The region continued to be under the influence of weak northwest wind flow aloft which allowed for a disturbance to affect the region from the upper levels of the atmosphere. resulting in the development of strong to severe thunderstorms across portions of deep east Texas.
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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.
The region continued to be under the influence of weak northwest wind flow aloft which allowed for a disturbance to affect the region from the upper levels of the atmosphere. This combined with high surface dewpoints and a strong low level jet which helped to feed the system...resulting in the development of strong to severe thunderstorms across portions of deep east 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 21, 9:46 AM CST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1046 AM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008 .DISCUSSION... A BAND OF SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO PUSH ACROSS DEEP EAST TEXAS THIS MORNING...MAINLY NEAR THE NACOGDOCHES AND LUFKIN AREA. INCREASED POPS IN THE AREA TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS ACTIVITY...BUT DO NOT EXPECT THEM TO LAST PAST EARLY AFTERNOON. ALSO INCREASED AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION A DEGREE OR TWO...BUT ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA WHERE UPPER CLOUD COVER HAS ALREADY LEFT THE AREA...LEAVING NOTHING TO PREVENT FULL AFTERNOON HEATING. RAISED TEMPS AROUND 4 TO 5 DEGREES THERE. && .AVIATION... FAIRLY QUIET DAY COMPARED TO THE LAST SEVERAL...JUST A FEW SHRA/ISOL TSTMS LEFT IN THE NW FLOW...NOW OVER DEEP EAST TX. TEMPO GROUP FOR KLFK FOR THE NEXT HOUR PLUS. OTHERWISE...VFR AREAWIDE WITH LIGHT NORTHERLY SFC FLOW LESS THAN 10 KTS. ALOFT...WEST TO NORTH FLOW 10 TO 20 KTS IN THE LOW AND MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL INCREASE A BIT THIS AFTERNOON WITH ANOTHER MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE DROPPING SEWD OVER N OK ATTM...BUT WITHOUT SFC INFLOW SHOULD BE INCONSEQUENTIAL. UPPER RIDGE BUILDING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS BEHIND THE SHORT WAVE PRECLUDING ANY FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SORT. OUTLOOK...VFR. /24/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 92 68 95 69 / 0 0 0 0 MLU 91 69 95 67 / 0 0 0 0 DEQ 90 62 92 59 / 0 0 0 0 TXK 90 65 94 67 / 0 0 0 0 ELD 91 64 95 64 / 0 0 0 0 TYR 91 65 94 69 / 0 0 0 0 GGG 92 66 94 66 / 0 0 0 0 LFK 92 69 94 68 / 20 0 0 0 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 18/24
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 400 AM CDT SAT JUN 21 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>167-211700- 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- 400 AM CDT SAT JUN 21 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 ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...SOUTH OF A NACOGDOCHES...TEXAS TO JENA...LOUISIANA LINE. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL... AND BRIEF...HEAVY DOWNPOURS. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER...HAM RADIO OPERATOR...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACTIVATION...SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 44
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were downed along with some power lines across the city.
A tree was downed in town.
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, 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: 113862, 113863.