A very moist and unstable airmass developed during the afternoon and evening hours of July 28th across Northern Louisiana. The atmosphere was so moist that precipitable water values were in excess of two inches across much of the northern half of the state.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
A very moist and unstable airmass developed during the afternoon and evening hours of July 28th across Northern Louisiana. The atmosphere was so moist that precipitable water values were in excess of two inches across much of the northern half of the state. With the center of a strong ridge of high pressure aloft having moved well north and west into the Southern and Central Plains, an upper level disturbance rounded the edge of this ridge and interacted with the unstable atmosphere. The result was scattered to numerous strong storms, those of which were not moving very quickly south and east. These storms produced copious amounts of water with several flooding reports noted.
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 28, 5:43 AM CST, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Shreveport LA 643 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016 .AVIATION... For the 28/12z TAFs, scattered convection is ongoing across much of the area. Additional development is expected during the period, but the strongest activity is expected to continue to be over Southwest and Southern Arkansas and Northern Louisiana. Convection will gradually move south and east through the period and should largely diminish or exit the area by 29/02z. All TAF sites will likely be affected at some point and flight conditions will fluctuate and vary based on impacts of the rain. /09/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 536 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016/ DISCUSSION... Seeing areas of -SHRA with isolated -TSRA developing across much of the region this morning...along the residual upper trough axis extending SW of the weak upper low now shifting NE over Wrn TN/Nrn MS. The 00Z NAM has again initialized well of this redevelopment this morning...as has been the case for the last several days with this system...and have based the forecast primarily on this...with the HRRR also depicting the current convection well too. Not expecting much change this morning with additional redevelopment likely especially over N LA/Srn AR...near a weak MCV that is noted on the mosaic radar imagery. This convection may weaken late this morning (as was the case with the S AR/Ncntrl LA convection Wednesday morning)...with additional sct convection invigorated farther S across Deep E TX/Srn sections of Ncntrl LA this afternoon once daytime heating is maximized. Have increased pops to likely for much of N LA/Srn AR...with high chance pops over much of E TX with this weak trough axis expected to drift S into these areas later today. Max temps are a tough call given the cloud cover and convection...but have lowered temps a few degrees over the rain cooled areas...with the high temps over the NW and far Srn zones. The convection should wind down this evening with the loss of heating...but have inserted low chance pops this evening along/S of the trough axis...with slight chance pops elsewhere. Also of note is another weak shortwave to our NW rounding the Desert SW upper ridge...which will yield isolated convection this afternoon over Ern OK/Nrn and Cntrl AR which may persist into the evening/overnight hours near/just N of the Nrn zones. This second trough should overtake the initial trough over the region Friday...and may result in widely sct convection mainly over the Ern half of the area. However...the residual trough weakness over Deep E TX/Ncntrl LA will weaken during the day with more organized convection being driven farther N over Cntrl/Ern Ok into Wrn Ar. This convection should weaken Friday evening with the loss of heating...but mesoscale bndrys and Swrly H850 winds may still focus convection Friday night across SE OK/nrn sections of SW AR before these winds veer late and the bndry lyr stabilizes. This weakness in the flow aloft appears to linger through Saturday and may focus more sct convection over SE OK/SW AR...with this trough expected to drift S into E TX/N LA through the afternoon. However...given the weak shear...marginal moisture...and lack of any substantial sfc/upper level focus...have toned pops down to low chance farther S across the region as these areas will be more dependent on instability and associated mesoscale bndrys. Afterwards...convection will be more isolated in nature as the Desert SW ridge begins to build E into the Srn Plains Sunday...and into the Midwest/Ms Valley to start the new work week. As a result...the heat will begin to turn up this weekend and especially for much of next week...with temps returning to the mid 90s this weekend...and upper 90s expanding E across much of the region by early to mid week. The recent/ongoing rainfall will help to lower soil temps and should hold the triple digits at bay...but mixing may be limited such that heat headlines may be needed for portions if not much of the region next week. Isolated convection will remain possible each day mainly over Scntrl AR/Ncntrl LA/Deep E TX where a weakness aloft may persist on the Ern side of the ridge. Prelims to follow below... 15 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 89 75 95 76 / 60 20 30 10 MLU 88 74 93 74 / 60 30 30 20 DEQ 89 73 92 73 / 40 20 30 30 TXK 87 73 93 75 / 60 20 20 20 ELD 87 72 92 73 / 60 20 30 20 TYR 91 75 95 76 / 40 20 20 10 GGG 90 73 95 76 / 50 20 20 10 LFK 93 75 96 74 / 50 30 20 20 && .SHV Watches/Warnings/Advisories... AR...None. LA...None. OK...None. TX...None. && 15/09
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 553 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-281700- 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- 553 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY...NEAR AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT WILL DRIFT SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA. WHILE SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL WITH THE SLOW MOVING STORMS...WHICH MAY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH OVER EAST TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...AS A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES DRIFT SOUTHEAST INTO THE REGION. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE ISOLATED MONDAY THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK...AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND INTO THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. THIS WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURES CLIMBING BACK INTO THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES NEXT WEEK...WITH HEAT INDICES NEARING OR EXCEEDING 105 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 15
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 157 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:56 UTC.
7 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous streets were flooded and closed across southern sections of town, including Standifer Avenue, Thomas Avenue and Jackson Street.
Street flooding was reported near the intersections of Stubbs Avenue and 4th and 5th Streets.
Street flooding was reported on La. Hwy. 34 near the paper mill.
Street flooding was reported near the intersection of Washington Street and New Natchitoches Road.
Numerous flooded streets across the Western half of Monroe, Louisiana. Some of these streets included Claiborne, Cypress, North 7th, Stella, Natchitoches, South 5th and Trenton Streets.
Numerous secondary roads were flooded north and west of Columbia, Louisiana.
Several roads were flooded and closed in and around Jena, Louisiana.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, July 2016
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: 640828, 640829, 640830, 640831, 640832, 640833, 640834.