A cold front moving slowly eastward across southeast Texas produced widespread showers and thunderstorms which caused very heavy rainfall in many areas. This heavy rainfall caused numerous streets to be flooded across the Beaumont/Port Arthur area.
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The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
A cold front moving slowly eastward across southeast Texas produced widespread showers and thunderstorms which caused very heavy rainfall in many areas. This heavy rainfall caused numerous streets to be flooded across the Beaumont/Port Arthur area.
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 Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 26, 6:36 AM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 608 AM CDT MON OCT 26 2009 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055- TXZ180>182-201-215-216-271115- SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD- ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA- LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY- LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- 608 AM CDT MON OCT 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION WILL BRING WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL FLOODING. THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR FLOODING WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS...WITH A LOWER THREAT IN LOUISIANA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL TOTALS EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 171 CORRIDOR. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER IS ALSO POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-10 WHERE INSTABILITY AND LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL BE HIGHEST. THESE AREAS WILL SEE A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH SMALL HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY RAINFALL WILL COME TO AN END ON TUESDAY...BUT GULF MOISTURE WILL QUICKLY RETURN TO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING RAIN CHANCES BACK TO THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND FLOODING WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AND THE POTENTIAL FLOOD THREAT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
KFDM-TV and the public reported widespread street flooding in downtown Beaumont and Port Arthur.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, October 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 200129.