A vigorous upper level disturbance moved southeast out of the Southern Plains and into the the middle Red River valley of Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma, Southwest Arkansas and Northwest Louisiana during the predawn hours of June 12th. These storms propagated into a linear line of severe thunderstorms and proved to be prolific wind makers as numerous trees were downed across the region.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
A vigorous upper level disturbance moved southeast out of the Southern Plains and into the the middle Red River valley of Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma, Southwest Arkansas and Northwest Louisiana during the predawn hours of June 12th. These storms propagated into a linear line of severe thunderstorms and proved to be prolific wind makers as numerous trees were downed across the region. Wind damage was widespread...especially across portions of North Central Louisiana where the linear line of storms took on the distinction of a derecho as they accelerated eastward.
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 11, 11:00 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012 .DISCUSSION... SEVERE TSTM WATCH JUST ISSUED FOR ALL SW AR...AND EXTENDING WESTWARD INTO PORTIONS NE TX...NORTH OF I-20...AND SE OK. UNCERTAINTY WHETHER STORMS WILL MAINTAIN THEIR INTENSITY ALL NIGHT...BUT FOR NOW WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM./VII/. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 75 91 73 90 71 / 30 40 30 30 20 MLU 75 90 72 89 69 / 50 40 30 30 20 DEQ 72 89 68 88 66 / 50 40 30 30 20 TXK 73 90 71 89 68 / 40 40 30 30 20 ELD 73 89 70 89 66 / 50 40 30 30 20 TYR 76 90 73 89 72 / 30 30 30 30 20 GGG 76 91 73 89 71 / 30 40 30 30 20 LFK 76 93 74 90 71 / 20 30 30 40 20 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-121700- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP- MORRIS-CASS- 1200 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING LATER THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE ALONG AND OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR MOST OF THIS WEEK AS THE COLD FRONT WEAKENS AND BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH DAYTIME HEATING OR EVEN DURING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH ORGANIZATION...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY...BUT MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167- 121700- CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-DE SOTO- RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN- GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON- CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE- SABINE TX- 1200 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS TODAY...BUT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR LATE THIS EVENING POSSIBLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR MOST OF THIS WEEK AS THE COLD FRONT WEAKENS AND BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR. ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH DAYTIME HEATING OR EVEN DURING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH ORGANIZATION...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR THIS EVENING...BUT MAY BE NEEDED PRIOR TO DAYBREAK DEPENDING ON THE SPEED OF THE COLD FRONT AND ANY ASSOCIATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1025 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
LAZ006-014-021-120430-
CALDWELL-OUACHITA-UNION-
1025 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
UNION...OUACHITA AND CALDWELL...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BROWNSVILLE-BAWCOMVILLE...CLAIBORNE...MONROE...RICHWOOD...
STERLINGTON...SWARTZ AND WEST MONROE...
AT 1019 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES NORTH OF CLAIBORNE...AND NEAR
FAIRBANKS...MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE MONROE AREA SHORTLY.
MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
VIISPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1112 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
OKZ077-120515-
MCCURTAIN-
1112 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
MCCURTAIN...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BROKEN BOW...
AT 1110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OCTAVIA...OR 26
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLAYTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
VIISPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
157 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012
ARZ073-LAZ006-120800-
UNION-
157 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES AND PARISHES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
UNION...
IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
UNION...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
JUNCTION CITY AND WESSON...
AT 154 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WESSON...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
JUNCTION CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
06SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
211 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012
ARZ070-TXZ097-120815-
BOWIE-MILLER-
211 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
MILLER...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
BOWIE...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
GENOA...MANDEVILLE...TEXARKANA...HOOKS...NASH...REDWATER AND
WAKE VILLAGE...
AT 208 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOOKS...OR 6 MILES WEST OF WAKE
VILLAGE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
06PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
310 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0246 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 N MOUNT PLEASANT 33.21N 94.98W
06/12/2012 TITUS TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREE ON HOUSE ON HIGHWAY 271 NORTH OF CO RD 1435.
&&
VIIThe Shreveport radar (KSHV), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:41 UTC.
13 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The roof was removed off a Fred's retail business in Homer, Louisiana.
Trees were downed off of Hwy. 2 near the Red River west of Plain Dealing, Louisiana.
Trees were downed along Hwy. 3 near Rocky Mount, Louisiana.
Several trees were downed in the Sweetwater Oaks Subdivision.
A large tree was downed on Fairfield Avenue in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Numerous trees were downed throughout the parish.
Several large tree limbs and small trees were downed north of Swan Lake Road and the I-220 intersection.
Trees were downed on Hwy. 70 near the community of Holly Springs.
A 74 mph wind gust was measured at the Caney Raws site just northwest of Homer, Louisiana.
Hundreds of trees were downed in and around the city of Homer, Louisiana. Wind damage was extensive in Homer, Louisiana with approximately 100 homes suffering minor damage. Approximately 45-50 homes sustained major damage with 15-17 homes completely destroyed. Over 4000 residents were without power with restoration time expected to be some 3 to 5 days. There were no injuries reported for this event. There was also damage to several businesses as well as the local elementary school in Homer, Louisiana. The Region 7 coordinator for Northern Louisiana was called in to access the damage and it was determined that across all of Claiborne Parish for this event, preliminary monetary damage assessment was 5.6 million dollars which covers private and public expenses for damage.
Several large trees were downed on roads across the parish. Powerlines and light poles were also downed in the city of Ruston, Louisiana.
Numerous trees were downed throughout the county including across Hwys. 552, 151 and 145.
Trees were downed along Hwy. 34 southwest of Monroe, Louisiana.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, June 2012
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: 379403, 379414, 379417, 379421, 379425, 379429, 379431, 379433, 379434, 379441, 379446, 379448, 379450.