Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- June 2, 2:05 AM CST
- Where
- Union County, 1 mi E of Downsville
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.617, -92.400
Trees and power lines downed.
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 2, 2004
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 1, 7:30 PM CST, 6 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 7:30 PM CST, 6 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 830 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004 .DISCUSSION... 00Z SHV SOUNDING SHOWS VERY WEAK FLOW IN THE LOWER TO MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE BUT A VERY UNSTABLE ONE. SOUNDING IS VIRTUALLY UNCAPPED WITH OVER 4000 J/KG CAPE AND LIS OF -10. LAPSE DATA SUPPORTS THIS TYPE OF PROFILE CLEAR ACROSS TX WHERE SEVERE CONVECTION CONTINUES ACROSS N TX. LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWING DRY LINE/SFC LOW AND ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT NEAR ABI WITH THE WARM FRONT RUNNING BASICALLY WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE RED RIVER INTO S AR. DRYLINE IS STARTING TO RETROGRADE BACK ACROSS W TX ATTM WHILE SOUTHWARD MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS N TX HAS BEEN THE FOCUS THUS FAR TONIGHT. WATERVAPOR SHOWING THAT UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE CONTINUES TO MOVE ESE ACROSS NW TX/SW OK AND LATEST RUC40 SHOWS THIS VORTMAX ACROSS NE TX JUST BEFORE SUNRISE. BELIEVE CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE IN ADVANCE OF THE SOUTHWARD MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AS THE LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES OVERNIGHT. UPSTREAM PROFILERS AT PALESTINE AND DEQUEEN NEARING 20KTS IN THE LOWER 5K ALREADY THIS EVENING. WILL UPDATE TO INCREASE POPS ALONG THE I-30 CORRIDOR OF NE TX/SE OK AND SW AR AND ADD HEAVY RAIN WORDING. SHORTWAVE ENERGY IS MOVING SLOWER COMPARED TO THE SYSTEM LAST NIGHT...THUS ACTIVITY MAY BE A LITTLE SLOWER MAKING IT INTO NE LA. WILL HAVE UPDATE OUT BY 930 PM...13. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 71 88 69 85 / 50 40 40 40 MLU 69 87 68 84 / 30 50 40 40 TXK 69 85 67 82 / 70 40 40 40 TYR 72 88 70 86 / 70 40 40 40 LFK 73 89 72 88 / 30 50 30 40 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 13
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 11:00 AM CST, 15 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-021100- ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE- CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD- HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION- MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA- PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX- SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR- WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD- 1200 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...ALONG AND NEAR A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL EXTEND FROM NORTH LOUISIANA INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE AND ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP...COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. TONIGHT...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO THE REGION...WILL TRIGGER ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THUNDERSTORMS AREA EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS WEDNESDAY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. THESE STORMS WILL SPREAD EAST AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EAST TEXAS AND INTO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...POSSIBLY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS...MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 2, 12:52 AM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
152 AM CDT WED JUN 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1215 AM TSTM WND DMG CARTHAGE 32.15N 94.34W
06/02/2004 PANOLA TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY
1240 AM TSTM WND DMG MARSHALL 32.54N 94.35W
06/02/2004 HARRISON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY
1240 AM TSTM WND DMG CENTER 31.79N 94.18W
06/02/2004 SHELBY TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY
0100 AM TSTM WND DMG MANSFIELD 32.03N 93.70W
06/02/2004 DE SOTO LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE PARISH
&&Local storm report, Jun 2, 1:05 AM CST, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
205 AM CDT WED JUN 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1225 AM TSTM WND DMG LUFKIN 31.33N 94.73W
06/02/2004 ANGELINA TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY
0110 AM TSTM WND DMG BROADDUS 31.31N 94.27W
06/02/2004 SAN AUGUSTINE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES BLOWN DOWN ACROSS FM 2558
0125 AM TSTM WND DMG LUFKIN 31.33N 94.73W
06/02/2004 ANGELINA TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE
COUNTY
&&Local storm report, Jun 2, 1:12 AM CST, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
212 AM CDT WED JUN 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0102 AM TSTM WND GST SHREVEPORT 32.47N 93.80W
06/02/2004 59 MPH CADDO LA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
&&Local storm report, Jun 2, 1:18 AM CST, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
218 AM CDT WED JUN 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 AM TSTM WND DMG SHREVEPORT 32.47N 93.80W
06/02/2004 CADDO LA BROADCAST MEDIA
STEEPLE BLOWN OFF CHURCH IN SUNSET ACRES. SEVERAL LARGE
TREES ALSO BLOWN DOWN
0100 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 SW STONEWALL 32.21N 93.88W
06/02/2004 DE SOTO LA BROADCAST MEDIA
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN AND AROUND KEATCHIE
0107 AM HAIL SHREVEPORT 32.47N 93.80W
06/02/2004 0.75 INCH CADDO LA CO-OP OBSERVER
&&Local storm report, Jun 2, 1:21 AM CST, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
221 AM CDT WED JUN 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 AM TSTM WND DMG PINELAND 31.25N 93.97W
06/02/2004 SABINE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES BLOWN DOWN IN PINELAND AND PLAINVIEW. LIGHT POLE
DOWN IN PINELAND
&&Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:48 AM CST, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 248 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 TXZ108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-020835- ANGELINA-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-FRANKLIN-GREGG-HARRISON-MARION-MORRIS- NACOGDOCHES-PANOLA-RUSK-SABINE TX-SAN AUGUSTINE-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS- UPSHUR-WOOD- 248 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELED... THE SQUALL LINE THAT PRODUCED 60 TO 80 MPH WINDS...WHICH BLEW DOWN NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES ACROSS EAST TEXAS HAS MOVED INTO LOUISIANA.
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 136 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:06 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 2, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 2, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 2, 2004
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 2, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 2, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 2, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 2, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 2, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 2 to 3, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 2, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 2, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 2, 2004
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5403840.