Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms developed across portions of Deep East Texas and Northwest Louisiana during the evening of January 8th, ahead of an upper level disturbance that progressed east across Texas and Louisiana. These showers and thunderstorms developed north of a warm front along the Southeast Texas and Southern Louisiana coasts, where surface temperatures ranged throughout the…
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Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms developed across portions of Deep East Texas and Northwest Louisiana during the evening of January 8th, ahead of an upper level disturbance that progressed east across Texas and Louisiana. These showers and thunderstorms developed north of a warm front along the Southeast Texas and Southern Louisiana coasts, where surface temperatures ranged throughout the 50's. Given the cold temperatures and strong instability aloft associated with the upper level disturbance, periods of hail resulted from these showers and thunderstorms across East Texas, North Louisiana, and portions of Southwest Arkansas. Severe hail was reported from severe thunderstorms near Nacogdoches, Texas, as well as Grand Cane in Central Desoto Parish, Louisiana. The severe thunderstorm which produced the large hail in Desoto Parish later transitioned into a damaging wind threat, with a number of trees and large limbs downed across portions of Southern Bossier and Western Bienville Parishes.
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 Jan 8, 6:26 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 626 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 .AVIATION... DESPITE A LOW LVL INVERSION WHICH HAS TRAPPED IFR CIGS AND LOW VSBYS ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...MAINLY AT KLFK AND KMLU...STEEP ELEVATED INSTABILITY ABOVE THE INVERSION IS ALLOWING FOR SCATTERED TSTMS TO DEVELOP. THESE CONDITIONS...ALONG WITH DRIER AIR IN MID LVLS AND LOW FRZG LVLS...IS ENHANCING HAIL DEVELOPMENT IN THESE STORMS. CONVECTION MAY REMAIN MORE ISOLD ACROSS NW PORTIONS OF AREA...INCLUDING KTYR...KGGG...AND KTXK. CONVECTION MOVG NEWD AT 30 TO 40 KTS. MOSTLY LGT SOUTH WINDS AND WETTING RAINS WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR CONTINUED LOW CIGS AND REDUCED VSBYS AT REMAINING TERMINAL SITES OVERNIGHT. A STG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS AREA MID TO LATE MORNING ON SATURDAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SW-W...BEFORE SHIFTING AGAIN TO THE WNW THRU THE AFTN HOURS. WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KTS OVER NE TX PORTION OF THE AREA. LOW POSTFRONTAL STRATOCU MAY HOLD IN PLACES DURG THE DAY...ALTHOUGH SOME SCATTERING OUT OF LOW CIGS IS POSSIBLE./VII/. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 400 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016/ UPDATE... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 1 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR DEEP E TX IN THE LOWER TOLEDO BEND AREA AND NEAR LAKE SAM RAYBURN. WILL UPDATE TEXT AND GRIDDED FORECASTS ACCORDINGLY. /VIII/. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 238 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016/ DISCUSSION... MODIFIED ARCTIC CONTINUES TO SPILL SOUTH ACROSS OK THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A SFC LOW NOW IS CENTERED OVER W TX NEAR KLBB WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING E ACROSS CENTRAL AND E TX THROUGH SRN AR. A DRY LINE ALSO EXTENDS FROM NEAR THE KDFW METROPLEX THROUGH NEAR KSAT. LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS DEVELOPING CUMULUS CLOUDS ACROSS CENTRAL TX NEAR KAUS AND KTPL. EXPECT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING INTO TSTMS THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN MARCH INTO E TX OVERNIGHT. DURING SATURDAY...THE COLD FRONT MARCHES NW TO SE ACROSS THE ARKLATEX AND NE LA AND ENDS THE RAINFALL AS WELL. A CHILLY SUNDAY AND MONDAY THEN ON TAP BUT NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS EXPECTED...JUST A TYPICAL COLD FEW DAYS DURING THE PEAK OF WINTER IN MID JANUARY. LONG RANGE FORECAST MODELS STILL SHOW SW FLOW REDEVELOPING DURING LATE NEXT WEEK WITH A WET PATTERN TO RETURN. THIS TREND NEEDS TO CONTINUE BE MONITORED AS AREA RIVERS...LAKES..AND BAYOUS REMAIN SWOLLEN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 51 55 33 45 / 70 30 10 10 MLU 53 62 35 45 / 70 30 10 10 DEQ 46 50 26 42 / 60 40 10 10 TXK 49 52 29 42 / 60 40 10 10 ELD 49 57 30 44 / 70 50 10 10 TYR 48 50 30 44 / 60 20 10 10 GGG 49 52 30 44 / 60 20 10 10 LFK 50 56 32 48 / 70 20 10 10 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1117 AM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077- TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-091200- 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- 1117 AM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 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... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL MAY DEVELOP ACROSS EAST TEXAS DURING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THIS FRIDAY EVENING AND INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE HIGH WINDS AND EVEN A TORNADO OR TWO. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL THEN BRING AN END TO THE PRECIPITATION DURING SATURDAY WITH A COLDER AIRMASS BRINGING FREEZING OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES LATE IN THE WEEKEND THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED DURING TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
631 PM CST FRI JAN 08 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0557 PM HAIL NACOGDOCHES 31.61N 94.65W
01/08/2016 E1.00 INCH NACOGDOCHES TX BROADCAST MEDIA
BROADCAST MEDIA RECEIVED SEVERAL REPORTS OF HAIL ON THE
SOUTHSIDE OF NACOGDOCHES.
&&
EVENT NUMBER SHV1600004
20SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 649 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 TXZ152-153-166-090130- SAN AUGUSTINE TX-NACOGDOCHES TX-SHELBY TX- 649 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN SAN AUGUSTINE... NORTHEASTERN NACOGDOCHES AND CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CST... AT 649 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MARTINSVILLE...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CENTER...TENAHA...MARTINSVILLE...NEUVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...HUXLEY...JERICHO... JAMES AND ARCADIA. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR EASTERN TEXAS. LAT...LON 3153 9440 3166 9451 3194 9424 3175 9386 TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 233DEG 26KT 3165 9439 15
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
658 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016
TXZ152-165-090145-
ANGELINA TX-NACOGDOCHES TX-
658 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 658 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
JUST SOUTH OF DIBOLL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HALF TO THREE QUARTER INCH DIAMETER HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LUFKIN...NACOGDOCHES...DIBOLL...HUDSON...HUNTINGTON...WODEN...BURKE...HOMER
AND REDLAND.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR
EASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3111 9472 3111 9475 3113 9480 3113 9482
3115 9485 3118 9485 3121 9487 3123 9486
3125 9488 3159 9469 3152 9441 3110 9470
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 209DEG 36KT 3117 9481
15SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
709 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016
LAZ010-TXZ153-090200-
DE SOTO LA-SHELBY TX-
709 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN DE SOTO PARISH IN
NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM
CST...
AT 708 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
BETWEEN LOGANSPORT AND STANLEY...OR 15 MILES WEST OF
MANSFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOGANSPORT...JOAQUIN...KEACHI...GRAND CANE...LONGSTREET...STANLEY...
GLOSTER...REEDS STORE...KEAT CHIE...KINGSTON AND KICKAPOO.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR
EASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3191 9406 3198 9403 3198 9402 3199 9403
3218 9401 3219 9395 3223 9389 3217 9365
3188 9390
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 204DEG 23KT 3195 9395
15The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:36 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Meteorologist from the 26th Operational Weather Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base reported half-dollar size hail on Highway 171 northwest of Grand Cane.
Trees down at 2400 Atkins Clark Road near the Elm Grove community.
Numerous large limbs were downed by high winds along Highway 154 east of Elm Grove just west of the Lake Bistineau Dam in Southern Bossier Parish.
Numerous large limbs were downed by high winds on Bistineau Lake Road along the eastern side of Lake Bistineau near the Bossier/Bienville Parish line.
Trees down at 2127 Highway 516 in the Fryeburg community near the Webster/Bienville Parish line.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, January 2016
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: 607776, 607778, 607781, 607785, 607787, 607786, 607788.