Hurricane Ike came onshore across extreme southeast Texas during the late night hours of September 12th and the pre-dawn hours of September 13th. The storm made good progress northward during the day of September 13th and brought Tropical Storm force winds to much of northeast Texas and northwest Louisiana and extreme southwest Arkansas.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Hurricane Ike came onshore across extreme southeast Texas during the late night hours of September 12th and the pre-dawn hours of September 13th. The storm made good progress northward during the day of September 13th and brought Tropical Storm force winds to much of northeast Texas and northwest Louisiana and extreme southwest Arkansas. The storm produced widespread downed trees and power lines along with structural damage either from the winds or from downed trees which fell on top of structures. Power outages were widespread across a three state area of northeast Texas, northwest Louisiana and southwest Arkansas. Southwest Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) which provides electricity to a good portion of northeast Texas, northwest Louisiana and southwest Arkansas said that the number of outages peaked at 187,000 customers. Additional power companies were called in from far away as Indiana and Michigan to deal with the numerous power outages. This was the second most number of outages at one time reported in SWEPCO's 96 year history. The most number of outages was 234,000 during the ice storm of December 13th, 2000. The number of power outages in association with Hurricane Ike topped the September 2005 recovery from Hurricane Rita by nearly 1000 customers. The storm also produced tornadoes across portions of north central Louisiana as well as south central Arkansas and east central 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 Sep 13, 2:06 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
306 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
.DISCUSSION...
SATELLITE IMAGERY PUTS THE CENTER OF T.S. IKE RIGHT OVER
KTYR...W/TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS COVERING MUCH OF NE TEXAS.
EXPECT THESE TO TRANSLATE NNE W/THE STORM...DROPPING BELOW CRITERIA
AFTER 05Z...TAPERING OFF TO WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA 06Z-12Z. OUTER
BANDS OVER THE EASTERN FA PRODUCING ISOLATED EMBEDDED TORNADIC
ACTIVITY...W/LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWING BEST 01KM HELICITIES OVER THE
EASTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FOUR-STATE AREA. WE/LL INCLUDE
A SEVERE MENTION IN THE GRIDS TO COVER THIS THROUGH TONIGHT. LATEST
MPE ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN FAIRLY LOW W/THESE BANDS...BUT EXPECT
HEAVIER QPE/S NEARER TO THE CORE AS IT MOVES NORTH. THUS...WE/LL
CONTINUE THE FFA THRU 09Z SUNDAY. OTHERWISE...IKE EXITS NE LATE
TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A SCOURING COLD FRONT SUNDAY AND RESULTING IN
COOL...DRY N-NE FLOW INTO THE EXTENDED.
&&
.AVIATION...
POOR FLYING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS AREA TERMINALS THROUGH
MUCH OF SATURDAY. EXPECT MVFR FLIGHT CATEGORIES AT BEST...AS IKE
CONTINUES TO TRACK ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. WIDESPREAD IFR CIGS
AND VSBYS WILL BE POSSIBLE THOUGH...AS CONVECTION CONTINUES TO BE
EMBEDDED WITHIN SPIRAL BANDS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS CAN BE
ANTICIPATED WELL INLAND. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE NE AND
E OF WHERE IKES CENTER TRACKS. AIR TRAFFIC AROUND KELD AND KMLU
WILL SEE THE GREATEST RISK FROM TORNADIC ACTIVITY INTO THE EVENING
HOURS. /BUTTS/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV 74 85 64 79 58 / 90 20 0 0 0
MLU 74 84 63 79 57 / 90 40 0 0 0
DEQ 72 83 56 80 52 / 100 0 0 0 0
TXK 71 84 60 79 55 / 100 0 0 0 0
ELD 73 83 60 79 55 / 90 30 0 0 0
TYR 71 87 60 80 56 / 60 0 0 0 0
GGG 72 85 60 79 55 / 70 0 0 0 0
LFK 74 88 65 81 58 / 60 30 0 0 0
&&
.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: ARZ070.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073.
WIND ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: ARZ050-051-059>061-070>072.
TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT
CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
ARZ050-051-059>061-071-072.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ARZ050-051-059>061-071-072.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ARZ073.
LA...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: LAZ001>003-010.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022.
WIND ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: LAZ001>003-010.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: LAZ005-006-013-014-021.
TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: LAZ004-011-012-017>020-022.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: LAZ004-011-012-017>020-022.
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
OKZ077.
WIND ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: OKZ077.
TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT
CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: OKZ077.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: OKZ077.
TX...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.
WIND ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153.
TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ165>167.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ165>167.
&&
21/44HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 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>167-141100- 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 SEP 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... HURRICANE IKE WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND MOVE NORTH ACROSS EAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IKE WILL FURTHER WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE LARGE WIND FIELD AROUND THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION...A LARGE AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS REMAIN ACROSS MUCH OF EAST TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS POSSIBLY NEARING AS HIGH AS 70 MPH. WIDESPREAD TREE...POWER LINE...AND SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WILL BE LIKELY OVER EAST TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AREAWIDE THIS AFTERNOON NEAR AND EAST OF THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. ANY TORNADOES THAT DO SPAWN WILL BE RAIN WRAPPED AND FAST MOVING... THUS AREA RESIDENTS MAY HAVE VERY LITTLE IF ANY WARNING TO PREPARE FOR THESE POSSIBILITIES. IN ADDITION TO THE DAMAGING WIND AND ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT...HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER ALL OF THE FOUR STATE REGION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 6 INCHES... WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF EAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... ADJACENT SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND WESTERN LOUISIANA. AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 4 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE FARTHER EAST ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL ARKANSAS AND THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE DAMAGING WIND...ISOLATED TORNADO...AND HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT AS IKE WEAKENS CONSIDERABLY AS IT MOVES INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND NORTH LOUISIANA SUNDAY MORNING...ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE REMNANTS OF IKE AS HE ACCELERATES NORTHEAST INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEY. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND AN ISOLATED FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL EXIST MAINLY OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH LOUISIANA SUNDAY...BUT COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL HELP TAPER THESE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST DURING THE DAY. LOOK FOR ANY RESIDUAL SHOWERS TO DIMINISH ACROSS NORTH LOUISIANA SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THIS NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER...HAM RADIO OPERATOR...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 44
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
319 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM TROPICAL STORM 8 SW WASKOM 32.40N 94.16W
09/13/2008 HARRISON TX NWS EMPLOYEE
THREE LARGE TREES DOWN ALONG OLD TOWN ROAD.
&&
18PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
342 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM TROPICAL STORM TYLER 32.33N 95.30W
09/13/2008 SMITH TX BROADCAST MEDIA
OVER 60,000 PEOPLE IN TYLER AND ACROSS SMITH COUNTY
WITHOUT POWER AS OF 320 PM CDT.
&&
18PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
350 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM TROPICAL STORM TYLER 32.33N 95.30W
09/13/2008 SMITH TX BROADCAST MEDIA
TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE ON GLENVIEW AVE. NEAR U OF TX TYLER
CAMPUS. ONE OCCUPANT REPORTED TRAPPED INSIDE.
0330 PM TROPICAL STORM LONGVIEW 32.52N 94.76W
09/13/2008 GREGG TX AMATEUR RADIO
OVER 12,000 WITHOUT POWER IN LONGVIEW TX AND ACROSS GREGG
CO.
0330 PM TROPICAL STORM MARSHALL 32.54N 94.35W
09/13/2008 HARRISON TX AMATEUR RADIO
OVER 12,000 WITHOUT POWER IN MARSHALL TX, AND ACROSS
HARRISON CO.
0330 PM TROPICAL STORM CARTHAGE 32.15N 94.34W
09/13/2008 PANOLA TX AMATEUR RADIO
OVER 3,000 WITHOUT POWER IN CARTHAGE TX AND ACROSS PANOLA
CO.
&&
18PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
356 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM TROPICAL STORM GLADEWATER 32.54N 94.95W
09/13/2008 GREGG TX AMATEUR RADIO
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS GREGG CO, INCLUDING ONE ON A
HOUSE IN GLADEWATER.
&&
18PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
407 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 W RINGGOLD 32.33N 93.34W
09/13/2008 BIENVILLE LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST TO THE WEST
OF RINGGOLD.
&&
18PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
448 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM TROPICAL STORM BENTON 32.69N 93.74W
09/13/2008 BOSSIER LA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS TREES BLOCKING HWY 3 NEAR
BENTON.
0440 PM TROPICAL STORM BENTON 32.69N 93.74W
09/13/2008 BOSSIER LA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS A TREE BLOWN DOWN ONTO A
HOUSE AT HWY 3 AND CRESTWOOD CIRCLE.
&&
18The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tropical storm. Local standard time, as filed.
The remnants of Tropical Storm Ike in McCurtain County, Oklahoma resulted in 10 trees being downed across the county. Power lines were also downed in the communities of Broken Bow and Eagletown, Oklahoma.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, September 2008The 2008 hurricane season
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: 136513.