Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana
5-day forecast
Short-term forecast
Issued by the National Weather Service at 8:12 am CST on January 6, 2009
a Flash Flood Watch is in effect until noon today... Widespread light to moderate rainfall will continue across parts of deep East Texas...south central Arkansas...and northwest Louisiana this morning. Additional rainfall amounts through 930 am will be around a tenth of an inch...with isolated amounts of up to a quarter of an inch possible under heavier showers. Motorists should use caution and reduce speeds this morning...as water May Pond on the roadways...making travel hazardous.
As of 4:24 am CST on January 6, 2009
Today...Widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms in the morning...then scattered showers in the afternoon. Locally heavy rainfall possible in the morning. Cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. The chance of precipitation 90 percent.
Tonight...A 20 percent chance of light rain in the evening. Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
Wednesday...Mostly sunny. Warmer. Highs in the lower 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Almanac
Key: T = Trace of precipitation; MM = data not available
Flash Flood Watch
Issued by the National Weather Service at 5:13 am CST on January 6, 2009
... Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until noon CST today...
The Flash Flood Watch continues for
* portions of Arkansas... northwest Louisiana and Texas...
including the following areas... in Arkansas... Columbia and
Union AR. In northwest Louisiana... Bienville... Bossier...
Caddo... Claiborne... De Soto... Red River and Webster. In
Texas... Panola... Sabine TX... San Augustine and Shelby.
* Until noon CST today
* an upper level disturbance will combine with increasing Gulf
moisture along the low level jet across southeast Texas and
north central Louisiana... to yield widespread areas of rain and
isolated thunderstorms over portions of deep East Texas... all of
north Louisiana... and south central Arkansas. These areas of
rain and embedded isolated thunderstorms may produce locally
heavy rainfall at times... over already saturated soil.
* Additional rainfall amounts between 2 and 4 inches will be
possible today... which may result in flash flooding.
A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead
to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation.
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should flash flood warnings be issued. Turn around... dont drown.
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National Weather Service: Flash Flood Watch |
Short-term forecast
Issued by the National Weather Service at 8:12 am CST on January 6, 2009
a Flash Flood Watch is in effect until noon today... Widespread light to moderate rainfall will continue across parts of deep East Texas...south central Arkansas...and northwest Louisiana this morning. Additional rainfall amounts through 930 am will be around a tenth of an inch...with isolated amounts of up to a quarter of an inch possible under heavier showers. Motorists should use caution and reduce speeds this morning...as water May Pond on the roadways...making travel hazardous.
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Forecast
As of 4:24 am CST on January 6, 2009
Today...Widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms in the morning...then scattered showers in the afternoon. Locally heavy rainfall possible in the morning. Cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. The chance of precipitation 90 percent.
Tonight...A 20 percent chance of light rain in the evening. Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
Wednesday...Mostly sunny. Warmer. Highs in the lower 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
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Almanac
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Flash Flood Watch
Issued by the National Weather Service at 5:13 am CST on January 6, 2009
... Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until noon CST today...
The Flash Flood Watch continues for
* portions of Arkansas... northwest Louisiana and Texas...
including the following areas... in Arkansas... Columbia and
Union AR. In northwest Louisiana... Bienville... Bossier...
Caddo... Claiborne... De Soto... Red River and Webster. In
Texas... Panola... Sabine TX... San Augustine and Shelby.
* Until noon CST today
* an upper level disturbance will combine with increasing Gulf
moisture along the low level jet across southeast Texas and
north central Louisiana... to yield widespread areas of rain and
isolated thunderstorms over portions of deep East Texas... all of
north Louisiana... and south central Arkansas. These areas of
rain and embedded isolated thunderstorms may produce locally
heavy rainfall at times... over already saturated soil.
* Additional rainfall amounts between 2 and 4 inches will be
possible today... which may result in flash flooding.
A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead
to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation.
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should flash flood warnings be issued. Turn around... dont drown.
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