A weak upper level disturbance provided the necessary lift for the development of strong to severe thunderstorms across the region on June 8th. Isolated thunderstorms developed during the morning but more substantial thunderstorms developed with daytime heating across the region.
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A weak upper level disturbance provided the necessary lift for the development of strong to severe thunderstorms across the region on June 8th. Isolated thunderstorms developed during the morning but more substantial thunderstorms developed with daytime heating across the region. The storms produced strong and damaging wind gusts along with some hail.
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 9, 4:36 AM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 536 AM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015 .AVIATION... A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL BE A FOCUS FOR WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. ALREADY SEEING SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS ATTM. FOLLOWING THE HRRR OUTPUT...COULD SEE VCTS ACROSS JUST ABOUT ALL TERMINAL SITES THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH ACTIVITY LIKELY DIMINISHING LATER THIS EVENING. HAVE TRIED TO COVER THIS WITH VCTS MENTION AT MOST LOCATIONS WITH ANY TEMPO TSRA EXCEPT AT THE ELD TERMINAL WHERE TSRA IS CLOSE THIS MORNING. 13 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 421 AM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015/ DISCUSSION... A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE SSEWD ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS TOWARDS THE GULF COAST TODAY. THIS TROUGH HAS PROVIDED JUST ENOUGH VERTICAL ASCENT TO SUPPORT SCATTERED CONVECTION THROUGH MUCH OF THIS EARLY MORNING ALONG A WEAK FRONT OVER SRN AR. TSTMS HAVE SHOWN SIGNS OF DEVELOPING BACK TO THE WEST OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HRS. SEVERAL OF THE HIGHER RESOLUTION SHORT-TERM MODELS INDICATE THE MOISTURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN SOME TODAY MAKING THE FRONT MORE DEFINED. THEREFORE...THE FRONT SHOULD CONTINUE TO ACT AS A FOCUS FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION ESPECIALLY DURING PEAK HEATING TODAY. SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD BE LOW BUT CANNOT RULE OUT SOME GUSTY WINDS. CONVECTION SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING HRS WITH THE LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING. SEVERAL OF THE MODELS ARE RATHER AGGRESSIVE WITH CHANCES FOR SCATTERED SHWRS/TSTMS THROUGH THURSDAY. REMNANTS OF THE FRONT WILL BE JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA AND WHAT IS LEFT OF THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH SHOULD BE JUST OFF THE SRN LA COAST. THIS SHOULD STILL SUPPORT SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE SE HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA BUT SUBSIDENCE FROM UPPER RIDGING WILL LIKELY KEEP MOST LOCATIONS DRY. MORE SUBSTANTIAL RAIN CHANCES SHOULD RETURN BEGINNING ON FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT RETURNS AS THE UPPER RIDGE OVER W TX BREAKS DOWN AND AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE CNTRL PLAINS. AT THE SFC...SELY FLOW FROM THE GULF WILL INCREASE AS A SFC TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE PLAINS AND A SFC HIGH BUILDS OVER THE SE CONUS. A COLD FRONT SHOULD BE WELL NW OF US...BUT SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE AREAWIDE FOR MUCH OF THE WEEKEND AND CONTINUING INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. /09/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 93 72 93 72 / 20 10 30 10 MLU 92 71 92 71 / 30 20 30 10 DEQ 93 69 93 70 / 10 10 10 10 TXK 93 71 93 72 / 20 10 10 10 ELD 91 71 92 71 / 30 10 20 10 TYR 94 72 92 72 / 20 10 10 10 GGG 94 71 92 72 / 20 10 20 10 LFK 92 73 91 72 / 30 20 30 20 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 09/13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 600 AM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-101100- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-DE SOTO- RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE-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- 600 AM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY MAINLY SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. HOWEVER...NO ORGANIZED HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE EVERY DAY THROUGH THURSDAY MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM JACKSONVILLE TEXAS TO PRESCOTT ARKANSAS. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE AREAWIDE FRIDAY...THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. 09
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 19 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:51 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were downed on the Fox Run Golf Course on the Barksdale Airforce Base.
Trees were downed at Hwy. 146 and Holliman Road just west of Vienna, Louisiana.
Trees were downed on Cypress Street, Hazel Street and Hwy. 9 in Arcadia, Louisiana.
Trees were downed on Wafer Road west of Vienna, Louisiana.
Trees were downed on Mock Road south southwest of Richwood, Louisiana.
Trees were downed near the intersection of Jones Road and Blue Ridge Road east southeast of Gibsland, Louisiana.
Numerous trees were downed across the Mount Lebanon community.
Trees were downed on Hwy. 792 at the Bienville and Webster Parish line.
A few trees were downed at the intersection of Odenbaugh Road and Hwy. 810 east of Jonesboro, Louisiana.
Trees were downed near the intersection of Hwy. 126 and Hwy. 1234 northwest of Dodson, Louisiana.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, June 2015
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: 570448, 570460, 570467, 570464, 570469, 570471, 570472, 570473, 570474, 570475.