A complex of showers and embedded thunderstorms moved across East Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and North Louisiana during the morning and afternoon hours on May 26th. As these showers and embedded thunderstorms diminished from west to east, strong, damaging winds with gusts up to 60 mph associated with a wake low over Deep East Texas moved into the southern sections of Northcentral Louisiana…
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The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
A complex of showers and embedded thunderstorms moved across East Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and North Louisiana during the morning and afternoon hours on May 26th. As these showers and embedded thunderstorms diminished from west to east, strong, damaging winds with gusts up to 60 mph associated with a wake low over Deep East Texas moved into the southern sections of Northcentral Louisiana during the late evening and early morning hours on the 26th-27th, and downed numerous trees and power lines over Sabine and Natchitoches 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 May 26, 8:38 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Shreveport LA 938 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 .UPDATE... The widespread shower and embedded thunderstorm activity was slowly diminishing whilst pushing East Southeast with time. Main activity was noted across deep East Texas, central LA and portions of North central LA and Northeast LA. Will hold on to best pops across the aforementioned areas and decline pops to slight chance and chance categories across Northwest LA and Northeast TX. That is until an hour or so after midnight where a complex of storms pushing east across central TX could near the region once again. && PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 654 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016/ AVIATION... Main axis of precip over NW LA and extreme Eastern TX... is widespread rain with just a few embedded tstms as stg storms over SE TX and SW LA have cut off the gulf inflow needed for deeper convection. most of this precip has moved east of ktyr and kggg and remaining South of ktxk. Isold stgr convection farther East will affect both the keld and the kmlu terminals 00-02z...with heavy rainfall and stg gusty winds possible near cells. Klfk is catching some stgr tstms sneaking into area from SE TX. Expecting both isold storms and larger area of rain to both diminish around 02-03z this eve. Mostly mid lvl clouds to prevail once convection diminishes. By around 27/07-08z, low clouds returning to East TX and these mostly mvfr decks to spread eastward btwn 27/12-14z. south winds overnight at least 5 to 10 kts....with S-SE winds currently over ktyr and kggg at 15 to 20kts, gusting over 30 kts. Scattered or possibly greater coverage of convection expected to begin over NE TX after 27/14z. S-SE winds back up to 15 to 20 kts areawide and may gust in excess of 35 kts over portions of NE TX. wind gusts in storms could even be stgr. /vii/. PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 423 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016/ DISCUSSION... Showers and thunderstorms continue to increase in coverage across East Texas, SE Oklahoma, and SW Arkansas this afternoon. SPC continues to have a Slight Risk for SVR storms along and west of a line from Tyler,TX to Texarkana,AR. At the moment, it looks like the greatest threat of SVR weather would come in the form of damaging winds. Hail up to dime size is possible, but it appears that the hail threat will be minimum as well as any tornado threat. Showers and tstorms should diminish in coverage by late evening. On Friday, another upper level system will approach the region. A slight risk of severe thunderstorms will be possible, mainly across East Texas, Southeast Oklahoma, and Southwest Arkansas. Instability associated with enhanced low- level moisture ahead of a dry line across Texas, an approaching upper-low, and a strong low-level jet are the primary factors contributing to severe potential. Hail and damaging winds will be the main threat with isolated tornadoes possible. Heavy rainfall will also be a possibility on Friday with some areas possibly experiencing up to 4 inches, mainly across Southeast Oklahoma, Northeast Texas, and extreme Southwest Arkansas. An active weather pattern will continue across the region through the weekend and into early next week, as an upper trough develops across the SW portions of the US. Atmospheric conditions will remain high for isolated to scattered showers/tstorms to develop during the afternoon and evening hours each day...so decided to leave a chance of pops in the forecast through next week. High temperatures will remain in the mid to upper 80s and lows in the upper 60s to lower 70s through the weekend into early next week. High temperatures could approach the lower 90s across portions of the region early next week through the end of the forecast period, making for very hot and humid conditions. /20/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 73 82 70 86 / 50 60 50 40 MLU 72 84 69 86 / 70 50 40 60 DEQ 69 79 67 84 / 40 70 60 30 TXK 70 81 68 85 / 50 70 60 40 ELD 71 81 68 85 / 50 60 50 50 TYR 72 81 70 86 / 50 70 60 30 GGG 71 81 70 86 / 50 70 60 30 LFK 73 83 72 88 / 70 60 50 50 && .SHV Watches/Warnings/Advisories... AR...None. LA...None. OK...None. TX...None. && 29/07/20
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1212 PM CDT THU MAY 26 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>167-271715- 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- 1212 PM CDT THU MAY 26 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE TODAY. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN SOME STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND INTO FRIDAY WITH A FEW SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. 20
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
721 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
LAZ014-021-270100-
OUACHITA LA-CALDWELL LA-
721 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CALDWELL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
OUACHITA PARISHES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...
AT 721 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
CLARKS...OR NEAR COLUMBIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLUMBIA...CLARKS...GRAYSON...LUNA...FONDALE...VIXEN...BOSCO...
RIVERTON AND KELLY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3208 9190 3209 9191 3207 9193 3206 9191
3193 9199 3193 9210 3200 9231 3215 9231
3243 9222 3235 9201 3228 9203 3227 9199
3223 9201 3221 9199 3219 9201 3220 9197
3217 9198 3216 9190 3212 9188 3212 9187
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 203DEG 29KT 3203 9214
19SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
746 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
LAZ001-002-270130-
BOSSIER LA-CADDO LA-
746 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL CADDO AND CENTRAL
BOSSIER PARISHES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 745 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING SHOWERS WITH GUSTY WINDS
OVER BLANCHARD...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF SHREVEPORT...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...HAUGHTON...BLANCHARD...BENTON...
OIL CITY...MOORINGSPORT...BELCHER...EASTWOOD...FOSTERS...BETHANY...
DIXIE...RED CHUTE...FERGUSON...ALDEN BRIDGE...ROCKY MOUNT...
BELLEVUE...PRINCETON...FILLMORE AND LINTON.
LAT...LON 3248 9345 3253 9404 3278 9404 3284 9346
3280 9346 3278 9347 3277 9347 3276 9345
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 271DEG 27KT 3258 9384
19SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
801 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
TXZ165-270200-
ANGELINA TX-
801 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN ANGELINA COUNTY UNTIL 900
PM CDT...
AT 801 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
DIBOLL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LUFKIN...DIBOLL...HUDSON...HUNTINGTON...BURKE...HOMER AND REDLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3111 9472 3111 9475 3113 9480 3113 9482
3114 9483 3115 9485 3118 9485 3121 9487
3122 9486 3123 9487 3147 9475 3133 9448
3110 9469
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 210DEG 14KT 3117 9478
19SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
846 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
LAZ001-002-010-011-270230-
RED RIVER LA-DE SOTO LA-BOSSIER LA-CADDO LA-
846 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CADDO...CENTRAL BOSSIER...CENTRAL
DE SOTO AND NORTHWESTERN RED RIVER PARISHES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...
AT 845 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING SHOWERS WITH GUSTY WINDS
NEAR GREENWOOD...OR NEAR SHREVEPORT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MANSFIELD...HAUGHTON...GREENWOOD...
BLANCHARD...BENTON...STONEWALL...OIL CITY...MOORINGSPORT...BELCHER...
FOSTERS...EASTWOOD...SOUTH MANSFIELD...KEACHI...GRAND CANE...
LONGSTREET...BETHANY...DIXIE AND MC DADE.
LAT...LON 3202 9404 3275 9404 3275 9345 3250 9345
3250 9344 3241 9344 3202 9343
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 275DEG 27KT 3243 9389
19SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
952 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
LAZ010-011-017-018-TXZ153-165>167-270330-
RED RIVER LA-DE SOTO LA-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES LA-SAN AUGUSTINE TX-
SABINE TX-ANGELINA TX-SHELBY TX-
952 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DE SOTO...NATCHITOCHES...RED
RIVER AND SABINE PARISHES...SABINE...SOUTHEASTERN ANGELINA...SAN
AUGUSTINE AND EASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...
AT 951 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING SHOWERS WITH GUSTY WINDS
NEAR SAN AUGUSTINE...OR 21 MILES SOUTH OF CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH ACROSS TOLEDO BEND INTO LOWER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NATCHITOCHES...MANSFIELD...MILAM...MANY...SAN
AUGUSTINE...COUSHATTA...
ZWOLLE...LOGANSPORT...HEMPHILL...CAMPTI...PINELAND...JOAQUIN...CONVER
SE...
BROWNDELL...ROSEVINE...PATROON...SHELBYVILLE...BLAND LAKE...MACUNE
AND
ALLEN.
LAT...LON 3198 9405 3198 9402 3200 9404 3214 9400
3214 9293 3206 9290 3137 9307 3136 9339
3128 9344 3128 9353 3117 9358 3116 9391
3111 9408 3110 9432
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 285DEG 24KT 3149 9407
19SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1030 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
LAZ010-011-017-018-TXZ167-270415-
RED RIVER LA-DE SOTO LA-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES LA-SABINE TX-
1030 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN DE SOTO...
NATCHITOCHES...SOUTHEASTERN RED RIVER...SABINE PARISHES IN
NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SABINE COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...
AT 1029 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING SHOWERS WITH GUSTY WINDS
NEAR MANY...OR 23 MILES WEST OF NATCHITOCHES...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NATCHITOCHES...MILAM...MANY...COUSHATTA...ZWOLLE...HEMPHILL...CAMPTI.
..
PINELAND...CONVERSE...ALLEN...OAK GROVE...PLEASANT HILL...FLORIEN...
PROVENCAL...NATCHEZ...CLARENCE...GOLDONNA...NOBLE...FISHER AND
ROBELINE.
LAT...LON 3159 9386 3159 9384 3162 9382 3166 9383
3202 9368 3201 9289 3199 9290 3198 9288
3185 9293 3185 9295 3183 9294 3137 9312
3136 9339 3128 9344 3128 9353 3119 9355
3117 9358 3116 9387 3114 9404
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 285DEG 23KT 3165 9347
19The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong, damaging winds with gusts of up to 60 mph associated with a strong wake low downed numerous trees and power lines along a swath from near the Toledo Bend Resort in extreme Southern Sabine Parish to Zwolle.
Strong, damaging winds with gusts of up to 60 mph associated with a strong wake low downed numerous trees along Highways 484 and 495 near the Melrose and Cloutierville communities.
Strong, damaging winds with gusts of up to 60 mph associated with a strong wake low downed several trees along Old River Road southwest of the Natchez community.
Strong, damaging winds with gusts of up to 60 mph associated with a strong wake low blew a large oak tree down through a house at the corner of Shady Grove Road and Delton Masters Road. Several other trees and power lines were also blown down across Shady Grove Road.
Strong, damaging winds with gusts of up to 60 mph associated with a strong wake low downed several trees in the 2000 block of Highway 495 in the Cloutierville community.
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, May 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: 627275, 627276, 627277, 627278, 627279.