Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 4, 2004

Name: Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 4, 2004
Start: 2004-03-04T20:30
End: 2004-03-04T20:30
Location: Louisiana

March 4, 2004 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 Mar 4, 2:30 PM CST, 6 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 2:30 PM CST, 6 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
230 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004

.DISCUSSION...

REGIONAL RADARS SHOW AN INTENSE SQUALL LINE MOVING THROUGH THE
DALLAS METROPLEX TOWARD THE AREA.  OUR AFTERNOON SURFACE ANALYSIS
INDICATE TEMPS ACROSS AREA HAVE BEEN SLOW TO WARM UP...BUT A DRY
SLOT OUT AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW SHOULD HELP TEMPS A LITTLE DURING
THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. SEE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOR THIS
AFTERNOON/S SEVERE WEATHER SOUNDING ANALYSIS.

MODELS HAVE CONTINUED TO ERROR IN TRACKING THIS UPPER LOW THE LAST
24 HOURS...AS IT HAS CONTINUED TO TAKE A MORE SOUTHERN TRACK FROM
THE PREVIOUS FORECAST.  SPEED OF THE LOW HAS ALSO BEEN OFF BY THE
MODELS...BUT THEY ALL HAVE ADJUSTED SOME BY SLOWING IT DOWN. CURRENT
POSITION OF THE LOW IS JUST SOUTH OF EL PASO...WITH THE MODELS
FORECASTING IT MOVING IT INTO NORTHERN KANSAS BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE COMING...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
WEATHER LOOKS PROMISING.  THE ESTIMATED SQUALL LINE POSITION IS
CURRENTLY NEAR A CLARKSVILLE...TYLER LINE BY 430 PM.  THEN SLOWING
DOWN AND REACHING THE LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS BORDERS OF TEXAS BY 700
PM.  AFTER THIS THINGS REALLY SLOW DOWN AND THE MODELS DO NOT HAVE
PRECIPITATION EXITING NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.  AS A RESULT HEAVY RAIN WILL SET UP ACROSS...NORTHERN
LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...AND DEEP EAST TEXAS TONIGHT...THUS I
WILL ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH TO COINCIDE WITH THIS FORECAST.  LATEST MCD
INDICATES A TORNADO WATCH IS MOST LIKELY ON THE WAY FROM SPC...AS
STORMS ARE HOLDING THEIR INTENSITY AS THEY CONTINUE MARCH TOWARD THE
AREA.

THINGS CLEAR OUT TOMORROW WITH DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE REST OF THE
SHORT TERM AND EXTENDED FORECAST PACKAGE. WILL STAY CLOSE TO GFS
MINS...THEN BALANCE BETWEEN GFS AND MOS ON MAXES.  SORRY ABOUT NOT
DISCUSSING MODELS IN MORE DETAIL...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS IMMINENT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  60  70  48  68 / 100  50  0    0
MLU  64  69  50  67 / 100  60  20   0
TXK  56  68  46  66 / 100  30  0    0
TYR  56  72  46  68 /  60  20  0    0
LFK  60  71  48  70 / 100  50  0    0

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS EAST OF A
LINE FROM TEXARKANA TO HOPE.
LA...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR ALL LOUISIANA ZONES.
OK...NONE.
TX...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR THE DEEP EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA.

&&

ELEVEN

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 12:00 PM CST, 8 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CST THU MAR 4 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>167-051200-
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 CST THU MAR 4 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS
EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM TEXARKANA ARKANSAS TO TYLER
TEXAS.  THE REST OF THE AREA WILL BE IN A SLIGHT RISK.

A SQUALL LINE PRODUCING SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS BY 500 PM...TRACKING EASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THESE STORMS WILL
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT AS
WELL. THUS THE MEDIA...EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND
STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN PROGRESS MAINLY OVER
THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA FRIDAY MORNING...BUT
WILL GRADUALLY PUSH EAST OF THE AREA DURING THE DAY AS DRIER AIR
IS FILTERED INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. HOWEVER...NO HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS...WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS
NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND
NORTHERN LOUISIANA.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 4, 7:26 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
726 PM CST THU MAR 04 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0415 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 W YANTIS              32.93N 95.64W
03/04/2004                   WOOD               TX   CO-OP OBSERVER

            TREES DOWN

0425 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ALBA                    32.79N 95.64W
03/04/2004                   WOOD               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

0455 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOUNT VERNON            33.17N 95.22W
03/04/2004                   FRANKLIN           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BOGATA                  33.47N 95.21W
03/04/2004                   RED RIVER          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

0540 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WHITEHOUSE              32.23N 95.22W
03/04/2004                   SMITH              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS ROOFS BLOWN OFF HOUSES

&&

PARKER

Local storm report, Mar 4, 7:39 PM CST, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
739 PM CST THU MAR 04 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0540 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GILMER                  32.73N 94.95W
03/04/2004                   UPSHUR             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

0535 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 N NEW BOSTON          33.58N 94.42W
03/04/2004                   BOWIE              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

0545 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HENDERSON               32.16N 94.80W
03/04/2004                   RUSK               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

0550 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ASHDOWN                 33.67N 94.13W
03/04/2004                   LITTLE RIVER       AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

0555 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DE QUEEN                34.04N 94.34W
03/04/2004                   SEVIER             AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

&&

PARKER

Special weather statement, Mar 4, 7:42 PM CST, 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
742 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004

ARZ050-051-059-060-070-071-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-
149>153-165-166-050200-
ANGELINA-BOWIE-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-FRANKLIN-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-
HOWARD-LAFAYETTE-LITTLE RIVER-MARION-MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-
NACOGDOCHES-PANOLA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-
SMITH-TITUS-UPSHUR-WOOD-
742 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004

TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CLEARED FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND FOR
MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA...AND IN ARKANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM
HOPE TO LEWISVILLE ARKANSAS.

ARZ061-072-LAZ001>004-010>012-050300-
BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-CADDO-CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-NEVADA-
RED RIVER LA-WEBSTER-
742 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST FOR NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA.

ARZ073-LAZ005-006-013-014-050500-
JACKSON-LINCOLN-OUACHITA-UNION AR-UNION LA-
742 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...AND UNION COUNTY IN ARKANSAS.

03

Local storm report, Mar 4, 7:53 PM CST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
753 PM CST THU MAR 04 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S MINERAL SPRINGS     33.86N 93.92W
03/04/2004                   HOWARD             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DIERKS                  34.12N 94.02W
03/04/2004                   HOWARD             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN

0625 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HALLSVILLE              32.50N 94.58W
03/04/2004                   HARRISON           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

0655 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N CARTHAGE            32.22N 94.34W
03/04/2004                   PANOLA             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

0658 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 W HOPE                33.67N 93.68W
03/04/2004                   HEMPSTEAD          AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SHREVEPORT              32.47N 93.80W
03/04/2004                   CADDO              LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

&&

PARKER

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:30 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Claiborne

When: March 4, 8:30 PM CST
Where: Claiborne County, 15 mi N of Homer
Measured: 58 kt (67 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.000, -93.067

Power lines were blown down.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Louisiana in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Louisiana, March 2004

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: 5387520.