Storms developed during the afternoon of June 26th in a moist and|unstable air mass over the region. Several storms quickly strengthened |as an outflow boundary propagated northward across the area.
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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.
Storms developed during the afternoon of June 26th in a moist and|unstable air mass over the region. Several storms quickly strengthened |as an outflow boundary propagated northward across the area. In wake|of the boundary, several storms collapsed, resulting in quick downbursts |of wind. Severe thunderstorms knocked over several trees and disrupted|telephone and radio communications in and around the community of Jena.|Power poles were also toppled in Harrison County, Texas.
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 26, 2:14 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 314 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 .DISCUSSION... CONVECTION MOVING N QUICKLY UPON ITS OWN OUTFLOW ATTM. MAY BE IN SHV IN THE 4-5 PM TIME FRAME. THESE ARE TYPICALLY WINDY STORMS WITH GUSTS COMMONLY OVER 30 KTS. SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE CLUSTER OF STORMS COULD RAPIDLY END THE RAIN THREAT MOST AREAS BY SUNDOWN. LAZY UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WITH WEAK SHEAR AXIS OVER AREA WILL GRADUALLY GIVE WAY TO A MORE AMPLIFIED PATTERN WITH NW FLOW ALOFT THIS WEEKEND. EXPECTING THE MOISTURE TAP WE/VE EXPERIENCED YESTERDAY AND TODAY TO SLOWLY GET SHOVED MORE EASTWARD...HENCE OUR CHCS OF RAIN SHOULD DIMINISH FOR FRIDAY SOMEWHAT. HOWEVER THE PATTERN CHANGE WILL ALSO RESULT IN APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT THAT SHOULD BE CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE OVER THE WEEKEND. GFS LINGERS THIS OVER OUR CWA WHILE THE ECMWF MORE FIRMLY SHOVES PRECIP BAND SOUTH OF OUR AREA. ECMWF LOOKS A LITTLE MORE REASONABLE...AND IT ALSO AGREES WITH THE ONGOING FCST OF SLIGHT CHCS OF CONVECTION IN THE SOUTHERN TIER OF ZONES ONLY. RAIN CHANCES WILL CREEP BACK NORTHWARD AS STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY FLOW BRINGS INCREASE OF MOISTURE INTO CWA. /17/ && .AVIATION... WEAK SHEAR AXIS ALOFT COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL ALLOW FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONVECTION WILL CREATE AVIATION HAZARDS WITH WIND SHIFTS AND PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. OUTSIDE OF THE CONVECTION...MOSTLY VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS. AFTER 05Z...EXPECT PATCHY FOG TO FORM OVER WET GROUND...OR AREAS WHICH RECEIVE RAIN. THE PATCHY IFR CIGS AND VSBYS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 27/14Z. /14/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 72 92 74 92 / 30 20 20 30 MLU 71 91 73 91 / 30 30 20 30 DEQ 70 92 72 90 / 20 10 20 30 TXK 72 92 74 91 / 20 20 20 30 ELD 71 92 73 92 / 30 30 20 30 TYR 73 93 74 92 / 20 20 20 30 GGG 73 92 74 92 / 20 20 20 30 LFK 73 92 73 91 / 30 30 20 30 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 17/14
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CDT THU JUN 26 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>167-271100- 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 THU JUN 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS AND FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HIGH AND DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER MOST LOCATIONS WILL HAVE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LIGHTNING...WHICH CAN BE DEADLY...SO IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN BE STRUCK. NO ORGANIZED HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK AS THE REGION WILL BE IN A FAVORABLE PATTERN FOR DEVELOPMENT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HIGH AND DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER MOST LOCATIONS WILL HAVE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME THUNDERSTORMS. NO ORGANIZED HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER...HAM RADIO OPERATOR...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACTIVATION...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS... WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 17
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down along La. 127 between Olla and Jena, Louisiana north of Summerville, Louisiana. Trees were also downed along La. 459 in Jena, Louisiana.
Several trees were downed in a two mile span of La. Hwy. 151.
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, June 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 113892, 113890.