A complex of strong thunderstorms developed across southeast Texas during the early morning hours of June 8th. These storms propagated northward along a strong outflow boundary and moved into northeast Texas and northwest Louisiana.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
A complex of strong thunderstorms developed across southeast Texas during the early morning hours of June 8th. These storms propagated northward along a strong outflow boundary and moved into northeast Texas and northwest Louisiana. A very unstable atmosphere awaited this line of storms and during the afternoon, a few reports of downed trees and powerlines were reported across northwest Louisiana.
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 8, 10:40 AM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1140 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 .DISCUSSION... LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION CONTINUES TO SURGE N FROM SE TX LATE THIS MORNING...ASSOCIATED WITH THE INITIAL SHORTWAVE ROUNDING THE ERN SIDE OF THE CLOSED LOW CENTERED JUST S OF THE TX BIG BEND REGION. SHORT TERM PROGS INDICATE THIS SHORTWAVE SHEARING NE INTO WCNTRL LA THIS AFTERNOON DURING PEAK HEATING...WITH OUR CURRENT AIR MASS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. THE 16Z LAPS ANALYSIS ALREADY INDICATES SFC BASED CAPES OF 2500-3000 J/KG OVER MUCH OF THE REGION...WITH THIS AIR MASS EXPECTED TO DESTABILIZE FURTHER THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDED HEATING. GIVEN THE VERY DEEP WARM LYR IN PLACE PER OUR MORNING RAOB...HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT IN THE STRONGER STORMS...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN ANY WET MICROBURSTS THAT MAY DEVELOP. HOWEVER...SVR THREAT APPEARS LOWER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY...AS 16Z TEMPS ARE RUNNING 1-4 DEGREES COOLER THAN 24 HRS AGO. HOWEVER...DEWPOINTS WILL NOT MIX OUT MUCH TODAY...WITH HEAT INDICES AGAIN RANGING FROM 100-105 DEGREES OVER MUCH OF N LA/SCNTRL AR. HAVE RAISED POPS TO HIGH END CHANCE ACROSS THE WRN SECTIONS OF E TX IN THE MORNING UPDATE...AND ALSO LOWERED TEMPS A TAD AS WELL AS THE RAIN/ASSOCIATED CLOUD COVER INCREASES. THE ERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA WILL BE WARMEST...WITH MID/UPPER 90S POSSIBLE AS 16Z TEMPS ARE ALREADY NEAR 90 DEGREES. SHORT TERM MODELS ARE INDICATING A WETTER FORECAST FOR AT LEAST THE WRN HALF OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...AS THE CLOSED LOW BEGINS TO SLOWLY DRIFT N INTO CNTRL TX DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THUS...MUCH NEEDED RELIEF TO THE EXTREME TEMPS AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS APPEAR IN THE OFFING. BUT MORE ON THIS IN THE AFTERNOON DISCUSSION. UPDATED SUITE OF PRODUCTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE. 15 && .AVIATION... AREA RADARS SHOW SCT SHRA/TSRA MOVING N ACROSS SE TX...ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LOW OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. LATEST 4KM WRF SUGGESTS THAT THIS CONVECTION WILL LIKELY IMPACT KLFK BETWEEN 08/1800-2000 UTC...WITH ADDITIONAL SHRA/TSRA POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG AND S OF IH-20 THROUGH 09/0100 UTC. I WILL INCLUDE VCTS IN THE 08/1800 UTC TAF PACKAGE AS MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES AID IN CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT...WITH THE OCCASIONAL TEMPO TO MVFR CIG/VSBY IN VICINITY OF ANY TSRA. OTHERWISE...LINGERING MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME VFR BY EARLY AFTERNOON IN MOST PLACES AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE UPCOMING TAF PACKAGE. /D. BUTTS/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 95 76 93 74 90 / 30 20 40 30 30 MLU 96 74 97 73 92 / 20 20 30 30 20 DEQ 92 73 92 71 87 / 20 20 30 30 30 TXK 94 74 92 73 89 / 20 20 40 30 30 ELD 96 73 95 71 90 / 20 20 30 30 20 TYR 92 75 89 73 85 / 40 20 50 40 40 GGG 93 75 88 73 87 / 30 20 50 40 40 LFK 91 75 88 74 87 / 50 30 50 40 40 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 15/21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1210 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ004>006-013-014-OKZ077-TXZ096-097- 108>112-091100- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-JACKSON-OUACHITA- MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS- 1210 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA...AS DAYTIME HEATING INTERACTS WITH A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE FROM THE SOUTH. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING BEFORE THEY BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ALTHOUGH THE PROBABILITY OF SEEING HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. IN ADDITION...AS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID 90S...HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES. ANYONE THAT MUST BE OUTSIDE FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD REMEMBER TO WEAR LIGHT COLORED...LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING. TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS...DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...AND REST IN SHADY AREAS OR AIR CONDITIONED FACILITIES IF POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SLOWLY DRIFTS NORTH INTO CENTRAL AND NORTH TEXAS. GIVEN THE EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER...THUS LIMITING DAYTIME HEATING...THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LOW WITH THIS SYSTEM...ALTHOUGH THE STRONGER STORMS WILL REMAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ANY SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LOOKS TO REMAIN MORE SCATTERED ACROSS THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...WITH GREATER DAYTIME HEATING YIELDING MORE INSTABILITY AND THUS...A POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED STRONG STORMS. SHOULD ANY DEVELOP...DAMAGING WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS...SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. LAZ001>003-010>012-017>022-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167- 091100- CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-SABINE LA- NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION- SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY- ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 1210 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF EAST TEXAS...AS WELL AS NORTHWEST AND THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA...AS DAYTIME HEATING INTERACTS WITH A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE FROM THE SOUTH. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING BEFORE THEY BEGIN TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AS THE PARENT UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BEGINS TO DRIFT NORTH INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. ANY ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT LATE TONIGHT COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE STRONGER STORMS...PARTICULARLY OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF EAST TEXAS...MAINLY WEST OF A TYLER...TO SAN AUGUSTINE LINE. IN ADDITION...AS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE LOWER AND MID 90S THIS AFTERNOON...HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES. ANYONE THAT MUST BE OUTSIDE FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD REMEMBER TO WEAR LIGHT COLORED...LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING. TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS...DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...AND REST IN SHADY AREAS OR AIR CONDITIONED FACILITIES IF POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ACROSS EAST TEXAS AND WESTCENTRAL LOUISIANA...AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SLOWLY DRIFTS NORTH INTO CENTRAL AND NORTH TEXAS. GIVEN THE EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER...THUS LIMITING DAYTIME HEATING...THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LOW WITH THIS SYSTEM...ALTHOUGH THE STRONGER STORMS WILL REMAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE RAIN WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY THURSDAY NIGHT AS THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS NORTH INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS...SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. 15
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
328 PM CDT TUE JUN 08 2010
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0249 PM TSTM WND DMG TYLER 32.33N 95.30W
06/08/2010 SMITH TX BROADCAST MEDIA
A FEW SMALL TREES DOWNED IN SOUTH TYLER ALONG CUMBERLAND
ROAD. WINDS ESTIMATED NEAR 40 MPH ALONG THE LEADING EDGE
OF A GUST FRONT.
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MBERRYThe Shreveport radar (KSHV), 8 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:55 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and powerlines were downed along Four Forks Road southwest of Shreveport.
Lightning struck oil holding tanks at an oil and gas pumping station near Sibley, Louisiana. The location was off Yellow Pine Road. The lightning first struck a salt water holding tank, causing it to catch fire. As the fiberglass tank structure disintegrated, the flames spread to the holding tank, which contained 68 barrels of crude.
A powerline was downed on Dilg League off of Jewella Avenue in north Shreveport.
Trees and powerlines were downed along Dixie Shreveport Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, June 2010
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: 224506, 235663, 224505, 224507.