a full day after widespread flooding was reported. A few severe storm reports with wind damage were also reported.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Portion of the region remained under the influence of a disturbance aloft which resulted in excessive heavy rainfall once again on July 29th...a full day after widespread flooding was reported. A few severe storm reports with wind damage were also reported.
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 29, 3:20 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
420 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009
.DISCUSSION...
HERE WE GO AGAIN SIGNIFICANT AND PROLONGED FLASH FLOOD EVENT APPEARS
TO BE TAKING SHAPE THIS AFTERNOON...AS STRONG CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED
AND BEEN TRAINING GENERALLY ALONG/NW OF THE I-30 CORRIDOR OF NE TX/SE
OK/SW AR. 20Z SFC ANALYSIS PLACES A SFC TROUGH WHICH HAS DEVELOPED
FROM EARLIER CONVECTION ALONG THIS BAND OF CONVECTION...VERY SIMILAR
TO WHAT THE 12Z RUN OF THE NAM/GFS WAS SHOWING. IN ADDITION...LEAD
SHORTWAVE AXIS IS SLOWLY TRAVERSING E ACROSS ERN OK/NCNTRL TX THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH A VERY RICH TROPICAL PLUME BEING ADVECTED NE FROM
THE CYCLONE OVER THE ERN PACIFIC AND INTO THE REGION. PW/S ARE WELL
OVER 2 ATTM...WITH PROGS INCREASING THESE VALUES TO NEAR 2.5 IN THE
SHORT TERM. WILL BE POSTING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IMMEDIATELY THROUGH
00Z FRIDAY ALONG/NW OF A JACKSONVILLE TX...TO CARTHAGE...SHV...TO
HOMER LA LINE...WHILE AREAS TO THE S OF THIS LINE WILL BE INCLUDED AT
4AM TIL 00Z FRIDAY. HAVE SEEN 2.5+ IN/HR RAIN RATES WITH SOME OF THESE
STORMS...OVER AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY SATURATED WITH SOME 5-9+ OF RAIN
IN THE LAST CPL. DAYS. DESPITE MAIN SFC BNDRY/WEAK COLD FRONT NOT
ENTERING THE AREA UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY...CELL TRAINING WILL BE AN
ISSUE ESP. AS A 35-40+ KT SRLY LLJ DEVELOPS TONIGHT ALONG THIS SFC
TROUGH. 3-6 OF RAIN IS NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY OVERNIGHT
IN THE INITIAL FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA...BEFORE THE HEAVY RAINFALL AXIS
SHIFTS A TAD FARTHER E INTO SCNTRL AR/NW LA/E TX WITH THE PASSAGE OF
THE INITIAL SHORTWAVE. WITH THE SFC FRONT DRIFTING SWD DURING
THURSDAY...SHORT TERM PROGS HAVE THIS FRONT STALLING SOMEWHERE ACROSS
SCNTRL AR/EXTREME NE TX...TO PERHAPS ALONG THE I-20 CORRIDOR OF N LA
THURSDAY EVENING...WITH A 2ND SHORTWAVE EXPECTED TO SHIFT E ALONG THE
RED RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY NIGHT. A 20-30+ LLJ APPEARS TO DEVELOP
THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH MODELS PROGGING GOOD MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IN VC
OF THE STALLING SFC FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.
UNFORTUNATELY...THIS WILL BE OVER AREAS THAT SAW THE EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS
THESE AREAS OF 2-4...AND I MAY EVEN BE CONSERVATIVE HERE IN
FACT...THE NAM ACCUMULATED RAINFALL THROUGH THIS PERIOD IS RANGING
FROM 4-10 DURING THE NEXT 48 HRS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA
CELL TRAINING WILL BE LIKELY AS WELL THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY...WITH THE
MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WEAKENING WITH THE LOSS OF THE LLJ...AND THE
DEPARTURE OF THIS 2ND SHORTWAVE. HOWEVER...THE STATIONARY BNDRY LOOKS
TO REMAIN IN PLACE SOMEWHERE IN VC OF THE AR/LA LINE...GIVE OR TAKE A
FEW MILES N AND S...THUS KEPT CHANCE POPS GOING FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY
GIVEN DIRTY WNW FLOW. NOT MUCH TIME FOR THE EXTENDED AGAIN...ALTHOUGH
WE/LL BE IN TROUBLE IF THE GFS VERIFIES WITH ANOTHER CONVECTIVE BOMB
DIVING SE INTO THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. THE EURO IS NOT AS
BULLISH...THUS THIS WEEKEND/S FORECAST REMAINS ONE OF LOW CONFIDENCE.
IT APPEARS THE UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD E ACROSS THE SRN
PLAINS...BUT THE REGION REMAINS IN NW FLOW. THUS...EXTENDED POPS REMAIN
UNTOUCHED ATTM.
BUCKLE DOWN AND FINISH THE ARC...COULD BE A BUMPY RIDE.
PRELIMS TO FOLLOW BELOW...
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&&
.AVIATION...
VFR CIGS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE REDUCED TO MVFR IN/NEAR
CONVECTION...AND EVENTUALLY ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA
OVERNIGHT. MOST CONCENTRATED CONVECTION WILL REMAIN NW OF I-30...BUT
STILL POSSIBLY AFFECTING THE TXK TERMINAL THROUGH MUCH OF THE TAF
PERIOD. LOW MVFR CIGS/VSBYS...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40KTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN/NEAR CONVECTION. CONVECTION WILL REMAIN WIDESPREAD THIS
EVENING MAINLY NW OF A TYR...TO TXK...TO M89 LINE...AND GRADUALLY
SPREAD E INTO SW AR/N LA OVERNIGHT. CIGS WILL BECOME LOW MVFR/IFR WITH
THE PRECIP. SHIELD...WITH ADDITIONAL LOW MVFR CIGS DEVELOPING/ADVECTING
N AHEAD OF THE RAIN OVER DEEP E TX/NCNTRL LA. THUS...AMENDMENTS WILL
BE LIKELY THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT. PRECIP. SHIELD SHOULD SHIFT A LITTLE
FARTHER SE THURSDAY AND BE ORIENTED GENERALLY ACROSS E TX/N LA/SW AR
SE OF I-30 BY LATE AFTERNOON. SW WINDS 5-10KTS TODAY WILL BECOME MORE
SRLY AFTER 00Z THURSDAY. /15 AND 04/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV 75 85 74 85 74 / 50 80 70 70 30
MLU 75 88 74 85 74 / 40 70 70 70 40
DEQ 72 82 70 86 70 / 80 80 30 30 30
TXK 74 84 71 85 71 / 70 80 60 60 30
ELD 74 84 72 85 71 / 50 80 70 60 40
TYR 75 84 73 86 72 / 50 80 70 70 30
GGG 75 84 73 86 73 / 50 80 70 70 30
LFK 77 90 76 90 74 / 30 70 50 60 30
&&
.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073.
LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: LAZ001>004.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: LAZ005-006-010>014-017>022.
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: OKZ077.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>151.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ152-153-165>167.
&&
15/04HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1148 AM CDT WED JUL 29 2009 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-OKZ077-TXZ096-097- 108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-301700- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN- UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-MCCURTAIN- BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH- GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY- 1148 AM CDT WED JUL 29 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MILES PER HOUR. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THE STRONGER STORMS WHICH MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AS A STRONGER DISTURBANCE MOVES CLOSER TO THE REGION. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING IN AN AREA NORTH OF A JACKSONVILLE TEXAS TO MONROE LA LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEEN THURSDAY AS STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES WILL BE SEEN IN MOST PLACES...WITH TOTALS UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS SUCH AS THESE COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING ACROSS THE REGION. MORE DISTURBANCES ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND...AND BRING ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTIES IN TIMING THESE DISTURBANCES...YOU SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING THESE POTENTIAL WEATHER EVENTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS DAYTIME HEATING COULD IGNITE A FEW STRONGER STORMS. ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY AS WELL. LAZ017>022-TXZ165>167-301700- SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-ANGELINA- SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 1148 AM CDT WED JUL 29 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THE STRONGER STORMS WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEEN THURSDAY AS STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES WILL BE SEEN IN MOST PLACES...WITH HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. MORE DISTURBANCES ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND...AND BRING ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTIES IN TIMING THESE DISTURBANCES...YOU SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING THESE POTENTIAL WEATHER EVENTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. 04
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
211 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009
ARZ070-TXZ097-112-292000-
BOWIE-CASS-MILLER-
211 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
MILLER...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
BOWIE AND CASS...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
FOUKE...GENOA...MANDEVILLE...TEXARKANA AND QUEEN CITY...
AT 208 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF QUEEN CITY...OR 10 MILES NORTH
OF ATLANTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE SOUTH PART OF TEXARKANA
MAY BE AFFECTED BY THIS THUNDERSTORM.
WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH BRIEF
PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
03SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
221 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009
TXZ096-097-109-292000-
BOWIE-RED RIVER-TITUS-
221 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
RED RIVER...BOWIE AND TITUS...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BOXELDER...DALBY SPRINGS...DE KALB AND WILKERSON...
AT 217 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILKERSON...OR 11 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BOXELDER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH BRIEF
PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
03SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
316 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009
ARZ059-TXZ096-097-111-292100-
BOWIE-LITTLE RIVER-MORRIS-RED RIVER-
316 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
LITTLE RIVER...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
RED RIVER...BOWIE AND MORRIS...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
ASHDOWN...RICHMOND...WILTON...DALBY SPRINGS...DE KALB...HOOKS...
NASH...NEW BOSTON...SIMMS...TEXARKANA...US 259 AND I 30
INTERSECTION AND WAKE VILLAGE...
AT 314 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF MOUNT PLEASANT
TEXAS...TO NEAR ASHDOWN ARKANSAS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES.
03SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
506 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009
ARZ072-073-LAZ004-292245-
CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-UNION-
506 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES AND PARISHES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
UNION...
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
COLUMBIA...
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
CLAIBORNE...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
HAYNESVILLE...
AT 506 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HAYNESVILLE...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF
HOMER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SHOULD THIS STORM
INTENSIFY...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE NEEDED.
15The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:00 UTC.
1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The North Service Road was closed at mile marker 165 on Interstate 30 due to high water.
A tree was downed on Tangerine Road just south of the Rhonesboro Community.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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