Isolated severe thunderstorms developed across portions of Northwest Louisiana during the afternoon hours of August 13th. These storms developed in a moderately unstable airmass and with a layer of drier air in the low levels of the atmosphere, once these thunderstorms decayed, they produced pockets of wind damage.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed across portions of Northwest Louisiana during the afternoon hours of August 13th. These storms developed in a moderately unstable airmass and with a layer of drier air in the low levels of the atmosphere, once these thunderstorms decayed, they produced pockets of wind damage.
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 Aug 13, 9:36 AM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1036 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013 .DISCUSSION... WILL UPDATE FORECAST THIS MORNING FOR TODAYS TEMPERATURES...AS CLOUDS AND POTENTIAL PRECIP WILL KEEP READINGS DOWN THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF THE AREA NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA MAY ALREADY HAVE WARMED TO NEAR THE MAX...AS AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY BRINGS COOLER AIR SOUTH. HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH POPS...AS A VERY UNSTABLE 12Z SHV SOUNDING COMBINED WITH A PW OF 2 INCHES IS JUST WAITING FOR A LITTLE LIFT... EITHER BY HEATING OR A BOUNDARY. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY. && TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TODAY...MAINLY ALONG AND NE OF A KPRX/KSHV/KIER LINE...AS A DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT MOVE INTO THE REGION. CONVECTION WILL LIKELY SPREAD ACROSS ALL AREAS BY TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH AND BEYOND THE END OF THE 18Z TAF PD. AS THE CONVECTION BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD... FLIGHT CONDITIONS AT AREA TERMINALS WILL DECLINE. WINDS N OF I-20 WILL GENERALLY BE VRBL WITH MULTIPLE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IN THE VC...AND SW AT 8-10 KTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS AREAS S OF I-20. /12/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 94 73 87 66 90 / 50 70 70 30 20 MLU 92 71 86 63 88 / 70 70 70 30 20 DEQ 85 70 84 58 87 / 70 70 50 20 10 TXK 88 71 85 60 88 / 70 70 50 20 10 ELD 85 70 84 58 87 / 70 70 50 20 10 TYR 95 74 89 67 91 / 30 60 60 30 20 GGG 95 74 88 65 91 / 30 60 60 30 20 LFK 98 74 90 68 92 / 20 40 60 40 20 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 14/12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1156 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-141100- 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- 1156 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013 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... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AS A DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED IN THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE ENDING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AGAIN...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND ISOLATED SEVERE WIND DAMAGE MAY ACCOMPANY THE STORMS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
104 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013
ARZ070-071-LAZ001-002-TXZ112-131900-
BOSSIER-CADDO-CASS-LAFAYETTE-MILLER-
104 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES AND PARISHES...
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
LAFAYETTE AND MILLER...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
CASS...
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
CADDO AND BOSSIER...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BRADLEY...DODDRIDGE...RAVANNA...GILLIAM...HOSSTON...IDA...PLAIN
DEALING...RODESSA...VIVIAN...BIVINS AND MCLEOD...
AT 101 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BIVINS...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF
ATLANTA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
12SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
145 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013
TXZ111-112-131930-
CASS-MORRIS-
145 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
MORRIS AND CASS...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
DAINGERFIELD...HUGHES SPRINGS...JENKINS...KILDARE...LINDEN AND
ROCKY BRANCH...
AT 141 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DAINGERFIELD...OR 17 MILES EAST
OF PITTSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...BREIF BUT HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
12SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
208 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013
LAZ005-013-131945-
JACKSON-LINCOLN-
208 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
LINCOLN AND JACKSON...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
GRAMBLING AND RUSTON...
AT 204 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRAMBLING...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
WCMThe Shreveport radar (KSHV), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:32 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A power pole was downed in Haughton, Louisiana resulting in power outages.
Lightning set a battery of tanks ablaze at a gas storage facility on Hwy. 9 south of Arcadia, Louisiana. A secondary explosion occurred after 8 pm, sending flames as high as 300 feet into the air and forced the closure of Hwy. 9. In all, about a dozen tanks were set ablaze.
A downed tree resulted in a downed powerline just north of Hwy. 48 west of Eros, Louisiana.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, August 2013
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: 462264, 462265, 462273.