Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 28, 2008

Name: Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 28, 2008
Start: 2008-06-28T20:15
End: 2008-06-28T22:00
Location: Louisiana

June 28, 2008 · NWS SHV · 7 events in 3 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $35,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 7

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 happened

The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of an unusual strong cold front for late June across central Arkansas during the afternoon hours of June 28th. These thunderstorms produced a large outflow boundary which moved southward into the region from the north. An isolated wind gusts just below 70 mph was reported across Bossier Parish in northwest Louisiana during the evening of June 28th.

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 28, 5:59 PM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 5:59 PM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
659 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...A QUICK UPDATE TO THE FORECAST WILL BE COMING...

.DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THEIR SLUGGISH PROGRESSION
SOUTHWARD EARLY THIS EVENING.  PER DISCUSSION WITH THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER...THINKING IS THAT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL BE
ENHANCED BY THE LOW-LEVEL JET AFTER SUNSET.  HOWEVER...THERE ARE
STILL SOME QUESTIONS AS TO HOW FAR SOUTH THE LINE WILL PROGRESS THIS
EVENING.

MAIN REASON FOR THIS UPDATE IS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
636...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM.  I HAVE ALSO MADE A FEW
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE HOURLY TEMPERATURE/DEWPOINT GRIDS...AS WELL AS
THE POP/WEATHER GRIDS BASED ON OBSERVED TRENDS.

ISC GRIDS HAVE BEEN SENT AND SHOULD BE POSTED TO THE INTERNET.  AN
UPDATED SUITE OF PRODUCTS WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY.  /21/

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 326 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008/

DISCUSSION...

CONVECTION FIRING ALONG BOUNDARIES TO OUR N AND W HAVE PROMPTED
SVR WATCH 634 TIL 03Z. MOST OF THIS IS HEAT AND INSTABILITY DRIVEN
WITH LITTLE SHEAR...EXPECTED TO DIMINISH WITH SUNSET. COLD FRONT A
LITTLE FURTHER N WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD THE AREA...WITH THE
EXPECTATION OF CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING
THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. AS RIDGE ALOFT OVER WRN U.S. BUILD AND
UPPER LOW SPINS OVER GRT LAKES...OUR FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME NWRLY
WHICH WILL PUSH THE FRONT AND PRECIP THROUGH. EXPECTING FAIR DAYS
EARLY IN THE WORKWEEK...AS THE MAIN RESULT WITH THE COLD FRONT
WILL BE A LESS HUMID AIRMASS THUS MIN TEMPS EARLY IN THE WEEK
SHOULD BE MOSTLY IN THE 60S...BUT MAX TEMPS STILL PASSING 90.

THE POTENTIAL FOR NW FLOW MCS/S MAY RESUME DURING WEDNESDAY AFTER
SUFFICIENT MOISTURE RETURN. ALSO...MAYBE ANOTHER PUSH OF TROPICAL
MOISTURE FROM THE GULF INTO THE NW GULF COAST LATE THIS WEEK...MAY
LEAD TO AN OCCASIONALLY WET WEEKEND FOR DAY 7 AND 8. /17/

AVIATION...

SCT CONVECTION CONTINUES ACROSS THE ERN SECTIONS OF NCNTRL LA/SCNTRL
AR THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG/AHEAD OF SLOWING OUTFLOW BNDRY OVER
SW/SCNTRL AR FROM THIS MORNING/S AR MCS...AND ALSO IN VC OF A WEAK
SHEAR AXIS WHICH REMAINS OVER SW AND CNTRL LA...INTO CNTRL MS. WEAK
SEABREEZE ALSO CONTINUES TO DRIFT N TOWARDS THE TOLEDO BEND COUNTRY
OF DEEP E TX/WCNTRL LA...AND IS DOUBTFUL THIS CONVECTION WILL EVEN
REACH THE I-20 CORRIDOR BEFORE DIMINISHING BY EARLY EVENING. WILL
LIKELY SEE MVFR RESTRICTIONS TO CIGS AND VSBYS IN/NEAR
CONVECTION...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS TO 25-30KTS IN THE STRONGER
STORMS. WHILE MUCH OF THIS CONVECTION WILL LIKELY DIMINISH EARLY
THIS EVENING...FOCUS WILL TURN TO THE N AND NW...AS SCT TO NUMEROUS
STORMS WILL FIRE ALONG/AHEAD OF A SEWD MOVING COLD FRONT OVER
SRN/SE OK/WRN AR. IT REMAINS UNCERTAIN IF STORMS WILL HOLD TOGETHER
TO REACH THE SW AR TERMINALS /TXK AND ELD/ BETWEEN 00-06Z...AS
INSTABILITY SHOULD WANE OVER THESE AREAS AFTER SUNSET...AND
ADDITIONAL CONVECTION DEVELOPS ALONG THE FRONTAL BNDRY ITSELF. THE
FRONT SHOULD NEAR THE AR/LA LINE BY 12Z SUNDAY...WITH SCATTERED
CONVECTION PERSISTING ALONG THE I-20 CORRIDOR OF E TX/N LA THROUGH
MUCH OF THE MORNING. CIGS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE WITH THE
CONVECTION THEMSELVES...ALTHOUGH CIG IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE SEEN FROM
N TO S BY AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT/CONVECTION SLIPS S. SW WINDS
5-10KTS THIS EVENING WILL BECOME NW AFTER THE FROPA SUNDAY. /15/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  74  89  68  91 /  30  60  30  10
MLU  72  88  68  90 /  30  60  30  10
DEQ  71  87  63  89 /  70  40  10   0
TXK  73  87  65  90 /  60  50  10   0
ELD  72  87  64  90 /  50  50  10   0
TYR  74  86  68  91 /  40  60  30  10
GGG  73  87  66  91 /  40  60  30  10
LFK  73  90  70  92 /  20  50  40  20

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

EVENING FORECAST CREW...BUTTS/44/15
AFTERNOON FORECAST CREW...17/15

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 11:00 AM CST, 9 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 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>167-291100-
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 SAT JUN 28 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

LOOK FOR WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY
ACROSS THE LOWER TOLEDO BEND AND SAM RAYBURN COUNTRY OF DEEP EAST
TEXAS AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AS WELL AS EAST CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD SLOWLY DISSIPATE IN
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. BY THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AND MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE
SEVERE...PRODUCING STRONG AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ALONG WITH LARGE
HAIL. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS WILL BECOME LIKELY BY LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ONGOING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS JUST BEFORE SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY
WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD TOWARDS THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR DURING THE
DAY SUNDAY. AGAIN...SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE
PRODUCING STRONG AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ALONG WITH SOME LARGE HAIL.
THE ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE
REGION BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER...HAM RADIO OPERATOR...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
PERSONNEL ACTIVATION...MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF
NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS BY THIS
EVENING DUE TO THE ANTICIPATION OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 6:29 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
729 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

ARZ060-061-071-072-290130-
COLUMBIA-HEMPSTEAD-LAFAYETTE-NEVADA-
729 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
     NEVADA...HEMPSTEAD...COLUMBIA AND LAFAYETTE

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     BLUFF CITY...BODCAW...BUCKNER...EMMET...HOPE...LEWISVILLE...
     MAGNOLIA...MCNEIL...PERRYTOWN...PRESCOTT...ROSSTON...STAMPS...
     WALDO AND WILLISVILLE

AT 729 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PRESCOTT TO 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF EMMET TO HOPE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PRESCOTT
TO 9 MILES EAST OF HOPE TO HOPE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 24 MPH. THESE
STORMS WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF FALCON AND ROSSTON BY
8 PM...AND ALSO THE CITY OF MAGNOLIA AROUND 830 PM.

WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. SHOULD THESE
STORMS INTENSIFY...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

LAT...LON 3393 9332 3385 9328 3384 9319 3380 9313
      3325 9310 3324 9369 3328 9369 3333 9366
      3333 9369 3338 9367 3340 9371 3349 9372
      3372 9380 3376 9350 3394 9334
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 332DEG 21KT 3375 9332 3364 9342
          3361 9363

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 6:35 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
735 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

ARZ059-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108-109-111-290130-
BOWIE-FRANKLIN-LITTLE RIVER-MCCURTAIN-MORRIS-RED RIVER-TITUS-
735 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
     LITTLE RIVER

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     MCCURTAIN

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
     RED RIVER...BOWIE...TITUS...FRANKLIN AND MORRIS

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     ARKINDA...FOREMAN...WINTHROP...BAGWELL...BOGATA...BOXELDER...
     CLARKSVILLE...DALBY SPRINGS...DE KALB...HAGANSPORT...HOOKS...NEW
     BOSTON...SIMMS...US 259 AND I 30 INTERSECTION AND WILKERSON

AT 735 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF FOREMAN TO 10 MILES EAST OF
CLARKSVILLE TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
23 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF BOGOTA...TALCO...
BOXELDER...DEKALB...AND FOREMAN DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES.

WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IDABEL OKLAHOMA
RECORDED A WIND GUST OF 40 MPH AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH DURING
THE LAST HALF HOUR.

LAT...LON 3380 9531 3376 9489 3385 9434 3340 9423
      3327 9466 3330 9530 3346 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 337DEG 20KT 3378 9454 3363 9487
          3374 9536

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 7:09 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
809 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

LAZ002-290145-
BOSSIER-
809 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISH
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
     BOSSIER

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     PLAIN DEALING

AT 809 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHEAST OF PLAIN DEALING...OR 12 MILES
WEST OF SPRINGHILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM...AS IT DRIFTS NORTHEAST BETWEEN HIGHWAYS 3 AND 157.

LAT...LON 3302 9369 3302 9353 3289 9361 3290 9373
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 209DEG 8KT 3295 9366

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 7:32 PM CST, 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
832 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

TXZ108>112-124>126-290230-
CAMP-CASS-FRANKLIN-MARION-MORRIS-TITUS-UPSHUR-WOOD-
832 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
     TITUS...FRANKLIN...MORRIS...CASS...CAMP...WOOD...UPSHUR AND
     MARION

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     ATLANTA...BEREA...BIVINS...CASON...CEDAR SPRINGS...COOKVILLE...
     DAINGERFIELD...GILMER...GOLDEN...HAGANSPORT...HAINESVILLE...
     HUGHES SPRINGS...JENKINS...KILDARE...LEESBURG...LINDEN...LODI...
     LONE STAR...MCLEOD...MOUNT PLEASANT...MOUNT VERNON...NAPLES...
     NEWSOME...OMAHA...ORE CITY...PITTSBURG...PLEASANT GROVE...
     PURLEY...QUEEN CITY...QUITMAN...ROCKY BRANCH...ROSEWOOD...
     SCROGGINS...SMITHLAND...US 259 AND I 30 INTERSECTION AND
     WINNSBORO

AT 832 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HAGANSPORT TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF NAPLES TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF WAKE
VILLAGE...MOVING SOUTH AT 34 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE
CITIES OF QUITMAN...PITTSBURG...AND LINDEN DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

WINDS AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WIND GUSTS
TO 37 MPH HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CLARKSVILLE...WHILE THE TEXARKANA
REGIONAL AIRPORT HAS GUSTED TO 38 MPH WITH THESE STORMS. THESE WINDS
MAY DOWN SMALL LIMBS AND ROLL ANY LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS THAT ARE
OUTSIDE. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO SECURE ANY LOOSE ITEMS BEFORE THESE
STORMS APPROACH.

LAT...LON 3297 9530 3336 9530 3330 9468 3325 9463
      3329 9447 3326 9438 3325 9424 3330 9421
      3331 9417 3328 9405 3276 9405 3278 9468
      3280 9470 3278 9470 3271 9492 3272 9562
      3296 9566
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 354DEG 29KT 3326 9527 3325 9462
          3333 9411

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 7:39 PM CST, 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
839 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

ARZ061-070>073-290245-
COLUMBIA-LAFAYETTE-MILLER-NEVADA-UNION-
839 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     UNION

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
     NEVADA...COLUMBIA...LAFAYETTE AND MILLER

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     ATLANTA...BRADLEY...BRIGHTSTAR...BUCKNER...BUSSEY...CANFIELD...
     DODDRIDGE...EL DORADO...EMERSON...FOUKE...LISBON...MACEDONIA...
     MAGNOLIA...MCNEIL...MOUNT HOLLY...SMITHLAND...TAYLOR...
     VILLAGE...WALDO AND WESSON

AT 839 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF
WAKE VILLAGE TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALDO TO STEPHENS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 24 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF MAGNOLIA
AND EL DORADO DURING THE NEXT 15 TO 30 MINUTES.

WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WIND GUSTS TO
38 MPH HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THE TEXARKANA REGIONAL AIRPORT WITH
THESE STORMS. THESE WINDS MAY DOWN SMALL LIMBS AND ROLL ANY
LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO SECURE
ANY LOOSE ITEMS BEFORE THESE STORMS APPROACH.

LAT...LON 3307 9261 3302 9294 3304 9402 3336 9402
      3335 9347 3349 9311 3339 9310 3338 9287
      3315 9250
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 318DEG 21KT 3331 9407 3328 9339
          3340 9309

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 8:02 PM CST, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
902 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

TXZ126-138-290230-
HARRISON-MARION-
902 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
     MARION AND HARRISON

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     BEREA...HARLETON...JEFFERSON AND WOODLAWN

AT 902 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HARLETON...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LONGVIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO
45  MPH...LOCATED ALONG A MOUNT PLEASANT...TO DOUGLASSVILLE
LINE...WILL AFFECT THE AREA WITHIN THE HOUR AS WELL.

LAT...LON 3281 9440 3269 9425 3257 9458 3271 9466
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 239DEG 13KT 3266 9456

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Event by event

7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Webster

When: June 28, 8:15 PM CST
Where: Webster County, 4.84 mi N of Sykes Ferry
Measured: 54 kt (62 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 32.900, -93.450

Trees were downed in Sarepta, Louisiana.

Thunderstorm Wind, Webster

When: June 28, 8:30 PM CST
Where: Webster County, 0.9 mi NE of Shongaloo
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 32.940, -93.290

A tree was downed in Shongaloo, Louisiana.

Thunderstorm Wind, Bossier

When: June 28, 8:57 PM CST
Where: Bossier County, 0.9 mi SW of Benton
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 32.690, -93.740

Winds were measured by a trained spotter.

Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo

When: June 28, 9:05 PM CST
Where: Caddo County, 0.58 mi W of Belcher
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 32.750, -93.840

A tree was downed near Foster and East Street in Belcher, Louisiana.

Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo

When: June 28, 9:20 PM CST
Where: Caddo County, 0.69 mi N of Greenwood
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 32.440, -93.970

A tree was downed across Hwy 169 near Greenwood, Louisiana.

Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo

When: June 28, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Caddo County, 0.69 mi S of Jewella
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $35,000
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 32.470, -93.800

One tree was downed on East Kings Highway near the Bayou Ridge Apartments.|Another tree was downed on a home in the 3000 block of Midway Avenue. No injuries were reported. A 15 to 20 foot wide section of a wooden fence was blown down near a local television studio.

Thunderstorm Wind, Bossier

When: June 28, 10:00 PM CST
Where: Bossier County, 0.58 mi E of Fosters
Measured: 54 kt (62 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 32.520, -93.660

A tree fell onto Swan Lake Road between Shed Road and Hwy 80 in Bossier City.

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

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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: 113933, 113923, 113903, 113920, 113917, 113910, 113932.