A very unstable airmass developed across North Central Louisiana during the later afternoon and evening hours of June 28th. A strong frontal boundary was moving through Central and Southern Arkansas during the late afternoon, producing isolated strong to severe thunderstorms as the storms tracked south.
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
A very unstable airmass developed across North Central Louisiana during the later afternoon and evening hours of June 28th. A strong frontal boundary was moving through Central and Southern Arkansas during the late afternoon, producing isolated strong to severe thunderstorms as the storms tracked south. Cloud bases were elevated in nature and an isolated severe thunderstorm developed across Ouachita Parish near the Monroe, Louisiana area. This thunderstorm quickly became severe producing 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 28, 1:41 PM CST, 5 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 241 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013 .DISCUSSION... FRONTAL BOUNDARY CURRENTLY SLIDING SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR PARIS TEXAS TO TEXARKANA AND NORTHEAST TOWARD CAMDEN AND PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...ELEVATED IN NATURE...HAVE BEEN SLIDING SOUTH ALONG AN OUTFLOW/FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM LITTLE ROCK TO PINE BLUFF. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AS THE SOUTHWARD PROGRESSING SURFACE BOUNDARY PHASES WITH A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AT THE TIME OF MAXIMUM DIABATIC HEATING.. THIS COMPLEX COULD DEVELOP INTO AN MCS PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND AS HAIL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA EARLY THIS EVENING. FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO BRING MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY PROGGED TO CLIMB ONLY INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S...WHILE AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES TO BARELY CLIMB OUT OF THE 80S ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS BY SUNDAY. CONCERNING MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES... MOST LOCATIONS TO EXPERIENCE LOWS IN THE 60S THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND WITH AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 30 POSSIBLY EXPERIENCING LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50S BY MONDAY MORNING. RAIN CHANCES TO STEADILY INCREASE THROUGHOUT NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH RETROGRADES WESTWARD FROM THE APPALACHIANS TO THE GREAT PLAINS. ALONG WITH BETTER RAIN CHANCES...MILD TEMPERATURES TO HOLD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. /05/ && .AVIATION... NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE THE MORNING DISCUSSION ACROSS THE TERMINAL LOCATIONS. AS EXPECTED...MID AND HIGH CLOUDS ARE QUICKLY MOVING SOUTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR TERMINAL LOCATIONS ATTM. WHAT HAS CHANGED IS AN AREA OF LIFT AND MOISTURE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SFC BOUNDARY/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MERGER ACROSS CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THIS HAS SPAWNED SOME ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE PAST HOUR AND GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY ACROSS THIS REGION AND STORM MOTION VECTORS...THERE MAY BE A THREAT FOR TSTMS IN THE ELD AND MLU TERMINALS MUCH LATER THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. THIS CAN MOST CERTAINLY BE HANDLED BEST WITH AMENDMENTS IF NECESSARY. FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH AND EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD HAVE NO DIFFICULTY MAKING IT INTO THE I-20 TERMINAL LOCATIONS AON 00Z THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE MOSTLY SW TO WEST NEAR 10KTS AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY WITH A WIND SHIFT TO N OR NW NEAR 10 KTS BEHIND THE BOUNDARY. WINDS WILL DECOUPLE THIS EVENING WITH A NORTH WIND NEAR 5 TO 10 KTS DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. /13/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 73 95 67 91 66 / 10 0 0 10 10 MLU 72 93 65 88 64 / 30 0 0 10 10 DEQ 66 93 63 87 62 / 10 0 0 10 10 TXK 72 94 66 89 64 / 10 0 0 10 10 ELD 70 93 65 88 62 / 10 0 0 10 10 TYR 73 95 68 91 65 / 10 0 0 20 10 GGG 72 95 67 91 65 / 10 0 0 20 10 LFK 73 95 68 94 65 / 20 0 0 20 10 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 05/13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1146 AM CDT FRI JUN 28 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>167-291700- 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- 1146 AM CDT FRI JUN 28 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... AN EXPANDING RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE ROCKIES AND PLAINS STATES WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. WHEN COMBINED WITH THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES. PERSONS SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS WORKING OR INVOLVED IN RECREATION ACTIVITIES SHOULD DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT...AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING...AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS IN THE SHADE OR IN AIR CONDITIONED FACILITIES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE FOUR STATE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM STORMS OVER MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS AND A COLD FRONT SPREADING SOUTH INTO THE AREA. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND HIGH AND POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR SATURDAY AND INTO NEXT WEEK IN WAKE OF A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. WITH MUCH DRIER AIR AND COOLER TEMPERATURES AROUND...DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL UNTIL THE FIRST OF THE WORK WEEK WHEN AN UPPER LOW WORKS WEST INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. 05
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
629 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013
ARZ073-LAZ006-290015-
UNION-
629 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES AND PARISHES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
UNION...
IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
UNION...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
EL DORADO...HUTTIG...LAPILE...LAWSON...NORPHLET...STRONG AND
URBANA...
AT 628 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EL DORADO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
VIISPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
719 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013
LAZ006-014-290100-
OUACHITA-UNION-
719 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
UNION AND OUACHITA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BERNICE...FARMERVILLE AND STERLINGTON...
AT 713 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HUTTIG TO JUNCTION CITY...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
VIISPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
830 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013
LAZ013-014-021-290215-
CALDWELL-JACKSON-OUACHITA-
830 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT...FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
OUACHITA...JACKSON AND CALDWELL...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BROWNSVILLE-BAWCOMVILLE...MONROE...RICHWOOD AND WEST MONROE...
AT 828 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SWARTZ TO
13 MILES EAST OF RUSTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL
MOVE ACROSS MOST OF MONROE...AND MAY PRODUCE MINOR STREET FLOODING
IN PORTIONS OF THE CITY.
MOTHBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS. VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE ALSO
OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 165 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:33 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gust measured by the Monroe Regional Airport ASOS.
Isolated severe thunderstorm collapsed near the Monroe Regional Airport producing a 77 mph wind gust. Several aircraft hangers were reported to be damaged and an airplane was also damaged near the tarmac.
Several powerlines were downed near the Delta Community College.
Thunderstorm wind gust measured by the Monroe Regional Airport ASOS.
Numerous trees and powerlines were downed in and around Monroe, 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, June 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: 450079, 450082, 450080, 450078, 450081.