPH AND VFR
MID DECK MIXED IN WILL OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN ROUNDS OF
CONVECTION. /12/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV 85 73 91 76 92 / 90 40 50 40 60
MLU 82 72 90 73 92 / 100 50 50 40 60
DEQ 84 70 88 73 86 / 60 50 50 40 60
TXK 83 71 89 75 89 / 80 50 50 40 60
ELD 81 71 88 74 90 / 100 50 50 40 60
TYR 88 73 92 77 92 / 60 40 40 30 60
GGG 86 73 92 76 92 / 60 40 40 30 60
LFK 88 74 93 76 94 / 60 40 40 30 60
&&
.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073.
LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
LAZ001>006-012>014.
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
OKZ077.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138.
&&
11/12HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 617 AM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-012>014-OKZ077-TXZ096-097- 108>112-124>126-136>138-281730- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN- UNION LA-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE- FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- HARRISON- 617 AM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE I20 CORRIDOR NORTHWARD...AS MORE HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA...AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES PASS THROUGH THE FOUR STATE AREA TODAY. SEVERAL FLOOD ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED THIS MORNING WHERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DROPPED MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN. FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...ESPECIALLY WHERE AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES FALL NORTH OF THE I20 CORRIDOR. CLOUDS AND RAIN ACTIVITY SHOULD INHIBIT THE ATMOSPHERE FROM BECOMING PRIMED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER SEVERAL ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM HAVE SHOWN SOME ROTATION THIS MORNING...A THREAT FOR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OR TORNADOES WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... AN ACTIVE WEEK CONTINUES...WITH A DECENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORECASTED THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...BUT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. CITIZENS SHOULD MONITOR THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK DAILY FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. LAZ010-011-017>022-TXZ149>153-165>167-281730- DE SOTO-RED RIVER-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL- LA SALLE-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA- SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 617 AM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO FLOODING PROBLEMS SHOULD BE OBSERVED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER MAY TO BE MONITORED IN THIS AREA. WITH THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR DECENT DAYTIME HEATING...THE ATMOSPHERE MAY BECOME PRIMED QUICKLY FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SMALL HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLE ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL HAVE TO MONITORED ON THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... N ACTIVE WEEK CONTINUES...WITH A DECENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORECASTED THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...BUT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. CITIZENS SHOULD MONITOR THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK DAILY FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. PARKER
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.
12PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
720 AM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0716 AM TSTM WND DMG 6 NW PLAIN DEALING 32.97N 93.77W
07/28/2009 BOSSIER LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
IN THE AREA.
&&
LKEYSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
725 AM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009
ARZ072-LAZ002-003-281330-
BOSSIER-COLUMBIA-WEBSTER-
725 AM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES AND PARISHES...
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
COLUMBIA...
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
BOSSIER AND WEBSTER...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
WELCOME...CULLEN...SAREPTA AND SPRINGHILL...
AT 723 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CULLEN...OR NEAR SPRINGHILL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
PARKERThe Shreveport radar (KSHV), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:50 UTC.
11 flash flood, 2 heavy rain, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Report of water completely covering the Josey County Road two miles southwest of Avinger, Texas.
Excessive heavy rainfall resulted in high water across several roads in and near town.
Numerous roads and highways were underwater in Atlanta, Texas. Several roads were closed. Water was also reported in a few homes in town with evacuations needed. Several high water vehicle rescues were also reported in town. Several roads were also washed out including FM 1841.
Two feet of water was covering several roadways with many other low lying areas covered in water.
Local emergency manager reported a total of 11 high water rescues from stalled vehicles in flooded roadways around and close to the city. Four children were rescued from a flooded home on Thomas Street and another 5 homes in various portions of the city were evacuated due to flooding. Two other flood related vehicle rescues were also made in Queen City with several homes evacuated. Two residents on CR 1896 were driving on the road in a truck when they spotted a woman hanging onto a fence post in rushing flood waters with a disabled vehicle. The occupants of the truck attempted to drive the truck close enough to rescue the woman but their vehicle was also disabled by the high water. Another resident of the county road brought a boat with him and all victims were rescued.
An EF1 tornado touched down just north of Strickland Springs Road and just east of Grimes Road. Several trees were uprooted and snapped. Some minor damage was observed to two homes and a mobile home. A vehicle was also destroyed as a tree fell on it. There were no injuries reported. One small barn completely lost its roof. Radar signature places this area directly under a couplet. Winds were estimated at 90-100 mph.
Several city streets and underpasses under water in the city of Marshall, Texas.
A daycare facility on West Houston Street was flooded.
A total of 8.25 inches of rainfall was measured 6 miles northwest of Rodessa in Cass County, Texas, midnight through 930 am cst.
Numerous roads were under water near Deberry, Texas.
Page Creek was out of its banks with over a foot of water in adjacent fields. A measured 4.10 inches of rainfall fell in the 24 hour period ending at 10 am cst.
A measured rainfall amount of 4.98 inches was reported in Marshall, Texas with the 12 hour total ending at 1000 am cst.
Water was reported over the road at the intersection of FM 1999 and CR 9.
Widespread flash flooding was reported with over 50 roads across the county closed at one point. Water ranged from one to three feet deep across most roads. Some of these roads were washed out including Walker's Mill Road, the intersection of Cox and Birmingham roads as well as Stagecoach Road. South Washington Avenue also reported some damage.
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