A deep upper level trough became cut off from the westerlies across the Inter-Mountain West. This trough helped to bring up Gulf of Mexico moisture as well as Eastern Pacific moisture into the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
A deep upper level trough became cut off from the westerlies across the Inter-Mountain West. This trough helped to bring up Gulf of Mexico moisture as well as Eastern Pacific moisture into the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley. The heavy rain threat was aided by moisture streaming northward from Hurricane Sandra which was just off the western Mexican coast at this time. Rainfall became quite heavy on the 27th and 28th of the month with two day rainfall totals in excess of 4 to 8 inches across portions of the county. The result was widespread flooding across the county.
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 Nov 27, 1:41 PM CST, 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 141 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 .DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT AS OF 20Z THIS BLACK FRIDAY AFTERNOON EXTENDED FROM NEAR DEQ THROUGH GGG AND JSO LINE. THIS FRONT SHOULD CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO NW LA AND SRN AR BEFORE FINALLY BECOMING STATIONARY THROUGH THE WEEKEND ACROSS S CENTRAL AR...NW LA...AND DEEP E TX. UPPER LOW CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER SRN NV TO SLOWLY EJECT E THROUGH THE CENTRAL U.S. THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. CURRENTLY...THE FORECAST AREA IS REALLY RECEIVING THREE SOURCES OF MOISTURE. AT THE SURFACE TO ABOUT 850 HPA...SE GULF OF MEXICO INFLOW OF SOME 30 KNOTS CONTINUES ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. SECOND...THE UPPER LOW IS STEERING A STRONG SUBTROPICAL JETSTREAM INTO THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. NOTE THIS SUBTROPICAL JET ORIGINATES FROM W OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...A TYPICAL FEATURE OF EL NINO. FINALLY...DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO ADVECT NE FROM EASTERN PACIFIC HURRICANE SANDRA LOCATED OFF THE W CENTRAL MEXICO COAST. WITH THE ABOVE SAID...WILL OBVIOUSLY CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING NEAR SUNRISE. WE MAY NEED TO EXTEND THE WATCH IN TIME AND ALSO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL COUNTIES IN E TX...S AR...AND NW LA ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. RAINY AND COOL WEATHER CONDITIONS REMAIN FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER AS THE ABOVEMENTIONED PERSISTENT SUBTROPICAL JET PROVIDES IMPULSES OF ENERGY AND LIFT. UNFORTUNATELY...YET ANOTHER STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP AND DEEPEN ACROSS THE DESERT SW NEXT WEEKEND WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL QUITE POSSIBLE. /VIII./ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 61 63 54 58 / 60 60 90 80 MLU 63 73 61 69 / 30 30 40 60 DEQ 48 51 47 50 / 100 100 100 80 TXK 53 55 49 52 / 90 90 100 80 ELD 62 67 55 58 / 60 70 90 80 TYR 46 49 46 50 / 90 80 90 80 GGG 49 54 49 53 / 80 80 90 80 LFK 61 65 54 60 / 50 50 50 60 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FOR ARZ050-051- 059>061-070-071. LA...NONE. OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FOR OKZ077. TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FOR TXZ096-097- 108>112-124>126-136-137. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1146 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ARZ050-051-059>061-070-071-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136- 137-281800- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD- UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- 1146 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING... EXPECT WIDESPREAD RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR. THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL ALLOW A BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO DEVELOP AND PERSIST OVER THE SAME AREAS. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SOME LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 30 COULD EXPERIENCE RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT INCHES. IN ADDITION TO POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING...MAJOR RIVER FLOODING WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE RED RIVER AT AND NEAR PECAN POINT. ALSO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING WILL DEVELOP ON THE SULPHUR RIVER OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED DUE TO FLOODING TONIGHT AND ALSO DURING THIS WEEKEND. ARZ072-073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ138-149>153-165>167- 281800- COLUMBIA-UNION-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-DE SOTO- RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE-NATCHITOCHES-WINN- GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES- SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE- 1146 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA TODAY. GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND BEFORE GRADUALLY ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST ON MONDAY. THIS WILL BE ANOTHER LONG DURATION RAIN EVENT...WITH TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL LIKELY...WITH SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING MAY BECOME A CONCERN DURING THIS WEEKEND. RIVER AND BAYOU FLOODING WILL BECOME AN INCREASING THREAT DURING THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. ALSO A MAJOR RISE WILL MOVE DOWNSTREAM ON THE RED RIVER THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. VIII.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1132 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-281200- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-DE SOTO- RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE-NATCHITOCHES-WINN- GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP- MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK- PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE... MINERAL SPRINGS...DIERKS...ASHDOWN...HOPE...PRESCOTT... TEXARKANA...STAMPS...LEWISVILLE...BRADLEY...MAGNOLIA... EL DORADO...SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...SPRINGHILL... HOMER...HAYNESVILLE...RUSTON...FARMERVILLE...BERNICE... MANSFIELD...STONEWALL...LOGANSPORT...COUSHATTA...MARTIN... ARCADIA...RINGGOLD...GIBSLAND...JONESBORO...MONROE...MANY... ZWOLLE...PLEASANT HILL...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX... MONTGOMERY...DRY PRONG...CLARKS...GRAYSON...COLUMBIA...JENA... MIDWAY...OLLA...IDABEL...BROKEN BOW...CLARKSVILLE...BOGATA... MOUNT VERNON...MOUNT PLEASANT...PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD... LONE STAR...NAPLES...OMAHA...ATLANTA...LINDEN...HUGHES SPRINGS... QUEEN CITY...MINEOLA...WINNSBORO...QUITMAN...HAWKINS...GILMER... BIG SANDY...JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL... JACKSONVILLE...RUSK...HENDERSON...CARTHAGE...NACOGDOCHES... CENTER...LUFKIN...SAN AUGUSTINE...HEMPHILL...PINELAND 1132 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...A MAJOR RISE TO DEVELOP ON THE RED RIVER DURING THE LAST DAYS OF THIS NOVEMBER AND THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER... ...MAJOR FLOODING TO DEVELOP ON THE SULPHUR RIVER...THE HIGHEST STAGES SINCE DECEMBER OF 2002... A VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT CONTINUES TO UNFOLD ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS. FIVE TO TEN INCHES OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UPWARDS OF A FOOT IS FORECAST TO FALL ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS NEAR THE RED RIVER. AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL...A STEEP RISE WILL DEVELOP ON THE RED RIVER BELOW LAKE TEXOMA DURING THIS WEEKEND. THIS RISE WILL THEN MOVE DOWNSTREAM INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER. MAJOR FLOODING WILL DEVELOP ON THE RED RIVER AT PECAN POINT NORTH OF DEKALB TEXAS. THE RED RIVER WILL RISE AND CREST NEAR 33.5 FEET DURING THIS UPCOMING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FLOOD STAGE AT PECAN POINT IS 24 FEET. THIS FORECAST CREST AT PECAN POINT WILL BE SOME 1.5 FEET LOWER THAN WHAT OCCURRED DURING THIS PAST JUNE WHEN THE RED RIVER CRESTED AT 35.0 FEET DURING JUNE 2ND. DOWNSTREAM AT THE INDEX BRIDGE ON U.S. HIGHWAY 71 NORTH OF TEXARKANA...THE RED RIVER WILL CREST NEAR 24 FEET DURING TUESDAY MORNING OF NEXT WEEK. FLOOD STAGE AT THE INDEX BRIDGE IS 25 FEET. AT FULTON ARKANSAS...THE RED RIVER WILL RISE AND CREST NEAR 22 FEET DURING WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. FLOOD STAGE AT FULTON ARKANSAS IS 27 FEET. AT SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA...THE RED RIVER WILL RISE AND CREST NEAR 28.5 FEET DURING DECEMBER 5TH. FLOOD STAGE AT SHREVEPORT IS 30 FEET. EXPECT MAJOR FLOODING TO DEVELOP ON THE SULPHUR RIVER OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL. ON THE SULPHUR RIVER NORTHEAST OF TALCO TEXAS...EXPECT THE RIVER TO RISE AND CREST NEAR 29.5 FEET DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FLOOD STAGE NEAR TALCO TEXAS IS 20 FEET. THIS WILL BE THE HIGHEST CREST ON THE SULPHUR RIVER NEAR TALCO TEXAS SINCE THAT OF DECEMBER 18 OF 2002 WHEN THE RIVER CRESTED AT 30.99 FEET.
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 159 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:43 UTC.
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous roads leading into and out of Idabel, Oklahoma were flooded and closed.
A truck was washed off a low water bridge crossing. The driver was able to escape and get to higher ground.
City streets were closed in and around Broken Bow, Oklahoma along with several other mountain roads.
Stone Haven Road was flooded and closed south of Idabel, Oklahoma.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, November 2015
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: 603182, 603183, 603193, 603195.