Texas, 2009Flood in Texas, May 10 to 15, 2009
May 10 to 15, 2009 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone
Excessive heavy rainfall across the Middle Red River Valley of north Texas, southern Oklahoma resulted in very high river stages for the Red River of northeast Texas.
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Excessive heavy rainfall across the Middle Red River Valley of north Texas, southern Oklahoma resulted in very high river stages for the Red River of northeast Texas.
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NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 10, 2:26 AM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 2:26 AM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
326 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009
.DISCUSSION...
WEATHER PATTERN IS SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED THIS MORNING. WILL TRY TO
DESCRIBE IT AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. AT THE SURFACE...A STATIONARY COLD
FRONT HAS BEEN WAVERING ALONG THE I-20 CORRIDOR. NORTH OF THE
FRONT A COOL DENSE AIRMASS IS IN PLACE. THIS AREA NORTH OF THE
FRONT HAS BEEN WHERE SLIGHTLY ELEVATED CONVECTION HAS PERSISTED
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE HAS
PROVIDED THE INSTABILITY NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN MUCH OF THIS
ACTIVITY...WITH AVAILABLE MOISTURE STREAMING IN FROM 925-850 MB IN
AN ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE SETUP. THESE STORMS HAVE PROVIDED FLASH
FLOOD CONDITIONS ACROSS HOWARD COUNTY AND RED RIVER COUNTIES AS
WELL AS NICKEL SIZE HAIL ACROSS MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA.
UNFORTUNATELY...THIS SETUP WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY...MAINLY
NORTH OF I-20. AS INDIVIDUAL MID LEVEL IMPULSES SLIDE ACROSS THE
REGION...STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
HENCE...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED THROUGH 12Z MONDAY
MORNING. AT THIS TIME...SPC HAS MUCH OF THE REGION IN A SLIGHT
RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH DAY TWO.
LOOKS LIKE THE LAST IMPULSE MAY BE THE STRONGEST. THIS IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE ACROSS THE TARGET AREA DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. FOLLOWING
THIS EVENT THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN SHIFTS TO A SW TO NE FLOW WITH
DRIER AIR FORECAST TO INFILTRATE THE REGION. SHOULD SEE A GRADUAL
CLEARING AND DRYING TREND THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH ANOTHER
FRONT EXPECTED TOWARD THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. /05/
&&
.AVIATION...
FRONT APPEARS TO BE JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF NE
TX AND N LA ATTM. MOSTLY MVFR CEILINGS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS WITH AN OCCASIONAL IFR CEILING SHOULD GIVE WAY TO LOW VFR
CEILING LATER IN THE DAY EXCEPT WHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OCCUR. WILL KEEP TSRA MENTION IN ACROSS TXK/ELD TERMINALS THIS
MORNING WITH CONVECTION CLOSER TO THE I-20 CORRIDOR DEPENDENT ON
DAYTIME HEATING. WILL MENTION VCTS NEARER THE I-20 CORRIDOR THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON HOURS. /13/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV 83 65 78 64 83 / 40 30 50 20 20
MLU 83 65 76 63 81 / 40 40 50 30 30
DEQ 71 60 66 59 78 / 70 70 70 30 40
TXK 76 59 69 60 80 / 50 60 70 30 30
ELD 79 59 69 61 78 / 50 50 70 40 40
TYR 82 65 78 64 85 / 40 20 40 20 10
GGG 83 64 79 63 85 / 40 20 40 20 10
LFK 87 68 85 69 87 / 50 20 20 20 10
&&
.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073.
LA...NONE.
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: OKZ077.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: TXZ096-097.
&&
05/13Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 10:46 AM CST, 17 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1146 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2009
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-
108>112-124>126-136>138-149>151-101200-
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-
1146 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...ALONG AND NORTH OF I 20...WHERE A FRONTAL BOUNDARY
LIES. THE THREAT WILL SHIFT TO JUST SOUTH OF I 20 AS THE FRONT
SLOWLY DIPS SOUTHWARD THIS EVENING. STRONG INSTABILITY FROM
DAYTIME HEATING WILL AID IN THUNDERSTORM INITIATION THIS AFTERNOON.
EVEN WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO
CONTINUE AS THE LOW LEVEL JET KICKS IN TONIGHT...WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
THE SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
AT LEAST SUNDAY NIGHT. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A POSSIBILITY...
CONSIDERING THE RAINFALL EARLIER IN THE MONTH.
ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE LATE ON
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY WITH YET ANOTHER POSSIBILITY OF STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
LAZ017>022-TXZ152-153-165>167-101200-
SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-NACOGDOCHES-
SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
1146 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 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 ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON...AS A SOUTHWARD MOVING COLD FRONT ENTERS A MODERATELY
UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY DISSIPATE SHORTLY
AFTER SUNSET.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN SUNDAY AND
MONDAY...AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO SLOWLY PUSH
SOUTHWARD. SOME STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS...WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE MAIN THREATS.
ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE LATE ON
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY WITH YET ANOTHER POSSIBILITY OF STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.
12
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 10, 1:51 AM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
251 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009
ARZ051-100815-
HOWARD-
251 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
HOWARD...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
CENTER POINT...CORINTH AND DIERKS...
AT 250 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CENTER POINT...OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DIERKS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH...AS IT AFFECTS MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
15Local storm report, May 10, 1:54 AM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
254 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 AM FLASH FLOOD 10 S CLARKSVILLE 33.47N 95.06W
05/10/2009 RED RIVER TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
FM 1487 NEAR CUTHAND CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.
0215 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 NE CLARKSVILLE 33.65N 95.01W
05/10/2009 RED RIVER TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
FM 1699 CLOSED NEAR WHITE ROCK.
0230 AM FLASH FLOOD 7 S AVERY 33.45N 94.78W
05/10/2009 RED RIVER TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
FM 44 CLOSED 1 MILE WEST OF LYDIA DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAVY
RAINFALL.
&&
MBERRYLocal storm report, May 10, 2:05 AM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
305 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 S DIERKS 34.05N 94.02W
05/10/2009 HOWARD AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGH WATER REPORTED ACROSS HWY 278 BETWEEN DIERKS AND
NASHVILLE.
0300 AM FLASH FLOOD W DIERKS 34.12N 94.02W
05/10/2009 HOWARD AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGH WATER REPORTED WEST OF DIERKS ON HWY 70.
&&
MBERRYSpecial weather statement, May 10, 2:30 AM CST, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
330 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009
ARZ059-TXZ097-100930-
BOWIE-LITTLE RIVER-
330 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
LITTLE RIVER...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
BOWIE...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
ASHDOWN AND RICHMOND...
AT 329 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF DE KALB...OR 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF NEW BOSTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL TRACK
EAST ALONG THE RED RIVER BORDERING NORTHERN BOWIE AND SOUTHERN LITTLE
RIVER COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
SHOULD THIS STORM INTENSIFY...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE
NEEDED.
15Special weather statement, May 10, 3:45 AM CST, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
445 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009
ARZ059-060-101030-
HEMPSTEAD-LITTLE RIVER-
445 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
LITTLE RIVER AND HEMPSTEAD...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
FULTON AND OGDEN...
AT 445 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OGDEN...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF ASHDOWN...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
SHOULD THIS STORM INTENSIFY...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE
NEEDED.
15Special weather statement, May 10, 4:12 AM CST, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
512 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009
ARZ050-059-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-101100-
BOWIE-LITTLE RIVER-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-SEVIER-
512 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
LITTLE RIVER AND SEVIER...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
MCCURTAIN...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
RED RIVER AND BOWIE...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
ARKINDA...DE QUEEN...FOREMAN...HORATIO...WINTHROP...BROKEN BOW
AND IDABEL...
AT 509 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF ARKINDA...OR 15 MILES WEST OF
FOREMAN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
05Flood, Bowie
- When
- May 10, 4:30 AM CST to May 15, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bowie County, 13 mi NNW of De Kalb to 3.44 mi N of Beaverdams
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- River/Stream Gage
- Coordinates
- 33.674, -94.706
The Red River at Pecan Point near Dekalb, Texas and downstream at Pecan Bend near Hooks, Texas suffered the most significant flooding for May as several homeowners became cutoff by high water. Also, considerable relocation of livestock was required as the Red River crested near stages comparable to that of June and July of 2007. As usual, area ranchers are keen to developing flooding on the Red River and avoided any drowned livestock, although, with the inconvenience and expense of relocating livestock and higher feeding expenses. In addition, area ranchers lost grazing on several hundred acres of flooded pastures through at least mid June.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 10, 20091 death · 3 injured · $398,000 · EF1 · 27 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 10, 2009$701 million · 1.75 in hail · 13 events
- Flood in Arkansas, May 10, 20091 death · $15,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 10, 2009$863,000 · 1.75 in hail · 20 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 10, 2009$88,000 · 1.75 in hail · 7 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 10 to 11, 2009$43,000 · 54 kt wind · 15 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 10, 2009$14,000 · 1.75 in hail · 12 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 10, 2009$5,000 · 1 in hail · 16 events
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 10, 20091.75 in hail · 5 events
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, May 10, 2009$1,000 · 1 event
- Heavy Rain in American Samoa, May 10 to 17, 20091 event
- Damaging Wind in Montana, May 10, 200950 kt wind · 1 event
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: 175330.