A closed upper level low pressure system over portions of West Texas, combined with the development of Tropical Storm Matthew over the western Gulf of Mexico, resulted in a stream of copious amounts of Gulf moisture northward across the Four State Region. This resulted in a prolonged period of light to moderate rainfall which persisted over the Columbus Day Weekend. Rainfall amounts varied vastly from the western sections of Northeast Texas to North Central Louisiana. One to three inches fell across much of Northeast Texas and Southeast Oklahoma while four to eight inch totals were common across much of Southwest Arkansas and North Central Louisiana. However, a small area of North Central Louisiana received the heaviest rainfall with rainfall totals of more than 11 inches. This area covered parts of Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, and Webster Parishes. The highest rainfall totals were officially observed near Arcadia, Haynesville, and Homer, Louisiana.
Despite the prolonged period of rainfall, the lack of excessively heavy rainfall for a long period of time kept ground runoff to a minimum, and only the typical low lying and poor drainage areas had problems with some minor flooding. Before this heavy rainfall event, the area had been quite dry since the last week of August, with rainfall totals generally between a quarter and a half inch. Area lakes, rivers, and bayous had slight to moderate rises as a result of this storm system with only minor flooding on a couple of the rivers and bayous. |
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| Map of rainfall amounts from Columbus Day Weekend in 2004. |
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Selected Rainfall Reports from
October 7 through 7am on October 11, 2004. |
| ARKANSAS |
| LOCATION |
AMOUNT |
| 4 miles SSE of Ashdown |
3.26 inches |
| De Queen |
2.65 inches |
| Dierks |
2.14 inches |
| El Dorado |
7.06 inches |
| Hope |
4.92 inches |
| Lewisville |
4.35 inches |
| Magnolia |
7.86 inches |
| Nashville |
4.07 inches |
| Prescott |
6.01 inches |
| Texarkana Airport |
2.21 inches |
| TEXAS |
| 5 miles SW of Alto |
1.21 inches |
| Atlanta |
2.31 inches |
| Center |
2.84 inches |
| Clarksville |
2.92 inches |
| De Kalb |
1.82 inches |
| Dialville |
0.90 inches |
| Gilmer |
0.91 inches |
| Hemphill |
2.10 inches |
| Henderson |
3.30 inches |
| Jefferson |
3.48 inches |
| Karnack |
4.73 inches |
| Lake Wright Patman |
2.35 inches |
| Longview |
2.90 inches |
| Longview Airport |
3.02 inches |
| Lufkin Airport |
1.11 inches |
| Mount Pleasant |
2.18 inches |
| Mount Vernon |
1.56 inches |
| Nacogdoches Airport |
1.93 inches |
| Naples |
1.89 inches |
| Pittsburg |
1.53 inches |
| Quitman |
1.09 inches |
| San Augustine |
2.79 inches |
| Tatum |
3.66 inches |
| Tyler Airport |
0.90 inches |
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Selected Rainfall Reports from
​October 7 through 7am on October 11, 2004. |
| OKLAHOMA |
| LOCATION |
AMOUNT |
| Battiest |
2.29 inches |
| Broken Bow (Mesonet) |
2.01 inches |
| Idabel (Mesonet) |
1.85 inches |
| Mount Herman (Mesonet) |
1.88 inches |
| LOUISIANA |
| Arcadia |
12.67 inches |
| Ashland |
3.98 inches |
| Bentley |
4.59 inches |
| Bienville |
9.53 inches |
| Bossier City (Flat River) |
3.77 inches |
| Campti |
3.85 inches |
| Clarence |
3.72 inches |
| Cotton Valley |
8.29 inches |
| Coushatta |
3.90 inches |
| Dixie Inn |
9.18 inches |
| Elm Grove |
3.72 inches |
| 6 miles S of Haynesville |
18.00+ inches |
| 1 miles N of Homer |
12.60 inches |
| 3 miles SSW of Homer |
15.71 inches |
| Jena |
4.58 inches |
| Jonesboro |
5.64 inches |
| Lake Claiborne |
8.65 inches |
| Lillie |
5.91 inches |
| Logansport |
3.79 inches |
| Monroe Airport |
6.49 inches |
| Natchitoches |
3.79 inches |
| Natchitoches #2 |
3.58 inches |
| Plain Dealing |
4.05 inches |
| Provencal |
3.07 inches |
| Shreveport Downtown Airport |
6.13 inches |
| Shreveport Regional Airport |
5.86 inches |
Shreveport
North Wallace Lake |
5.20 inches |
| Shreveport Southern Hills |
6.27 inches |
| Shreveport Southern Hills #2 |
5.42 inches |
| Springhill |
7.11 inches |
| 2 miles W of Winnfield |
3.94 inches |
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