Storms developed during the afternoon of June 26th in a moist and|unstable airmass 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 airmass 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, 2 hours 27 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
525 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008
LAZ002>006-012>014-021-022-262330-
BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-CALDWELL-CLAIBORNE-JACKSON-LA
SALLE-LINCOLN-OUACHITA-UNION-WEBSTER-
525 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
NORTHERN BOSSIER...WEBSTER...CLAIBORNE...AND NORTHERN BIENVILLE.
IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
UNION...LINCOLN...OUACHITA...NORTHERN JACKSON...CALDWELL...
AND NORTHERN LA SALLE.
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
ARCADIA...BERNICE...BROWNSVILLE-BAWCOMVILLE...CLAIBORNE...COTTON
VALLEY...FARMERVILLE...GIBSLAND...GRAMBLING...HAYNESVILLE...
HOMER...MINDEN...MONROE...RICHWOOD...RUSTON...SAREPTA AND WEST
MONROE
AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF RED
CHUTE TO RUSTON TO 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF OLLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
14 MPH.
HAIL SMALLER THAN PENNIES...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
SHREVEPORT.
LAT...LON 3210 9187 3209 9191 3199 9188 3192 9196
3193 9200 3249 9268 3261 9376 3301 9335
3283 9229 3249 9192 3239 9199 3229 9202
3228 9198 3219 9196 3218 9190 3214 9186
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 228DEG 12KT 3266 9358 3255 9261
3203 9198
BUTTSThe Shreveport radar (KSHV), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:41 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power poles were downed along West Houston in Marshall, Texas.
A power pole was down near the intersection of Scotts Quarter and Hudwon in the northwest part of Marshall, Texas.
Power poles were blown down along Quail Drive in the northeast side of town. Power Poles were also downed in the 800 block of Shadowood.
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: 113897, 113898, 113899.