A very tight pressure gradient developed behind a strong cold front across much of the region in the wake of a departing upper trough of low pressure. Southerly winds of 15 to 25 mph were observed out ahead of the cold front the morning of the 29th, but quickly veered west northwest areawide by afternoon in wake of the frontal passage.
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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.
The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
A very tight pressure gradient developed behind a strong cold front across much of the region in the wake of a departing upper trough of low pressure. Southerly winds of 15 to 25 mph were observed out ahead of the cold front the morning of the 29th, but quickly veered west northwest areawide by afternoon in wake of the frontal passage. This resulted in sustained wind speeds increasing to 25 to 35 mph, with gusts to 50 to 55 mph during the mid and late afternoon, especially over southeast Oklahoma, extreme northeast Texas, southwest Arkansas, and north Louisiana. Widespread reports of downed trees and power lines were received across the region, with at least 31000 residents without power during the late afternoon and evening of the 29th.
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 Jan 29, 2:46 PM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-301200- 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 TUE JAN 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INTO NORTHERN LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE TOLEDO BEND AREA. ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BEFORE THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO INTENSIFY...AN ISOLATED STORM MAY PRODUCE A BRIEF DAMAGING WIND GUST...IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. ASIDE FROM THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...CURRENT WINDY CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE... WITH WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS WILL ONLY GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THESE WINDS...FROM THE SOUTHWEST...SHIFTING TO THE WEST WITH THE FRONT...WILL RESULT IN A ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER...HAM RADIO OPERATOR...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACTIVATION...WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. VII
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed throughout the parish. Estimated wind gusts were near 50 mph.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed throughout the parish. Estimated wind gusts were near 50 mph.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed throughout the parish. Estimated 2000 residents were without power. Estimated wind gusts were near 50 mph.
Trees and power lines were downed throughout the parish. Estimated 2500 residents were without power. Peak wind gusts of 51 mph was measured at a television news station with a 46 mph wind gust at the Monroe, Louisiana airport.
Trees and power lines were downed throughout the parish including power lines downed along Financial Plaza Drive in west Shreveport. Peak wind gust of 47 mph was measured at the Shreveport Regional Airport.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, January 2008
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 71221, 71225, 71232, 71236, 71242.