Remnant outflow boundaries, disturbances aloft and left over heating from the previous day resulted in the development of strong to severe thunderstorms across portions of Northeast Texas. These thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
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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.
Remnant outflow boundaries, disturbances aloft and left over heating from the previous day resulted in the development of strong to severe thunderstorms across portions of Northeast Texas. These thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
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 13, 8:44 PM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 944 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012 .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED...BUT STG TO SVR TSTMS...HAVE INTENSIFIED AFTER SUNSET...DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH ACROSS NW LA AND NE TX. AT THE SAME TIME...SVR TSTMS MOVG EAST FROM CENTRAL TX...WEAKENED QUICKLY AT SUNSET. MENTION GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IN FORECAST FOR REMAINDER OF EVENING...AND LEAVE IN ISOLD CONVECTION FOR THE OVERNIGHT./VII/. && .AVIATION... ISOLD STG TSTMS ONLY LIKELY TO AFFECT KSHV TERMINAL...AS OTHER STORMS CONCENTRATED NEAR TOLEDO BEND...BUT EAST OF THE KLFK TERMINAL. LIGHT EAST WINDS...OUTSIDE OF ANY POSSIBLE STG TSTM INDUCED WIND GUSTS. PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT...WHERE HEAVY RAIN FALLS...ESPECIALLY AT KSHV TERMINAL./11/. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 69 91 71 92 71 / 30 30 10 10 10 MLU 66 92 67 93 69 / 20 30 10 10 10 DEQ 67 90 69 92 69 / 20 20 10 10 10 TXK 67 91 69 93 69 / 20 20 10 10 10 ELD 66 91 66 92 69 / 20 30 10 10 10 TYR 70 90 73 92 71 / 30 20 10 10 10 GGG 70 90 71 92 70 / 30 20 10 10 10 LFK 70 93 72 93 71 / 30 30 10 10 10 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1110 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2012 ARZ050-051-059-070-LAZ001-002-010-011-017-018-OKZ077-TXZ096-097- 108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-141200- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-MILLER-CADDO-BOSSIER-DE SOTO-RED RIVER- SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS- CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA- NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- 1110 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST TODAY...BRINGING WITH IT A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. WHILE AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT THROUGH THIS EVENING...ANY MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER WOULD BE TIED TO HEATING AND HOW UNSTABLE THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES. THIS ACTIVITY COULD REDEVELOP ALONG ANY REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES DURING THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DISSIPATING TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NEEDS TO BE MONITORED THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE TOTALLY RULED OUT THROUGH THIS EVENING. ARZ060-061-071>073-LAZ003>006-012>014-019>022-141200- HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-LAFAYETTE-COLUMBIA-UNION AR-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE- LINCOLN-UNION LA-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL- LA SALLE- 1110 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE REGION AS A DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE WEST. ANY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BE TIED TO AFTERNOON HEATING...AND WILL DEPEND ON HOW UNSTABLE THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES. ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT DEVELOPS TODAY WILL LIKELY DISSIPATE OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NEEDS TO BE MONITORED THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE TOTALLY RULED OUT THROUGH THIS EVENING. 20
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
942 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 PM TSTM WND DMG 15 SW FLORIEN 31.30N 93.64W
06/13/2012 SABINE LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES DOWN 15 MILES SW OF FLORIEN. SOUTH TOLEDO
BEND RESERVOIR
&&
25PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
949 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0939 PM TSTM WND DMG SHREVEPORT 32.47N 93.80W
06/13/2012 CADDO LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN IN SHREVEPORT
&&
25SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1018 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012
TXZ166-140400-
SAN AUGUSTINE-
1018 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY...
IN EASTERN TEXAS...
SAN AUGUSTINE...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BLAND LAKE...MACUNE AND SAN AUGUSTINE...
AT 1015 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MACUNE...OR 28 MILES NORTHEAST
OF ROCKLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
PARKERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1121 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012
LAZ010-140515-
DE SOTO-
1121 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISH...
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
DE SOTO...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
MANSFIELD...
AT 1118 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MANSFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
VIISPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1254 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
LAZ020-022-140700-
GRANT-LA SALLE-
1254 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
LA SALLE AND GRANT...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
JENA AND MIDWAY...
AT 1251 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF BALL...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
06SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
115 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
TXZ152-165-140715-
ANGELINA-NACOGDOCHES-
115 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN EASTERN TEXAS...
NACOGDOCHES AND ANGELINA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
ETOILE...HUNTINGTON AND WODEN...
AT 111 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF WODEN...OR 9 MILES
SOUTH OF NACOGDOCHES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING.
06The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:20 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were downed in Pollok, Texas near Hwy. 69 and Hwy. 7. Glass was also broken out of a school in Pollok, Texas.
Quarter to golf ball sized hail was reported near Whitehouse, Texas.
Two or three oil tank batteries caught fire from an apparent lightning strike on Hwy. 259.
Wind damage was reported at Holly Park near the Toledo Bend Reservoir.
Trees were downed along Hwy. 21 near Geneva, Texas.
Trees were downed along Hwy. 21 southeast of San Augustine, Texas.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, 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: 379460, 379461, 379462, 379464, 379465, 379466, 379477.