With afternoon temperatures near 100 degrees, the atmosphere became very unstable across all of southeast Oklahoma and Northeast Texas during the afternoon and evening of June 28th. A weak stationary front was located across southern Arkansas into southern Oklahoma late in the day.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
With afternoon temperatures near 100 degrees, the atmosphere became very unstable across all of southeast Oklahoma and Northeast Texas during the afternoon and evening of June 28th. A weak stationary front was located across southern Arkansas into southern Oklahoma late in the day. A complex of thunderstorms produced an outflow boundary earlier in the day that migrated westward and the boundary bisected the stationary front. Storms initiated at this intersection late in the day with thunderstorms quickly becoming severe producing large hail and damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. The storms propagated southward along a strong instability axis which extended into Northeast 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 28, 2:19 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 319 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011 .DISCUSSION... OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM NEAR IDABEL OKLAHOMA TO NEAR CLARKS LOUISIANA AT 3 PM CDT...CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP RAPIDLY INTO THE 80S AS THE BOUNDARY PASSES BY. IT MAY BE STRONG ENOUGHT TO TRAVERSE THE ENTIRE CWA BY EVENNING. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE BOUNDARY AS IT MOVES SOUTHWEST...THUS WILL CONTINUE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AT THIS TIME. THE MAIN THREAT IS GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE VERY ISOLATED. WILL CONTINUE WITH LOW POPS FOR TONIGHT OVER THE ENTIRE AREA DUE TO THIS STRONG BOUNDARY...AND FOR THE NORTH PART OF THE CWA FOR WEDNESDAY. AFTER WEDNESDAY IT LOOKS LIKE THE UPPER RIDGE WILL TAKE OVER LIMITING CONVECTION THROUGH ABOUT SUNDAY. INTERESTINGLY...BY SUNDAY OR SO...THE RIDGE LOOKS TO BE FAR ENOUGH NORTH TO ALLOW FOR EASTERLY WAVES TO POSSIBLY EFFECT THE SOUTH PART OF THE CWA...INCLUDING EAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. SO WILL HAVE MORE LOW POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HEAT INDEX READINGS SHOULD CONTINUE TO NEAR THE 105 THRESHOLD FOR A HEAT ADVISORY...BUT WILL NOT ISSUE A HEAT ADVISORY AT THIS TIME...SINCE THIS IS STILL IN QUESTION. && .AVIATION... SOUTHWEST MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO SWEEP ACROSS THE CWA. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NW AND MAY GUST TO NEAR 20 KTS. LIGHT SRLY WINDS SHOULD RETURN BEFORE 29/06Z. SCATTERED TSTMS HAVE TRIED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE OUTFLOW BUT HAVE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME MAINTAINING THEMSELVES. THIS TREND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE UNTIL SUNSET WHEN THE ATMOSPHERE BEGINS TO STABILIZE. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. THE LONE EXCEPTION BEING KLFK WHERE SOME MVFR CIGS WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 29/11Z-29/15Z. /09/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 76 99 76 99 75 / 20 10 10 10 10 MLU 76 98 76 99 73 / 30 20 10 10 10 DEQ 73 97 74 98 74 / 20 20 10 10 10 TXK 75 98 75 98 75 / 20 20 10 10 10 ELD 74 96 74 99 73 / 30 20 10 10 10 TYR 76 99 76 99 76 / 20 10 10 10 10 GGG 76 99 76 99 76 / 20 10 10 10 10 LFK 75 99 75 98 74 / 20 10 10 10 10 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 03/09
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1215 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ARZ060-061-071>073-291100- COLUMBIA-HEMPSTEAD-LAFAYETTE-NEVADA-UNION AR- 1215 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND IT MAY TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE TIME OF MAXIMUM HEATING...WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE INSTABILITY. GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER CONCERNS THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... HOT TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY WARM HEAT INDEX READINGS THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK...WITH THE HEAT INDEX TEMPERATURE NEAR 105 EACH AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. ARZ050-051-059-070-LAZ001>006-010>014-018>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-097- 108>112-124>126-138-291100- BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CLAIBORNE-DE SOTO- FRANKLIN-GRANT-HARRISON-HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER- MARION-MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NATCHITOCHES-OUACHITA-RED RIVER LA- RED RIVER TX-SEVIER-TITUS-UNION LA-UPSHUR-WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD- 1215 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH ARKANSAS AND INTO NORTH LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND IT MAY TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE TIME OF MAXIMUM HEATING...WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE INSTABILITY. GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER CONCERNS THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 96 TO 100 DEGREES ACROSS THE AREA...WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 102 TO 106 DEGREES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... HOT TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE NEAR EXTREME HEAT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. LAZ017-TXZ136-137-149>153-165>167-291100- ANGELINA-CHEROKEE-GREGG-NACOGDOCHES-PANOLA-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX- SAN AUGUSTINE-SHELBY-SMITH- 1215 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 96 TO 100 DEGREES ACROSS THE AREA...WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 102 TO 106 DEGREES. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... HOT TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE NEAR EXTREME HEAT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 03
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
409 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM HAIL 1 ESE BATTIEST 34.39N 94.91W
06/28/2011 E1.75 INCH MCCURTAIN OK CO-OP OBSERVER
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL JUST EAST OF BATTIEST.
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15PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
451 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM HAIL HOCHATOWN 34.20N 94.67W
06/28/2011 E1.00 INCH MCCURTAIN OK FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL IN THE HOCHATOWN COMMUNITY.
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15PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
519 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 2 N IDABEL 33.93N 94.82W
06/28/2011 MCCURTAIN OK STORM CHASER
LOWERING OF THE CLOUD BASE RESULTING IN MULTIPLE FUNNEL
CLOUDS REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER JUST NORTH OF IDABEL
ALONG HWY. 259.
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MBERRYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
521 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM TSTM WND GST 2 N IDABEL 33.93N 94.82W
06/28/2011 E65.00 MPH MCCURTAIN OK STORM CHASER
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15PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
527 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM TSTM WND DMG BROKEN BOW 34.03N 94.74W
06/28/2011 MCCURTAIN OK FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN BROKEN BOW.
0500 PM HAIL 1 W BROKEN BOW 34.03N 94.75W
06/28/2011 E1.00 INCH MCCURTAIN OK FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL JUST WEST OF BROKEN BOW.
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15PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
530 PM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0529 PM HAIL IDABEL 33.90N 94.82W
06/28/2011 E1.75 INCH MCCURTAIN OK LAW ENFORCEMENT
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL FALLING IN IDABEL.
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15The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 172 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:40 UTC.
22 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were downed across Hwy. 37 near Silver City and the Red River bordering McCurtain County, Oklahoma.
Trees were downed across FM 114 between the English community and the Bowie County line.
Trees and powerlines were downed in Boxelder, Texas.
Numerous trees and powerlines were downed across the county. Roofs were blown off several homes with trees hitting at least 5 homes in the county.
Half dollar sized hail fell south of Detroit or about 3 miles north northeast of Deport just inside the western side of Red River County.
Hail reported at a local convenience store in Cookville, Texas.
Trees were downed adjacent to a convenience store in Cookville, Texas.
Powerlines were downed in Pittsburg, Texas.
Several trees were downed near Broach and Elm Streets. A fence was also blown down.
The roof of a local hotel was almost entirely ripped off.
Numerous trees were downed throughout the northern part of Wood County, especially in the Yantis and Winnsboro communities.
Numerous trees were downed across Franklin, County.
A pine tree fell crushing a vehicle and part of a home on Wood County Road 2135.
A roof was blown off a home on CR. 2140.
Numerous trees have been blown down across western and northwest Upshur County.
A roof was blown off a home on Hwy. 37 between Quitman and Mineola.
Trees were blown down in Hainesville.
Lightning resulted in a fire which destroyed a home and a vehicle. There were no report of injuries.
Trees were blown down near Hwy. 14 near the Red Springs community.
A large tree was downed onto a home near Tyler Street in Big Sandy. The occupants were trapped inside. There were no report of injuries. Numerous powerlines were also downed across the city.
Numerous trees were downed across the northern portion of Smith County. Some of these trees fell onto homes.
Several trees were blown down across various roads in the city of Tyler, Texas.
Trees were blown down with the lead gust front on Hwy. 42 just north of Hwy. 13 in the Price community.
A large tree was downed blocking Hwy. 323 near Cr. 1513.
An 83 year old man was traveling northbound on FM. 225, a half mile north of CR. 438 when his vehicle struck a downed tree. He was taken to a local hospital where he later died of his injuries.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Rusk | 2011-06-28 | 83 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 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: 306617, 306618, 306616, 306619, 306634, 306620, 306621, 306622, 306623, 306625, 306636, 306624, 306635, 306639, 306641, 306626, 306640, 306627, 306638, 306628, 306629, 306632, 306633, 306630, 306631, 306637.