A very warn and tropical like airmass remained across much of Central and Northeast Louisiana during the late evening hours of March 7th into the overnight and predawn hours of March 8th. A strong cold front had pushed into Northeast Louisiana and had slowed its forward progress across this region.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
A very warn and tropical like airmass remained across much of Central and Northeast Louisiana during the late evening hours of March 7th into the overnight and predawn hours of March 8th. A strong cold front had pushed into Northeast Louisiana and had slowed its forward progress across this region. Strong thunderstorms began to train across Central Louisiana...resulting in some reports of Flash Flooding across Grand and LaSalle Parishes in East Central 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 Mar 8, 10:37 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1037 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 .DISCUSSION... UPDATING FORECAST TO CANCEL SOME COUNTIES AND PARISHES FROM TORNADO WATCH 44. ALSO SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO POPS TO COVER CURRENT CONDITIONS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 52 66 40 68 39 / 60 10 0 0 0 MLU 58 68 38 66 35 / 90 30 0 0 0 DEQ 43 61 33 64 34 / 30 0 0 0 0 TXK 47 62 36 65 37 / 50 10 0 0 0 ELD 52 64 36 64 35 / 60 10 0 0 0 TYR 48 65 40 68 41 / 40 0 0 0 0 GGG 49 65 39 68 39 / 60 0 0 0 0 LFK 55 70 40 72 39 / 60 10 0 0 0 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 14
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1147 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-091200- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN- UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA- NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE- FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA- SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 1147 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 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... AREAS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...NORTH OF A WARM FRONT THAT WILL LIFT NORTH TO NEAR THE RED RIVER OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. A RISK OF ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS PUTTING MUCH OF THE AREA IN THE WARM SECTOR. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...AS MUCH OF THE REGION WILL LIE IN THE WARM SECTOR SOUTH IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT. SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SPREADING NORTHEAST INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE AREAS WILL SEE GREATER INSTABILITY AND FORCING AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT...WITH THE STORMS HAVING THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. FARTHER EAST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS EVENING ALONG AND AHEAD OF SURFACE TROUGH THAT WILL DEVELOP...AND SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI OVERNIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER THESE AREAS...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND AN ENHANCED THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND AMATEUR RADIO PERSONNEL...MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
717 PM CST TUE MAR 08 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0716 PM HAIL MOUNT PLEASANT 33.17N 94.98W
03/08/2011 E0.75 INCH TITUS TX AMATEUR RADIO
DIME SIZED HAIL ON FERGUSON ROAD IN MT PLEASANT
&&
04SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
740 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011
ARZ050-051-059>061-070-071-TXZ097-090245-
BOWIE-HEMPSTEAD-HOWARD-LAFAYETTE-LITTLE RIVER-MILLER-NEVADA-SEVIER-
740 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CST...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
LITTLE RIVER...NEVADA...HEMPSTEAD...SEVIER...HOWARD...LAFAYETTE
AND MILLER...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
BOWIE...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
ASHDOWN...BLEVINS...CENTER POINT...CORINTH...EMMET...FULTON...
GENOA...HOPE...MANDEVILLE...MINERAL SPRINGS...NASHVILLE...
OGDEN...PERRYTOWN...PRESCOTT...SARATOGA...TEXARKANA...
TOLLETTE...WASHINGTON...NASH AND WAKE VILLAGE...
AT 736 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CORINTH TO
5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANDEVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
NASHVILLE TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF TEXARKANA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
VIIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
746 PM CST TUE MAR 08 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0745 PM HAIL PITTSBURG 33.00N 94.97W
03/08/2011 E0.50 INCH CAMP TX EMERGENCY MNGR
FIRE DEPT REPORTING MARBLE SIZED HAIL
&&
04SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
811 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011
LAZ022-090245-
LA SALLE-
811 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CST...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISH...
IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
LA SALLE...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
JENA...
AT 801 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JENA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ALSO EXPECTED.
VIISPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
815 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011
LAZ019-020-022-090300-
GRANT-LA SALLE-WINN-
815 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CST...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
WINN...GRANT AND LA SALLE...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
GEORGETOWN...ROCHELLE...TULLOS...URANIA...WILLIANA AND
ZENORIA...
AT 810 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES NORTH OF BALL...OR 21 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WINNFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ONE TO TWO INCHES
OF HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO EXPECTED.
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
VIISPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
947 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011
LAZ018>020-022-090445-
GRANT-LA SALLE-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-
947 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CST...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
NATCHITOCHES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
WINN...GRANT AND LA SALLE...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
COLFAX...JENA...MIDWAY...MONTGOMERY AND OLLA...
AT 944 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING FROM
KISTACHIE NATIONAL FOREST...TO NEAR DRY PRONG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. IN ADDITION...ONE TO OVER TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL...MAY RESULT
IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS.
VIIThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Street flooding was reported in Pollock, Louisiana.
Widespread flooding was reported in Jena. Road closures included Hwy. 84, Elm Street, Coward and Jackson Streets.
Water was covering portions of Hwy. 460, resulting in a road closure south of Jena.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, March 2011
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: 282418, 282419, 282420.