* NATCHITOCHES, LA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT CLIMATE DATA FOR SEPTEMBER 20, 2015 TO SEPTEMBER 26, 2015.
SEPTEMBER 24 - 26, 2015
CANE RIVER LAKE AT DOWNTOWN NATCHITOCHES IS MEASURED NEAR 5.70 FEET AT 5:15 P.M. CDT On SEPTEMBER 24, 2015. A MODERATE DROUGHT (Per U. S. Drought Monitor, Sept. 25, 2015 release date) IS ONGOING.....
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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1045 PM CDT FRI SEP 25 2015
...EXTREME AND SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS NOW EMCOMPASS MUCH OF THE
FOUR STATE REGION...
SYNOPSIS...
SEPTEMBER HAS CONTINUED THE TREND WITH JULY AND AUGUST WITH BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE FOUR STATE REGION, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF EAST TEXAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, AS WELL AS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THESE VERY DRY CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT SEPTEMBER, COMBINED WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, HAVE EXASPERATED THE FLASH DROUGHT ALREADY IN PLACE, WITH EXTREME (D3) AND SEVERE (D2) DROUGHT CONDITIONS NOW AFFECTING MUCH OF THE REGION. THROUGH THE FIRST THREE AND A HALF WEEKS OF SEPTEMBER, ONLY SEVERAL HUNDRETHS OF AN INCH UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH HAS FALLEN ALONG A LINE FROM TYLER TEXAS TO BOSSIER CITY
LOUISIANA, AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. MONTH TO DATE
RAINFALL AMOUNTS THUS FAR RANGE FROM A HALF INCH TO AN INCH ELSEWHERE ACROSS EAST TEXAS, NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA, SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA, AND THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS, WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS HAVING RECEIVED NEAR TWO INCHES OR MORE. SHOULD NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL BE RECORDED THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH, MANY LOCATIONS WILL RANK AS HAVING ONE OF THE TOP 5 DRIEST SEPTEMBERS ON RECORD. AS A RESULT, EXTREME (D3) DROUGHT CONDITIONS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN MCCURTAIN COUNTY OKLAHOMA, WESTERN LITTLE RIVER COUNTY ARKANSAS, AS WELL AS WESTERN BOWIE, MORRIS, CASS, MARION, AND NORTHERN HARRISON COUNTIES IN EAST TEXAS. A SMALL AREA OF EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN CHEROKEE, NACOGDOCHES, AND WESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES IN EAST TEXAS. IN NORTH LOUISIANA, EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER CADDO, BOSSIER, DESOTO, RED RIVER, WEBSTER, CLAIBORNE, BIENVILLE, LINCOLN, UNION, AND OUACHITA PARISHES, WITH THIS AREA HAVING EXPANDED INTO COLUMBIA AND UNION COUNTIES IN SOUTHCENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL. SEVERE (D2) DROUGHT CONDITIONS HAVE ALSO EXPANDED AND SURROUND THE EXISTING EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS OVER THE REMAINDER OF EAST TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA, AS WELL AS CENTRAL MCCURTAIN COUNTY OKLAHOMA AND FOR THE REMAINDER OF LITTLE RIVER, MILLER, AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. MODERATE (D1) DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE IN PLACE ACROSS NORTHERN MCCURTAIN COUNTY OKLAHOMA, AS WELL AS SEVIER, HOWARD, HEMPSTEAD, AND NEVADA COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. MULTIPLE COUNTY/PARISH BURN BANS REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION, WITH THE REMAINING COUNTIES AND PARISHES LIKELY BEING ADDED TO THIS LIST IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS THE FIRE DANGER REMAINS HIGH AND ONLY MINIMAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER.
CLIMATE SUMMARY...
MUCH OF EAST TEXAS, NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS HAVE BEEN VERY DRY THROUGH THE FIRST THREE WEEKS IN SEPTEMBER, FURTHER AGGRAVATING THE ONGOING FLASH DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN PLACE. BELOW IS A LIST OF THE SEPTEMBER MONTHLY RAINFALL (THROUGH SEPTEMBER 25TH), THEIR DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL, AND PERCENTAGES OF NORMAL, FOR SELECTED LOCATIONS ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION:
CITY: SEPTEMBER 2015 DEPARTURE PERCENTAGE
RAINFALL FROM NORMAL OF NORMAL
(THROUGH 9/25)
SHREVEPORT LA 0.06 -2.50 2%
NOTE: SEPTEMBER CURRENTLY RANKS AS THE DRIEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD, AHEAD OF 0.08 INCHES SET IN 1994. RECORDS SINCE 1872.
MONROE LA 0.33 -2.64 11%
NOTE: SEPTEMBER CURRENTLY RANKS AS THE 4TH DRIEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD. RECORDS SINCE 1930.
NATCHITOCHES LA 0.88 -1.24 42%
NOTE: SEPTEMBER CURRENTLY RANKS AS THE 11TH DRIEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD. RECORDS SINCE 1893.
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SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1103 AM CDT SAT SEP 26 2015
NWS Coop 24 hour Temp at 24 hour
Substation High Low Ob Time Precip
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North Louisiana:
Ashland M M M M
Benton 5E 91 58 59 0.00
Blanchard 3W M M M M
Calhoun 93 55 55 0.00
Columbia Lock 93 65 66 0.00
Farmerville M M M M
Hodges Gardens M M M M
Homer 1N 90 54 54 0.00
Jena 4WSW M M M M
Mansfield M M M M
Minden 92 60 60 0.00
Mooringsport 90 59 59 0.00
Natchitoches #2 91 64 67 0.00
Red Rvr Research M M M M
Ruston - La Tech 94 58 60 0.00
S`port-Srn Hills 93 62 62 0.00
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SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1055 AM CDT FRI SEP 25 2015
NWS Coop 24 hour Temp at 24 hour
Substation High Low Ob Time Precip
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North Louisiana:
Ashland M M M M
Benton 5E 89 66 69 0.00
Blanchard 3W 86 64 65 0.00
Calhoun 92 61 64 0.00
Columbia Lock 92 68 68 0.00
Farmerville 91 68 82 0.00
Hodges Gardens M M M M
Homer 1N 91 61 62 0.00
Jena 4WSW M M M M
Mansfield M M M M
Minden 91 68 68 0.00
Mooringsport 90 65 65 0.04
Natchitoches #2 89 66 68 0.00
Red Rvr Research M M M M
Ruston - La Tech 94 65 65 0.00
S`port-Srn Hills 88 68 68 0.00
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SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON, MS
1114 AM CDT THU SEP 24 2015
NWS Coop 24 hour Temp at 24 hour
Substation High Low Ob Time Precip
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North Louisiana:
Benton 5E 90 61 66 0.00
Blanchard 3W 89 57 65 0.00
Calhoun 91 53 61 0.00
Columbia Lock 91 61 69 0.00
Farmerville 91 68 74 0.00
Homer 1N 89 56 62 0.00
Minden 90 63 69 0.00
Natchitoches #2 88 63 70 0.00
Red Rvr Research 91 62 70 0.00
Ruston - La Tech 93 55 65 0.00
S`port-Srn Hills 91 58 69 0.00
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SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1100 AM CDT WED SEP 23 2015
NWS Coop 24 hour Temp at 24 hour
Substation High Low Ob Time Precip
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North Louisiana:
Blanchard 3W 90 57 57 0.00
Calhoun 92 53 53 0.00
Columbia Lock 91 60 61 0.00
Farmerville 91 61 80 0.00
Minden 91 61 63 0.00
Mooringsport 90 60 65 0.00
Natchitoches #2 88 59 63 0.00
Red Rvr Research 92 59 62 0.00
Ruston - La Tech 92 56 61 0.00
S`port-Srn Hills 91 59 59 0.00
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SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1100 AM CDT TUE SEP 22 2015
NWS Coop 24 hour Temp at 24 hour
Substation High Low Ob Time Precip
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North Louisiana:
Blanchard 3W 88 62 66 0.00
Calhoun 89 56 56 0.00
Columbia Lock 88 62 64 0.00
Farmerville 89 63 67 0.00
Jena 4WSW 86 60 68 0.00
Minden 90 61 61 0.00
Natchitoches #2 87 63 66 0.00
Red Rvr Research 92 61 64 0.00
S`port-Srn Hills 91 62 62 0.00
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SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1100 AM CDT MON SEP 21 2015
NWS Coop 24 hour Temp at 24 hour
Substation High Low Ob Time Precip
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North Louisiana:
Benton 5E 87 66 66 0.00
Calhoun 92 67 67 0.00
Columbia Lock 93 68 68 0.00
Jena 4WSW 95 65 67 0.06
Minden 89 69 69 0.00
Mooringsport 87 66 66 0.00
Natchitoches #2 93 68 69 0.00
Red Rvr Research 91 67 67 0.00
S`port-Srn Hills 91 68 68 T
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SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1104 AM CDT SUN SEP 20 2015
NWS Coop 24 hour Temp at 24 hour
Substation High Low Ob Time Precip
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North Louisiana:
Ashland M M M M
Benton 5E 91 68 69 0.00
Blanchard 3W M M M M
Calhoun 97 62 68 0.00
Columbia Lock 96 72 73 0.00
Farmerville 97 70 70 0.00
Hodges Gardens M M M M
Homer 1N M M M M
Jena 4WSW M M M M
Mansfield M M M M
Minden 95 67 73 0.00
Mooringsport 94 69 70 0.00
Natchitoches #2 92 70 72 0.00
Red Rvr Research M M M M
Ruston - La Tech M M M M
S`port-Srn Hills 95 67 71 0.00