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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2026, 8:39 PM CDT for Columbia County, Arkansas; Bossier Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 22 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 2026, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2026, 9:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Columbia County, AR, Bossier Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 W Plain Dealing, LA | A weak EF-1 tornado with a maximum wind speed of 88 mph passed through and near the community of Plain Dealing LA. A vast majority of the damage was to trees along the assessed path of nearly 5 miles. Peak width was estimated at 300 yards. |
| Jun 23, 8:57 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ese Plain Dealing, LA | Numerous trees down along Boyd Rd and Pleasant Hill Cemetery Rd near Plain Dealing. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this tornado warning; the first came 1 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 58 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS54 KSHV 240139
TORSHV
ARC027-LAC015-119-240230-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0049.260624T0139Z-260624T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
839 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Columbia County in southwestern Arkansas...
Northwestern Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
Northwestern Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
* Until 930 PM CDT.
* At 839 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Plain Dealing, or 17 miles west of Springhill,
moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
* Locations impacted include...
Springhill, Cullen, Plain Dealing, Sarepta, Shongaloo, Welcome,
Walkerville and Bolinger.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built building
away from windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a
vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself
from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3288 9377 3298 9379 3302 9358 3302 9349
3303 9349 3308 9324 3288 9324
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 266DEG 31KT 3294 9374
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
502 follow-up statements
665
WWUS54 KSHV 240152
SVSSHV
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
852 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026
ARC027-LAC015-119-240230-
/O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-260624T0230Z/
Columbia AR-Bossier LA-Webster LA-
852 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY AND NORTHEASTERN BOSSIER AND NORTHWESTERN
WEBSTER PARISHES...
At 852 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles southwest of Springhill, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Springhill, Cullen, Sarepta and Shongaloo.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built building
away from windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a
vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself
from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3300 9361 3302 9351 3302 9349 3306 9324
3289 9324 3289 9360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 266DEG 34KT 3294 9372
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
50528
WWUS54 KSHV 240201
SVSSHV
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
901 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026
ARC027-LAC015-119-240211-
/O.CAN.KSHV.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-260624T0230Z/
Columbia AR-Bossier LA-Webster LA-
901 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026
...TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY AND
NORTHEASTERN BOSSIER AND NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER PARISHES...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However, gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office.
&&
LAT...LON 3300 9361 3302 9351 3302 9349 3306 9324
3289 9324 3289 9360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 266DEG 34KT 3295 9357
$$
50What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 23, 6:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- Issued at 1134 AM CDT Mon Jun 22 2026
- Flood Watch is in effect through for much of the ArkLaTex until 7 AM Wednesday morning.
- Temperatures will climb into the mid 90s by late week into the weekend possibly prompting Heat Advisory headlines each day.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 6:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
652 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026
...New AVIATION...
.KEY MESSAGES...
Issued at 1134 AM CDT Mon Jun 22 2026
- Flood Watch is in effect through for much of the ArkLaTex
until 7 AM Wednesday morning.
- Temperatures will climb into the mid 90s by late week into the
weekend possibly prompting Heat Advisory headlines each day.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 1119 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026
An upper-level disturbance to translate southeast from the Texas
Panhandle and western Oklahoma into the ArkLaTex early this
evening prompting another round of showers and thunderstorms
within the ongoing Flood Watch area. With soils becoming nearly
saturated across the region from previous periodic rain events
over the past week or two, the flash flood thresholds are becoming
much lower, resulting in flash flooding concerns with lesser
rainfall rates. Thus, the ongoing Flash Flood Watch has been
extended to 7 AM Wednesday morning to account for upcoming
overnight convection.
Conditions are forecast to improve areawide on Wednesday
afternoon, signaling a pattern shift characterized by hotter and
drier conditions as an upper-level ridge builds east across
Texas.
Although there may still remain a chance for diurnally driven
showers and thunderstorms across portions of southwest Arkansas
and southeast Oklahoma on Thursday afternoon, precip chances will
become mostly non-existent through the weekend. Afternoon high
temperatures will climb into the mid 90s areawide with heat index
values exceeding 100 degrees, possibly approaching Heat Advisory
criteria. /05/
&&
.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 645 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026
For the 24/00Z TAFs, ongoing thunderstorms in north Texas will
push eastward over the next several hours, impacting KTXK with
gusty winds and torrential rainfall. The remnants of these storms
may swing southward overnight, but impacts to terminals along the
I-20 corridor are still uncertain. Including VCTS for most likely
windows of impact. CIGs may deteriorate to MVFR/IFR levels near
daybreak at sites which do not receive precip overnight or have
sufficient time to recover after storms depart. Winds will be
light and variable overnight outside of the vicinity of stronger
storms, remaining southwesterly tomorrow at maximum sustained
speeds of 5 to 10 kts.
/26/
&&
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Issued at 651 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026
Spotter activation may be needed this evening and overnight for
the potential of heavy rain and flash flooding across the northern
half of our Four State Region. /15/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV 76 93 75 94 / 50 10 10 0
MLU 75 91 75 94 / 50 40 10 0
DEQ 71 88 72 90 / 70 40 30 0
TXK 74 92 75 94 / 60 40 20 0
ELD 72 88 72 93 / 70 40 20 0
TYR 77 94 74 94 / 20 0 0 0
GGG 77 93 74 93 / 50 10 0 0
LFK 76 95 73 95 / 0 0 0 0
&&
.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...Flood Watch through Wednesday morning for ARZ050-051-059>061-
070>073.
LA...Flood Watch through Wednesday morning for LAZ001>006-010>014-019-
021.
OK...Flood Watch through Wednesday morning for OKZ077.
TX...Flood Watch through Wednesday morning for TXZ096-097-108>112-
124>126-138.
&&
DISCUSSION...05
AVIATION...26In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 7:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
717 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026
TXZ111-112-125-126-138-240115-
Morris TX-Harrison TX-Cass TX-Upshur TX-Marion TX-
717 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN HARRISON...
MARION...NORTHEASTERN UPSHUR...SOUTHEASTERN MORRIS AND SOUTHWESTERN
CASS COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...
At 717 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles east of Cedar Springs, or 21 miles northeast of Gilmer, moving
east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Jefferson, Hughes Springs, Lone Star, Ore City, Berea, Cedar
Springs, Jenkins, Woodlawn, Lodi, Kildare, Fairview, Avinger,
Lassater and Pruett.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.
&&
LAT...LON 3276 9485 3290 9476 3290 9472 3291 9473
3291 9474 3292 9474 3292 9475 3300 9470
3295 9424 3261 9435
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 277DEG 12KT 3285 9462
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
09Special weather statement, Jun 23, 7:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
735 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026
ARZ050-051-059-060-TXZ097-240130-
Little River AR-Bowie TX-Sevier AR-Howard AR-Hempstead AR-
735 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LITTLE RIVER...
NORTHEASTERN BOWIE...NORTHWESTERN HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD AND SEVIER
COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
At 735 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from near De Queen to 5 miles northeast of De
Kalb, or extending from near De Queen to 11 miles northwest of New
Boston, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Ashdown, Nashville, Mineral Springs, Dierks, Lockesburg, Wilton,
Tollette, Gillham, Ben Lomond, Corinth, Saratoga, Center Point,
Richmond, Oak Grove, Bellview, Browntown, Silver Ridge, Central,
Provo and Geneva.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3356 9459 3365 9452 3364 9452 3362 9454
3363 9449 3367 9449 3366 9438 3395 9427
3417 9434 3428 9394 3426 9392 3419 9393
3418 9382 3401 9382 3400 9374 3352 9411
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 259DEG 34KT 3410 9437 3397 9428 3357 9456
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
50Local storm report, Jun 23, 7:46 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
746 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 N Clarksville 33.64N 95.06W
06/23/2026 Red River TX Law Enforcement
Law enforcement received report of a tree
down on TX-37 South near Clarksville.
&&
SPLocal storm report, Jun 23, 7:48 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
748 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0747 PM Flash Flood Clarksville 33.61N 95.05W
06/23/2026 Red River TX Law Enforcement
FM 909 in Clarksville closed due to
flooding.
&&
SPLocal storm report, Jun 23, 7:49 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
749 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0748 PM Flash Flood 1 W Clarksville 33.61N 95.07W
06/23/2026 Red River TX Law Enforcement
Areas of US-82 West in Clarksville with
water reported over the roadway.
&&
SPLocal storm report, Jun 23, 8:23 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
823 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0705 PM Non-Tstm Wnd Dmg 5 E Idabel 33.90N 94.74W
06/23/2026 McCurtain OK Public
Report of a tree down blocking Opal Valley
Dr.
&&
SPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 7:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Little River | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Howard, Little River, Sevier | 55 min |
| Jun 23, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 9:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Nevada | 39 min |
| Jun 23, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 5:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 5:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada | 8 hr |
| Jun 24, 6:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Lafayette | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 7:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Lafayette | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 8:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Sevier | 7 hr |
| Jun 24, 8:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Lafayette | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 9:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette, Miller | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 10:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Hempstead | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 11:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Miller | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 12:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Sevier | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 1:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bossier, Caddo | 55 min |
| Jun 23, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caddo | 60 min |
| Jun 23, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Caddo | 61 min |
| Jun 23, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bienville, Red River | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 11:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union, Winn | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Ouachita | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 1:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Jackson | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 6:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Claiborne | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 7:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bienville | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 7:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bienville, Jackson, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 7:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Claiborne | 52 hr |
| Jun 24, 7:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | Union | 53 hr |
| Jun 24, 8:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Jackson, Winn | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 9:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Bossier | 61 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.