Thunderstorm Wind, Bienville
- When
- September 7, 4:18 PM CST
- Where
- Bienville County, 0.91 mi SW of Saline
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 32.160, -92.980
Tree downed in the Saline community.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 7, 2023
A cluster of thunderstorms shifted from Southern Arkansas into Northern Louisiana on September 7th, advancing along a weak cold front situated near the Arkansas/Louisiana state line. Near the surface cold front, temperatures surged into the mid and upper 90s, with dewpoints near 70F, yielding moderate MLCAPE values of 2000-2500 J/kg.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 cluster of thunderstorms shifted from Southern Arkansas into Northern Louisiana on September 7th, advancing along a weak cold front situated near the Arkansas/Louisiana state line. Near the surface cold front, temperatures surged into the mid and upper 90s, with dewpoints near 70F, yielding moderate MLCAPE values of 2000-2500 J/kg. Given the moist environment, there was an increasing potential from damaging gusts due to strong downdrafts. In addition, the modest deep-layer shear resulted in thunderstorm clustering, and these clusters were the preferred locations for isolated large hail and damaging wind gusts with a few damage reports from Bienville and Red River Parishes.
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:18 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Red River
- When
- September 7, 4:43 PM CST
- Where
- Red River County, 2.72 mi NE of Halfway
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 32.150, -93.340
Quarter size hail reported along Highway 783.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1141569, 1141568.