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Events � Soggy June 2004
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Estimated rainfall from Doppler Radars for June. This
map is courtesy of the Lower Mississippi River Forecast
Center.
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The month of June was quite
soggy across the four-state region. Rainfall generally ranged
between 8 and 12 inches. A dry
day across the area was hard to come by as the weather pattern
was quite persistent. An unusually strong and almost stationary
upper low across southeast Canada pushed cold fronts unusually
far to the south. These fronts would move into the Lower Mississippi
Valley and stall out before reaching the coast. In addition,
a persistent weak trough was located across Texas for most
of June cut off from the main flow. These features combined
with a very moist and unstable atmosphere to make for one
of the wettest Junes on record. A few daily rainfall and coolest
high records were actually set during the month.
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Shreveport |
Monroe |
Texarkana |
Wettest June |
17.11 in 1989 |
11.45 in 1989 |
12.24 in 1905 |
2nd wettest June |
15.73 in 1993 |
11.21 in 1950 |
10.31 in 1945 |
3rd |
14.67 in 1986 |
11.09 in 2004 |
10.19 in 1898 |
4th |
12.42 in 2004 |
10.18 in 2004 |
9.57 in 1976 |
5th |
12.39 in 1961 |
8.64 in 1982 |
9.48 in 2004 |
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Tyler |
Lufkin |
Longview |
Wettest June |
9.71 in 2003 |
14.02 in 1989 |
14.41 in 1993 |
2nd wettest June |
9.43 in 1960
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12.86 in 2001 |
11.92 in 1973 |
3rd |
9.36 in 1973
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12.32 in 2004 |
11.56 in 1989 |
4th |
9.05 in 2004
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11.19 in 1973 |
10.66 in 1957 |
5th |
8.11 in 2001
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9.03 in 1986 |
9.52 in 2004
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El Dorado, AR
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Wettest June |
15.60 in 1986
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2nd wettest June |
15.04 in 1974
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3rd |
12.94 in 2004
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4th |
11.55 in 1989
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5th |
10.44 in 1982
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The first couple of days of June saw widespread
damage from winds and some hail by a few complexes of storms
moving through the area. These thunderstorms also put down
some heavy rainfall.
Almost daily rainfall from late May through early June saturated
the ground setting up the possibility of flash flooding. Some
flooding was observed, mainly in urban, low lying or poor
drainage areas when thunderstorms moved very little or moved
over the same area for hours at a time. River flooding was
kept to a minimum. However, rivers such as the Glover River
in southeast Oklahoma would rise 6 to 8 feet over a few hours
due to the excessive rainfall.
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