Severe thunderstorms that developed during the evening of April 3rd across the northern half of northeast Texas, southeast Oklahoma and southwest Arkansas continued into the southern portions of northeast Texas as well as northwest Louisiana in a very unstable atmosphere. These supercell thunderstorms developed into bow echo like appearances due to very strong shear in the lower levels of the…
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms that developed during the evening of April 3rd across the northern half of northeast Texas, southeast Oklahoma and southwest Arkansas continued into the southern portions of northeast Texas as well as northwest Louisiana in a very unstable atmosphere. These supercell thunderstorms developed into bow echo like appearances due to very strong shear in the lower levels of the atmosphere, producing straight line wind gusts, damaging hail as well as a few tornadoes. Flash flooding was also reported over portions of the region as the storms produced excessive heavy rainfall amounts.
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 Apr 4, 5:26 AM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
626 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008
.DISCUSSION...
UPDATED ZONES TO INCLUDE NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 163.
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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 511 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008/
DISCUSSION...
EARLY THIS MORNING A COLD FRONT HAD PUSHED INTO THE NORTHWEST
SECTIONS OF THE FOUR STATE REGION AND EXTENDED NEAR KLIT TO
KTXK...AND KTRL LINE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO
DEVELOP ALONG AND NEAR THE SYSTEM WITH STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. HAVE ISSUED A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOUR STATE REGION GIVEN THE RAINFALL MAY BE
HEAVY AT TIMES AND STORMS CAN TRAIN OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE SINCE
THE PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUE REMAIN HIGH AND RANGE FROM ONE
AND ONE HALF TO NEAR ONE AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. AN UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH WILL SWING ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT NUDGING THE SURFACE FRONT
TO THE SOUTHEAST AND AWAY FROM THE AREA BY SATURDAY. STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AS THE FRONT MOVES
TO THE SOUTHEAST WITH LARGE HAIL...AND HIGH AND DAMAGING WINDS
THE MAIN THREAT IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL. SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE FOUR STATE REGION DURING SATURDAY
AND EXPECTING TO REMAIN RAIN FREE UNTIL THE EARLY HALF OF
NEXT WEEK WHEN OUR NEXT FRONT MOVES INTO THE FORECAST AREA.
CURRENT MODEL DATA HINTS AT A WET PERIOD FOR THE LATE HALF OF THE
NEXT WORKWEEK. STAYED NEAR THE GFS MOS TEMPERATURES. /06/
AVIATION...
MVFR TO VFR CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...BUT TSRA
ACTIVITY ALONG THE I30 CORRIDOR THIS MORNING WILL BE THE MAIN
CONCERN FOR AREA TERMINALS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE ACROSS THE ARKLATEX THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON...AS A
COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE AT SNAILS PACE ACROSS THE AREA. THE
FRONT CURRENTLY NEAR A FSM TO DFW LINE...WILL CONTINUE TO TAP INTO
DEEP MOISTURE OUT AHEAD OF IT IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHERN
ARKANSAS...AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA. MVFR TO VFR CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL...BUT TEMPO IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY AS THUNDERSTORMS
MOVE ACROSS AREA TERMINALS TODAY. BY 00Z...TSRA ACTIVITY SHOULD BE
ENDING AT ARKLATEX TERMINALS...WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT.
/11/
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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV 71 48 73 49 / 100 30 0 0
MLU 72 49 69 47 / 100 60 0 0
DEQ 63 42 72 43 / 80 10 0 0
TXK 69 45 71 48 / 100 20 0 0
ELD 71 45 70 47 / 100 40 0 0
TYR 71 46 72 50 / 100 20 0 0
GGG 71 46 72 49 / 100 20 0 0
LFK 72 49 75 50 / 100 40 0 0
&&
.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COLUMBIA...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE
RIVER...MILLER...NEVADA...SEVIER...AND UNION AR.
LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
BIENVILLE...BOSSIER...CADDO...CALDWELL...CLAIBORNE...DE
SOTO...GRANT...JACKSON...LA
SALLE...LINCOLN...NATCHITOCHES...OUACHITA...RED
RIVER...SABINE LA...UNION LA...WEBSTER...AND WINN.
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: AND
MCCURTAIN.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
ANGELINA...BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...GREGG...HARRISON...MARION...MORRIS...NACOGDOCHES...PANOLA...RED
RIVER...RUSK...SABINE TX...SAN
AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR...AND WOOD.
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06HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 600 AM CDT FRI APR 4 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>167-041700- 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- 600 AM CDT FRI APR 4 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND TRAIN ALONG AND NEAR A COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND OUT OF THE AREA TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND HIGH AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE AMOUNTS OF NEAR ONE UP TO TWO INCHES WITH TOTALS APPROACHING THREE TO FOUR INCHES BEFORE ENDING TONIGHT. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY WHERE PREVIOUS RAINS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS HAS OCCURRED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN NEAR MID WEEK WITH THE LATE HALF OF THE WEEK LOOKING WET. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...WILL BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. 06
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
207 AM CDT FRI APR 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0157 AM HAIL 3 W IDABEL 33.90N 94.87W
04/04/2008 M0.88 INCH MCCURTAIN OK LAW ENFORCEMENT
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STEVENSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
209 AM CDT FRI APR 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 AM DENSE FOG 3 W IDABEL 33.90N 94.87W
04/04/2008 MCCURTAIN OK LAW ENFORCEMENT
NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED WEST OF TOWN.
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MBERRYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
220 AM CDT FRI APR 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0104 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 N IDABEL 33.97N 94.82W
04/04/2008 MCCURTAIN OK LAW ENFORCEMENT
HALF OF A BRIDGE WASHED OUT ON OLD MILITARY RD AT HOLLY
CREEK.
1230 AM FLASH FLOOD 15 N DIERKS 34.34N 94.02W
04/04/2008 HOWARD AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY 278 FLOODED IN PART WITH MUD AND GRAVEL AND UNDER
WATER BY UMPIRE SCHOOL. ON GREENSPLAINS RD. AT STATE HWY
369...ROAD IS FLOODED.
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24PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
236 AM CDT FRI APR 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0236 AM HAIL 4 W DE QUEEN 34.04N 94.41W
04/04/2008 M1.00 INCH SEVIER AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
STEVENSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
239 AM CDT FRI APR 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0235 AM HAIL 5 SW HORATIO 33.89N 94.42W
04/04/2008 M0.75 INCH LITTLE RIVER AR TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
STEVENSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
430 AM CDT FRI APR 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 AM HAIL 5 SW HORATIO 33.89N 94.42W
04/04/2008 M0.75 INCH LITTLE RIVER AR TRAINED SPOTTER
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STEVENSThe Shreveport radar (KSHV), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:37 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were downed across the southeast portion of the county.
Several trees were downed north and east of the local hospital. A few trees fell on top of cars. Lightpoles were snapped and a brick sign was blown over. There was also reported wind damage to a few roofs and buildings in town including the local Walmart. A tree fell across a home in town with two residents inside but no one was injured. Numerous trees were reported down on Raguet road.
High water was reported across State highway 315 and Farm to Market Road 95.
Street flooding reported in the town of Diboll, Texas.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 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: 93839, 93918, 93843, 93914.