Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 28, 2014

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 28, 2014
Start: 2014-04-28T02:09
End: 2014-04-28T15:17
Location: Louisiana

April 28, 2014 · NWS SHV · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1.0 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.

A strong upper level trough moved into the Southern Plains during the afternoon of April 27th. Strong surface heating resulted in a large amount of instability across the region along and ahead of a dryline which pulled up stationary along or just east of the I-35 corridor of North Central Texas into Central Oklahoma. Initially...the atmosphere was capped through much of the day but by late afternoon into the evening hours of April 27th...this cap was broken. Strong upper level shear resulted in the development of supercell thunderstorms along the dryline and these thunderstorms moved eastward into the region. Large hail and damaging thunderstorm wind gusts were the primary result of these thunderstorms across Northwest Louisiana into the predawn hours of April 28th. A tornado was also reported in the extreme northern portions of Caddo and Bossier Parishes with this storm system. Additional thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours of April 28th across portions of East Central Louisiana. These storms produced primarily large hail.

What forecasters said that day

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 Apr 28, 1:56 AM CST, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 1:56 AM CST, 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
256 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

.DISCUSSION...
FAIRLY COMPLEX SURFACE PATTERN THIS MORNING WITH TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE ALIGNED WITH CONVECTION FROM HOPE ARKANSAS TO MARSHALL
TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST TO PALESTINE. HOWEVER...SECOND TROUGH/DRYLINE
FROM MCCALISTER OKLAHOMA TO THE DALLAS METROPLEX AND SOUTHWARD
TOWARD WACO COULD ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT
ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO EAST TEXAS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS. CURRENTLY HOLDING OFF ON TRIMMING BACK PORTIONS OF TORNADO
WATCH 105 DUE TO ADDITIONAL CONVECTION BEGINNING TO IGNITE JUST
NORTH OF MENA ARKANSAS...EAST OF THE AFOREMENTIONED SURFACE TROUGH
ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS.

SURFACE AND UPPER-TROUGH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO MOVE VERY
LITTLE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS CREATES A COMPLICATED
FORECAST REGARDING PRECIPITATION AND POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT ACROSS THE REGION. FOR TODAY...LEFT MENTION OF SEVERE
WORDING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA THROUGH
TODAY BASED ON THE TIMING OF EASTWARD MOVING SURFACE TROUGH FROM
CENTRAL TEXAS. DURING THE TIME OF MAXIMUM DIURNAL HEATING...COULD
SEE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT ACROSS THESE EASTERN ZONES
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT. HOWEVER...HELD OFF ON
MENTIONING SEVERE THREAT FOR TUESDAY. SHOULD SEE THE LAST OF
SURFACE BOUNDARIES EXITING THE REGION BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS COOL
AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE REBUILDS FROM THE WEST.

WINDS ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARKANSAS TO
REACH LAKE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF WESTERN
MOST SURFACE BOUNDARY. SHOULD SEE SOUTH WINDS DIMINISH DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AS DIURNAL INVERSION SETS IN.

OTHERWISE...DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
FORECAST PERIOD WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM HIGHS
IN THE LOW TO MID 70S AND LOWS IN THE 40S THROUGH THE END OF THE
WEEK. EXPECT A GRADUAL WARMING TREND TO BEGIN ON SATURDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE SHIFTS EAST. /05/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  84  57  78  49  71 /  30  10  20  10  10
MLU  85  61  80  51  71 /  60  30  20  10  10
DEQ  80  48  72  44  66 /  20  10  10  10  10
TXK  83  56  75  47  67 /  20  10  10  10  10
ELD  82  54  77  47  69 /  40  20  20  10  10
TYR  82  53  76  47  69 /  20  10  10  10  10
GGG  84  54  75  47  70 /  20  10  10  10  10
LFK  86  57  79  48  74 /  30  10  10  10  10

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT THIS
     AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ARZ073.

LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT THIS
     AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     LAZ004>006-012>014-018>022.

OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

05

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 11:14 AM CST, 14 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1214 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-281100-
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-
1214 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

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...

SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS...AND PORTIONS OF NORTH LOUISIANA...AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING DRY LINE THAT WILL MIX EAST INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
EASTCENTRAL TEXAS...AND A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE
CENTRAL PLAINS. THE AIR MASS HAS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH STRONG WIND SHEAR THAT WILL AID RAPID DEVELOPMENT
AND ROTATION WITHIN THESE STORMS. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE
STRONG. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE AS WELL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHERN LOUISIANA. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL ARKANSAS
AND NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA BEFORE WEAKENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP
MONDAY OVER DEEP EAST TEXAS...NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND
POSSIBLY SOUTHCENTRAL ARKANSAS...AS THE DRY LINE MIXES EAST INTO
THESE AREAS BY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA...AS AN UNSTABLE AIR
MASS AGAIN DEVELOPS WITH STRONG HEATING. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN
NOT BE RULED OUT. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH MONDAY
EVENING AS THE STORMS PUSH EAST INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND AMATEUR
RADIO OPERATORS...WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

15

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 28, 1:15 AM CST, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
215 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0207 AM     HAIL             HOPE                    33.67N  93.59W
04/28/2014  E1.00 INCH       HEMPSTEAD          AR   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT RELAYED TO BROADCAST MEDIA.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1400324

20

Local storm report, Apr 28, 1:30 AM CST, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
230 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0155 AM     HAIL             HUGHES SPRINGS          33.00N  94.63W
04/28/2014  E2.50 INCH       CASS               TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1400325

20

Local storm report, Apr 28, 1:32 AM CST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
232 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0217 AM     HAIL             LINDEN                  33.01N  94.36W
04/28/2014  M1.50 INCH       CASS               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FROM LINDEN PD

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1400326

12

Local storm report, Apr 28, 1:40 AM CST, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
240 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0233 AM     HAIL             ATLANTA                 33.12N  94.16W
04/28/2014  E1.75 INCH       CASS               TX   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1400327

20

Local storm report, Apr 28, 1:46 AM CST, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
246 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0230 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N FOUKE               33.33N  93.89W
04/28/2014                   MILLER             AR   PUBLIC

            POWERLINES DOWNED ALONG HWY. 71 SOUTH OF CR. 10.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1400328

13

Local storm report, Apr 28, 1:51 AM CST, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
251 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0229 AM     HAIL             ATLANTA                 33.12N  94.16W
04/28/2014  M2.50 INCH       CASS               TX   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1400329

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Event by event

2 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Caddo

When: April 28, 2:09 AM CST to 2:13 AM CST
Where: Caddo County, 0.54 mi NNE of Hosston to 3.92 mi ENE of Hosston
Rating: EF2
Path length: 3.48 mi
Path width: 550 yd
Continued into: Bossier, La (SHV)
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey
Coordinates: 32.887, -93.875

An NWS Storm Survey concluded that thunderstorm damage near Hosston, Louisiana was consistent with that of a tornado. The tornado was rated an EF2 in intensity with winds estimated near 115 mph. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped along its path. One home in Hosston, Louisiana received minor damage.

Tornado, Bossier

When: April 28, 2:13 AM CST to 2:15 AM CST
Where: Bossier County, 4.68 mi SSW of Wardview to 4.02 mi S of Wardview
Rating: EF2
Path length: 1.58 mi
Path width: 550 yd
Property damage: $1.0 million
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey
Coordinates: 32.904, -93.819

This is a continuation of the tornado that first touched down in northeast Caddo Parish near the community of Hosston, Louisiana. This tornado crossed the Red River and moved into Bossier Parish. A NWS Storm Survey crew determined that this EF2 tornado uprooted and snapped numerous trees from the time it crossed the Red River until if lifted just west of the town of Plain Dealing. Bossier Parish Sheriffs Office reported that nearly 20 homes suffered damage in the Buckshot Road and Highway 537 areas. Four to six homes suffered substantial damage while another homes suffered slight to moderate damage. The Red Cross set up a shelter near the site. NWS Doppler Radar in Shreveport exhibited a debris ball on storm reflectivity that coincided with the damage witnessed on the survey. While some of these homes were vacant at the time of the tornado touch down, there were no injuries reported.

Hail, Grant

When: April 28, 2:55 PM CST
Where: Grant County, 0.59 mi E of Pollock
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 31.520, -92.410

Hail, La Salle

When: April 28, 3:17 PM CST
Where: La Salle County, 0.91 mi NE of Nebo
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 31.590, -92.140

Hail was reported in the Nebo community south of Midway, Louisiana.

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Louisiana in 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Louisiana, 2014 Warnings in Louisiana, April 2014

Sources

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: 506752, 506753, 506765, 506766.