Showers and thunderstorms continued to train southwest to northeast along a nearly stationary frontal boundary that extended from Northeast Texas into Northwest Louisiana and Southwest Arkansas. These storms produced locally heavy rainfall across portions of Southwest Arkansas in Union County where flash flooding was reported.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Showers and thunderstorms continued to train southwest to northeast along a nearly stationary frontal boundary that extended from Northeast Texas into Northwest Louisiana and Southwest Arkansas. These storms produced locally heavy rainfall across portions of Southwest Arkansas in Union County where flash flooding was 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 Dec 25, 5:07 AM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
507 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015
.DISCUSSION...
WAVY COLD FRONT DRAPED OVER THE ARKLATEX FROM NEAR LUFKIN...TO
NEAR SHREVEPORT...TO NEAR EL DORADO WITH A NW WIND. THE SFC WINDS
ARE LIGHT N/NW OVER SE OK/SW AR/NE TX WITH A 10 TO 13 DEGREE
SPREAD EDGING INTO LONGVIEW NOW. ELSEWHERE LIGHT TO PATCHY DENSE
FOG IS HERE AND THERE WITH UPPER 60 AND LOW 70 DEW POINTS. RADAR
IS SHOWING MOST OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY RIGHT
ALONG THE BOUNDARY. ALOFT...AN UPPER SHORT WAVE IS SEEN ON THE
WATER VAPOR WITH A KNIFE LIKE DRY SLOT INTO ST LOUIS...AND BACK
ACROSS TEXARKANA...TO AUSTIN TX. THE MID LEVEL DRIER AIR WILL HELP
TO KEEP PRECIP TRENDING ACROSS OUR EAST.
THERE IS LITTLE CHANGE AS THE OLD FRONT HOLDS NEARLY STATIONARY
UNTIL TOMORROW WHEN A MUCH DEEPER STORM...NOW OVER THE FOUR
CORNERS...EDGES OUT IN OVER THE PLAINS. THIS WILL KICK OUR
SOUTHERLY WINDS IN GEAR AND PUSH THE WARM FRONT QUICKLY TO THE
NORTH ALONG THE I-30 CORRIDOR. MOST OF THE RAIN WILL REDEVELOP ON
THE NEW APPROACHING COLD FRONT AS IT SLOWLY WORKS SOUTHEASTWARD
OVER THE FOUR STATE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE SPC HAS US IN
AND OUT OF A MARGINAL AND DAY TWO WILL EDGE A SLIGHT RISK INTO OUR
AREA PRIOR TO EXPIRATION ON 27/12Z. THE MODELS REMAIN VERY
CONSISTENT NOW ON THE BOWLING BALL LOW MOVING RIGHT OVER SE OK AT
12 ON MONDAY WITH CLOSE HEIGHTS WITHIN A HANDFUL OF DM WITH A
TIGHT CLOSED LOW. 2 TO 4 FOR MOST WITH SOME 6 TO 10 INCH QPF
LIKELY AS THIS FEATURE BOTTOMS OUT IN THE PATTERN RIGHT OVER HEAD.
THE WPC 5 DAY OUTLOOK HAS A 10.79 BULLSEYE IN E OK. THE RAIN WILL
CUT OFF QUICKLY IN THE WAKE OF THE PASSAGE AND DRIER AIR WORKS IN
FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE STRONG COLD FRONT WILL THEN BRING BACK
WINTER FOR A GOOD WHILE AS A 1027MB SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
IN OVER THE AREA. /24/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV 76 68 80 67 / 70 40 30 50
MLU 79 67 79 69 / 70 50 20 40
DEQ 64 56 75 59 / 30 70 80 90
TXK 67 61 76 63 / 40 60 60 70
ELD 70 63 77 68 / 80 70 30 50
TYR 71 66 78 60 / 30 40 60 80
GGG 73 67 80 62 / 40 40 50 70
LFK 79 68 80 67 / 40 30 30 60
&&
.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT FOR ARZ050-051-059-060-070-071.
LA...NONE.
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT FOR OKZ077.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT FOR TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149-150.
&&
24HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 635 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ARZ050-051-059-060-070-071-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126- 136>138-149-150-261245- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-MCCURTAIN- RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR- MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK- 635 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AS A WEAK COLD FRONT EDGES BACK OVER THE I-30 CORRIDOR. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY RESULT FROM A HEAVY DOWN POUR OR TWO...BUT MOVEMENT IS SUCH THAT WIDE SPREAD FLOODING WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH GOES INTO EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUES INTO EARLY MONDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY AS THE WARM SECTOR BUILDS BACK TO THE NORTHWARTD. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH BY SUNDAY...ALONG WITH A DEEP UPPER LOW. THIS MAY BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL UNTIL THE COLD FRONT MOVES BY EARLY ON MONDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES WITH SOME FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. THIS WILL BRING A RENEWED THREAT FOR FLOODING ALONG OUR AREA RIVERS AND LAKES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED UNTIL THE WEEKEND. ARZ061-072-073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ151>153-165>167- 261245- NEVADA-COLUMBIA-UNION-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN- DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE-NATCHITOCHES- WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA- SAN AUGUSTINE- 635 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND FOR DEEP EAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT EDGES BACK INTO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND PARTS OF DEEP EAST TEXAS. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY RESULT FROM A HEAVY DOWN POUR OR TWO...BUT MOVEMENT IS SUCH THAT WIDE SPREAD FLOODING WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE TODAY. HOWEVER...SOME HAIL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY BE POSSIBLE TODAY FROM ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... WE CAN EXPECT A LULL IN RAINFALL AREAS...AS THIS STATIONARY FRONT LIFTS FARTHER NORTH ON SATURDAY. THEN...A MUCH STRONGER COLD FRONT ON APPROACH ON SUNDAY...ALONG WITH A DEEP UPPER LOW...WHICH WILL BRING BACK NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA LATE SATURDAY...SUNDAY AND EARLY MONDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE AND SOME OF THIS RAINFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SOME FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE...AND RENEWED THREAT FOR FLOODING ALONG OUR AREA RIVERS AND LAKES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED UNTIL LATE THIS WEEKEND. 24
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
150 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015
LAZ001-002-010>012-250845-
RED RIVER LA-DE SOTO LA-BOSSIER LA-BIENVILLE LA-CADDO LA-
150 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CADDO...SOUTHWESTERN
BIENVILLE...SOUTHEASTERN BOSSIER...CENTRAL DE SOTO AND NORTHWESTERN
RED RIVER PARISHES UNTIL 245 AM CST...
AT 149 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MANSFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANSFIELD...RINGGOLD...SOUTH MANSFIELD...HALL SUMMIT...CASTOR...GRAND
CANE...STANLEY...MC DADE...CASPIANA...NINOCK...LOGGY BAYOU...CRICHTON...
CARMEL...LAKE BISTINEAU SOUTH AND GRAND BAYOU.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3185 9377 3199 9393 3241 9346 3234 9325
3225 9313
TIME...MOT...LOC 0749Z 226DEG 30KT 3204 9372
06SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
206 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015
ARZ072-073-250900-
UNION AR-COLUMBIA AR-
206 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA AND
NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CST...
AT 201 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR VILLAGE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAGNOLIA...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EL DORADO...SMACKOVER...NORPHLET...CALION...EMERSON...ATLANTA...VILLAGE...
LISBON...MOUNT HOLLY...CALHOUN...MARYSVILLE...MEDLOCK...NOXOBE...EBENEZER...
CAIRO...KENOVA...SPOTVILLE AND NEWELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY
PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND ON
SOME ROADS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH AREAS OF HIGH WATER.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3304 9311 3306 9322 3320 9323 3338 9299
3337 9279 3339 9276 3336 9268 3336 9260
3337 9259 3337 9255 3332 9252 3333 9250
3332 9249 3333 9248 3332 9246 3329 9247
3327 9243 3328 9239 3324 9233
TIME...MOT...LOC 0801Z 236DEG 46KT 3318 9308
06The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:43 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding was reported over several road surfaces in the Parkers Chapel community.
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