Today is forecast to be Much Cooler than yesterday.
Nowcast as of 4:21 am CST on November 9, 2009
Now
At 415 am...the National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated an area of patchy light rain and a few isolated showers over northeast and north central Louisiana...from near Bastrop...to Rayville and Hebert. Movement was to northeast near 30 mph. Expect this patchy rain to move across the Mississippi by daybreak. Isolated rainfall amounts will be at most a few hundredths of an inch.
Forecast for Ouachita
Updated: 4:00 am CST on November 9, 2009
Today
Cloudy with chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
The Flood Warning continues for the Ouachita River at Columbia. * Until further notice... or until the warning is cancelled. * At 7:00 am Sunday the stage was 68.8 feet. * Moderate flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast. * Flood stage is 65.0 feet. * Forecast... the river will continue rising to near 70.0 feet by Saturday morning. Additional rises may be possible thereafter. Expect moderate to severe flooding in the lowland river bottoms.
711 PM CST sun Nov 08 2009
The Flood Warning continues for the Ouachita River at Monroe. * Until further notice... or until the warning is cancelled. * At 6:00 PM Sunday the stage was 47.7 feet. * Major flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast. * Flood stage is 40.0 feet. * Forecast... the river will continue rising to near 48.5 feet by Thursday morning then begin Falling. Water is flooding the underclearance of the desiard street bridge. Major lowland flooding is taking place between the levee systems.