Slow moving thunderstorms developed during the late morning and early afternoon hours of June 15th across portions of north central Louisiana. These thunderstorms developed in a very unstable and moist airmass resulting in wind damage and flash flooding in Jackson and Winn parishes.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Slow moving thunderstorms developed during the late morning and early afternoon hours of June 15th across portions of north central Louisiana. These thunderstorms developed in a very unstable and moist airmass resulting in wind damage and flash flooding in Jackson and Winn parishes.
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 15, 9:55 AM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1055 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2007 .DISCUSSION... MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS FOR T/TD GRIDS TO MATCH OB TRENDS. A SLIGHT TWEAK OR TWO ON HIGH TEMP GRID AS WELL. A BIT OF DRY SLOT OVER THE WEST FOR NOW...BUT IT WILL NOT MIX OUT MUCH. STILL LOTS OF CLOUDS...BUT THE WARMEST TEMPS WILL LIKELY FOUND HERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL ALSO BE BREADING GROUND FOR NEW ACTIVITY. ON GOING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LIFTING OVER NE CORNER OF CWA...WITH REDEVELOPMENT ALONG THE BACK EDGE FROM IDABEL...TO LINDEN TEXAS...TO SHREVEPORT. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO EASE OUT OF THE PICTURE DURING THE EARLY AND MID AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE NEW DEVELOPMENT LIKELY TO FEATHER DOWN FARTHER WEST INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS LATTER TODAY WITH SOME BREAKS AND HEATING. SOUTHERN FRINGE LOWEST POPS FOR NOW...BUT THE EVOLUTION OF A NEW MCS TIED TO ENERGY PROGGED TO ROTATE AROUND MAIN LOW STRETCHED OUT ALONG THE TX/OK RED RIVER VALLEY. I THINK WILL SEE INCREASED POPS OVER SOUTH BY TONIGHT. UPDATED PRODUCTS ON THE WAY. /24/ && .AVIATION... WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS CONTINUE TO INDICATE AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW SPINNING OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. IT STILL LOOKS AS IF THE FEATURE WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST AND SOUTH... EVENTUALLY PLOPPING ITSELF IN FAR NORTHERN TEXAS BY SATURDAY MORNING. I WILL BASE THE FIRST COUPLE OF HOURS /AT LEAST/ ON OBSERVED RADAR TRENDS. IN GENERAL...EXPECT MOST OF THE CONVECTION EARLY IN THE FORECAST TO REMAIN OVER EASTERN TERMINALS. ADDITIONAL SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE KTYR...KGGG...AND KLFK AREAS BEFORE 16/0000 UTC AS ANOTHER BIT OF ENERGY ROUNDS THE BASE OF THE UPPER TROUGH. CIGS AND VSBYS WILL BE QUITE TRICKY...WITH MVFR OR LOWER FLIGHT CATEGORIES EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN PRECIPITATION AREAS. /21/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 87 70 89 71 / 70 40 40 20 MLU 89 68 91 69 / 70 30 30 20 DEQ 84 68 87 68 / 70 50 50 40 TXK 85 69 88 70 / 70 40 40 30 ELD 83 68 91 68 / 90 30 30 20 TYR 87 70 87 71 / 60 50 50 40 GGG 87 70 88 70 / 60 50 40 30 LFK 90 70 90 70 / 40 30 40 30 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 24/21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1147 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2007 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-161100- 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- 1147 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE FOUR STATE AREA TODAY. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER OKLAHOMA WILL DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTHWARD INTO NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. DAYTIME HEATING AND LEFTOVER OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM PRIOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...WILL PROVIDE THE LIFT NEEDED FOR THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT. A FEW ISOLATED STORMS MAY POSSIBLY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING WITH STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...THE AIR MASS OVER THE FOUR STATE AREA REMAINS SATURATED...ADDING TO THE INCREASED RISK OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ANY NEW THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY BE SLOW MOVING...PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. THUS...LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY RESULT IN PREVIOUSLY RAIN SOAKED AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BEGIN TO DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET...BUT SOME OF THE ONGOING ACTIVITY MAY LINGER ALL EVENING OR EVEN INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THIS WEEKEND...AS THE UPPER LOW REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...WHICH COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS IT EJECTS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY...ALTHOUGH WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY AS A WEAK COOL FRONT APPROACHES THE FOUR STATE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS...AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS...MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 24
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:05 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and power lines down around town resulting in numerous power outages.
Most roads in the Quitman...Jonesboro and Hodge were flooded...especially US Hwy 167 which had to be closed. Several parish roads were underwater including Hwy 4 west. Numerous homes and businesses in town were flooded as well including up to a dozen homes and at least 5 local businesses. Some of the local streets flooded included Sixth Street, Hill Street and Stinson Drive.
US 167...LA 505 and multiple parish roads in the Garrs Mills community near the Jackson/Winn parish line were under water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, June 2007
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: 38926, 38927, 38928.