Natchitoches Weather Summary For October 31, 2013 - Halloween

Natchitoches Weather Summary For October 31, 2013 - Halloween
October 31, 2013--- Heavy rainfall occurred this Halloween morning at Natchitoches, with heavy rain thunderstorms during the 4 a.m. - 6 a.m. time period.  Rain was observed all morning with rainfall ending at Natchitoches at 3:09 p.m.  The sky was cloudy until about 5:15 a.m. when the clouds began to part to be a mostly cloudy Halloween evening at Natchitoches, Louisiana.  A heavy rainfall event occurred during October 30-31, 2013 at Natchitoches, Louisiana.  Here's the official data from the National Weather Service:
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SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1110 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013
NWS COOP             24 HOUR     TEMP AT    24 HOUR
SUBSTATION          HIGH  LOW    OB TIME     PRECIP
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NORTH LOUISIANA:
ASHLAND              70    64       70        5.27
BENTON 5E            69    66       69        3.90
BLANCHARD 3W         69    65       68        4.10
CALHOUN              70    61       70        2.46
COLUMBIA LOCK        72    62       70        0.62
FARMERVILLE          69    67       68        3.00
HOMER 1N             69    63       69        3.46
MINDEN               71    65       70        1.47
MOORINGSPORT         69    64       67        4.63
NATCHITOCHES #2      71    63       69        5.55
RED RVR RESEARCH     72    66       70        2.38
RUSTON - LA TECH     70    62       70        2.80
S`PORT-SRN HILLS     71    65       69        2.40


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MISCELLANEOUS HYDROLOGIC DATA REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
857 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013
RAINFALL REPORTS FOR THE 24 HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 800 AM.
NORTHERN LOUISIANA:
STATION               RAINFALL     STATION  RAINFALL
                    SAT.    MAN.                       SAT.    MAN.
                    GAGE    GAGE                       GAGE    GAGE
ARCADIA                     3.30   KORAN                       2.65
ASHLAND                     5.27   LAKE D`ARBONNE         M
BENTLEY 3E          0.44           LILLIE 1E              M
BENTON 5E                   3.90   LOGANSPORT                  2.56
BLACK LAKE             M           MANY 9WSW                      M
BLANCHARD 3E           M           MONROE-ULM                     M
BLANCHARD 3W           M       M   MONROE                      1.14
CADDO LAKE                  4.63   NATCHITOCHES #2             5.55
CADDO LAKE #2       4.16           NATCHITOCHES RAWS   4.19
CALHOUN                     2.46   POLLOCK 1N          0.36
COLUMBIA LOCKS         M    0.62   QUITMAN                        M
COUSHATTA-RED RVR.     M           RED RIVER LOCK 3       M
CREW LAKE 2W           M           RED RIVER LOCK 4       M
FARMERVILLE                    M   RED RIVER LOCK 5       M
GUM SPRINGS RAWS    4.11           ROBSON                         M
HODGES GARDENS                 M   RODESSA                M
HOMER RAWS          2.67           RUSTON-LA TECH              2.80
HOMER 1N                    3.46   SAILES                      3.45
JAMESTOWN                      M   SPRINGHILL 3E       2.90
JONESBORO 4ENE                 M   TAYLORTOWN                  2.31
JOYCE 4NE              M           VIVIAN                         M
KEITHVILLE             M    2.56   WEST MONROE                    M


Red River at Grand Ecore, Louisiana rose in stage level from the heavy rainfall over North Texas:

Observed and Forecast Stages for (GREL1)
Observed Data:
|Date(UTC)| |Stage| |--Flow-|
11/01 00:00 22.03ft 27.7kcfs <---- 7:00 PM CDT stage
10/31 23:00 21.98ft 27.4kcfs
10/31 22:00 21.95ft 27.1kcfs
10/31 21:00 21.87ft 26.5kcfs
10/31 20:00 21.82ft 26.2kcfs

10/31 15:00 21.54ft 24.2kcfs
10/31 14:00 21.12ft 21.5kcfs
10/31 12:00 20.61ft 16.8kcfs
10/31 11:00 20.48ft 15.7kcfs
10/31 10:00 20.24ft 12.8kcfs
10/31 09:00 20.24ft 12.8kcfs
10/31 08:00 20.24ft 12.8kcfs

10/30 15:00 19.96ft 8.53kcfs
10/30 14:00 19.95ft 8.19kcfs
10/30 13:00 19.94ft 7.87kcfs