Tornadoes in Louisiana, July 8, 2024

An EF-2 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 125 mph touched down along Highway 174 west of Converse in Northern Sabine Parish, and moved northwesterly snapping numerous hardwood and softwood trees along Old Camp Road. Areas to the north of Old Camp Road were inaccessible by vehicle, but high-resolution satellite imagery taken after this event indicated high-end timber damage as it crossed Parish Road 1048 into Southern DeSoto Parish.

This is a continuation of the Northern Sabine Parish tornado. This EF-2 tornado, with estimated maximum winds near 125 mph, intensified as it entered Southern DeSoto Parish, and continued to snap large trees as it crossed Barnes Road, Nubin Ridge Road, and Lula Lane. Beulah Baptist Church at the intersection of Highway 539 and Highway 481 suffered significant damage, as some of the metal wall panels were blown in and portions of the metal roof were removed. The original church structure, which dated back to the 1900's, was heavily damaged, with the roof and exterior walls of the southern half of the building collapsed. The steeple from this building was blown off and found 0.3 miles to the north-northwest. Another metal building system housing the gymnasium and basketball court was severely damaged. The steel I-beams of the structure were pulled free from their anchors, and thrown into the back of the original church building. Most of the anchoring bolts were still in the ground. This was where the damage to the original church building and the gymnasium was rated highest, as an EF-2 with estimated maximum winds near 125 mph. Extensive tree damage was also observed in this vicinity. A single-wide manufactured home just northwest of the church suffered minor roof damage, with the tornado continuing northwest damaging more hardwood and softwood trees as it crossed Hamilton Road, Harris Bluff Road, and Jesse Wyatt Road. The tornado resulted in more damage along Roger Field Road and generally paralleled Hunter Road before crossing Highway 84. More broken tree limbs were observed as the tornado generally moved north along Blunt Mill Road. It finally lifted just north of the intersection of Cedar Hill Road and Blunt Mill Road. The total path length of this tornado was 16.5 miles.

An EF-2 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 127 mph touched down along Highway 175 just north of the Belmont community in Northern Sabine Parish. The tornado produced sporadic tree damage as it travelled north-northwest near Spring Ridge and crossed Moffett Lane. The tornado widened considerably as it moved through the Pleasant Hill community, where the vast majority of damage consisted of snapped hardwood and softwood trees. However, one structure sustained some loss of metal roof panels. The tornado continued north producing more tree damage along Antioch Church Road before entering Southern DeSoto Parish. While the tornado was strongest (EF-2) in Southern DeSoto Parish, only high end EF-1 damage between 100-105 mph was found in Northern Sabine Parish in and north of Pleasant Hill.

An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 86 mph touched down in the community of Pelican near the intersection of Jackson and Washington Streets, and moved northwest while nearly paralleling Highway 513 before lifting just south of Goudeau Road near the Oxford community. Damage consisted of several uprooted and snapped trees in Pelican and large limbs further north near Oxford.

An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 110 mph touched down in a heavily wooded area north of Brown Road and east of Smyrna Road southeast of the Longstreet community, and tracked northwest into the Smyrna community. A singlewide manufactured home was destroyed with debris oriented to the southeast near the intersection of Poag Road and Smyrna Road. The home did not appear to be anchored down, with several trees snapped adjacent to the unit. Multiple pine trees were snapped in the Smyrna community along Highway 3015, an awning was ripped off of a church, and the roof was partially torn off. The tornado continued to the northwest near the town of Keachi, where numerous trees were snapped and uprooted, and power poles were snapped along its track. Several homes and structures were also damaged near Keachi, before the tornado moved into Southwest Caddo Parish.

This is a continuation of the Northern Sabine Parish tornado. This EF-2 tornado, with estimated maximum winds near 127 mph, crossed Highway 175 in Southern DeSoto Parish, resulting in extensive tree damage along Parish Road 419 and Cross Road. At a refinery on Cross Road, two single-wide manufactured homes being used as offices were severely damaged. One was rolled onto its side, while the other was completely flipped with the walls and flooring separated from its undercarriage. A wide swath of trees were observed bowing to the north-northwest of this location. At the intersection of Highway 346 and Cross Road, extensive structural and tree damage was observed. Numerous hardwood and softwood trees were snapped with the trunks falling onto structures and vehicles. Two homes suffered significant loss of roofing, while a single-wide manufactured home sitting on cinder blocks was completely destroyed. This structure was pulled free from its anchoring cables, which could not be found. Almost all of the debris from the mobile home, including the steel undercarriage, was blown approximately 45 yards across the highway and wrapped around trees. The tornado continued north of Highway 346, snapping and uprooting several trees near Cross Road, Horton Road, and across DeSoto Fire Tower Road. The tornado tracked near the community of Naborton and crossed Highway 84 before turning northwest and lifting near the Carmel community. The total path length of this tornado was just over 25 miles as it tracked through Northern Sabine and Southern DeSoto Parishes.

This is a continuation of the Northwest DeSoto Parish tornado. This EF-1 tornado, with maximum estimated winds near 110 mph, snapped and uprooted multiple trees along Majestic Road and Keatchie Marshall Road east of the Four Forks community, with a roof of a home partially removed off of Keatchie Marshall Road. The tornado tracked northwest across heavily wooded areas north of Four Forks, crossing Highway 169 and Small Road, where additional trees were snapped and uprooted. A single-wide mobile home was flipped upside down at the 9600 block of Horton Road, with two residents trapped inside the structure. One resident sustained minor injuries and was sent to a local hospital for treatment. Trees were downed onto power lines on Springridge Texas Line Road, with additional trees snapped along Bond Road and R on F Way. Damage was most extensive in the Bethany community, where the tornado was strongest, with numerous trees snapped and uprooted, and several homes and other structures sustained roof damage from the tornadic winds and falling trees. This tornado then crossed over to the Texas side of Bethany in Northeast Panola County.

A long track EF-2 tornado, with estimated maximum winds near 115 mph, touched down along Loggy Bayou in extreme Northern Red River Parish, with high-resolution satellite imagery indicating significant tree damage along the bayou between Highway 71 and 515 before crossing into Southern Bossier Parish. However, the damage in Northern Red River Parish was rated as high-end EF-1, with estimated maximum winds near 105 mph, with the stronger EF-2 rated damage found farther north in Central Bossier Parish.

This is a continuation of the Northern Red River Parish EF-2 tornado. This tornado, with estimated maximum winds near 115 mph, crossed Loggy Bayou Road and Highway 515 and across Highway 71 just west of the Loggy Bayou Wildlife Management Area, where several trees were snapped and uprooted, and minor to moderate structural damage occurred due to fallen trees and limbs downed onto these structures. The tornado then crossed Highway 154 east of Elm Grove, where approximately 10 trees were snapped/uprooted at a residence, with an intense burst of tree damage observed farther north on Robinson Road. The tornado continued north-northwest and paralleled Highway 157, where numerous hardwood and softwood trees were snapped near and north of Wilkerson Road, before crossing Highway 527 and Goathill Road. Extensive damage was observed to some structures and vehicles from fallen trees as the tornado crossed Sligo Road, before the tornado entered the eastern sections of Barksdale Air Force Base. The damage over the eastern sections of Barksdale Air Force Base was over heavily forested areas, with numerous softwoods snapped and uprooted, before the tornado crossed Interstate 20 and Highway 79 west of Haughton where several trees were snapped and uprooted, large limbs snapped, and some damage was observed to homes due to falling trees, with downed power poles and power lines, with the more extensive damage noted on Wafer Road and Cindy Lane. The tornado continued on a north-northwest trajectory with extensive damage again noted to homes from fallen trees on Bellevue Road at Busby Road and Bellevue Farm Drive before crossing Red Chute Bayou. Extensive damage was again observed near East Linton Road, Crouch Road, and Linton Bellevue Roads, where several homes were damaged from fallen trees. Two fatalities were reported on East Linton Road when a tree fell on a mobile home, killing a 31 year old woman and her grandmother, while injuring one child. The tornado nearly paralleled Crouch Road before crossing Highway 162 north and east of Cypress Bayou Reservoir. The strongest winds with the tornado were found along Crouch Road east of Benton by Civil Air Patrol imagery, which depicted high-end tree damage consistent with lower EF-2 wind speeds. More tree and power line damage was observed on Old Plain Dealing Road before the tornado finally lifted just north of Highway 2 west of Plain Dealing. In all, 164 manufactured and single family homes were damaged or affected by this tornado throughout Bossier Parish. The total path length of the Northern Red River/Central Bossier Parish tornado was nearly 53.5 miles.

A storm chaser captured video of a tornado that was on the ground over an open field west of Highway 1 about three miles south-southeast of the Powhatan community. However, a NWS Survey Team was unable to find damage indicators to rate this tornado and thus, the tornado was rated as an EF-Unknown.

An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 104 mph touched down along Piney Woods Road west of the Bienville community, where several softwood trees were snapped. The tornado then moved over a heavily wooded area inaccessible by vehicle, but a tornadic debris signature (TDS) was indicated on Doppler radar between Piney Woods Road and Parish Road 478, with another area of snapped trees observed along Parish Road 478, before lifting just to the north-northwest along Highway 507 where a few trees were snapped.

A short track EF-1 tornado, with estimated maximum winds near 100 mph, was confirmed by high-resolution satellite imagery and a tornadic debris signature (TDS) on Doppler radar along the western shore of Toledo Bend Reservoir west of Noble. There was no available ground access to the NWS survey team, but peak winds estimated near 100 mph resulted in substantial tree damage in this area as indicated by the high-resolution satellite imagery, before the tornado tracked back over the water as a waterspout and lifting.

A brief EF-1 tornado, with maximum estimated winds near 95 mph, touched down several miles southwest of Plain Dealing southeast of Highway 2 near Dutch John Road. The tornado then tracked northwest, crossing Highway 2 and Highway 537 where it snapped numerous trees, one of which landed on a home on Highway 537, before lifting along 537 just north of Millers Bluff Road. This tornado was spawned from the same parent storm that produced the Northern Red River/Central Bossier Parish long track tornado earlier in the afternoon.

An EF-2 tornado, with estimated maximum winds near 115 mph, touched down on the east side of Toledo Bend Reservoir near the shoreline south of Camp Road and west of Locus Road in far Northwest Sabine Parish west of the Union Springs community. This tornado tracked north near a gas platform where numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado then tracked north-northwest over Woodlake Drive where additional tree damage was observed along the roadway. A woman suffered a minor injury when debris entered her home along Woodlake Drive. The most extensive damage was found near the intersection of West Cove Court and Woodlake Drive, where one home had much of its roof ripped off and blown into the surrounding neighbors' yards. One of the 2x4 pieces of wood from this roof was found piercing through the home of a nearby neighbor. Aside from damage to this home, most of the trees in this area were either snapped or uprooted, causing additional damage to homes and vehicles and resulting in the low end EF-2 rating. The tornado continued to track to the north-northwest as it crossed Coker Worsham Road, where it snapped and uprooted additional trees. The tornado then lifted in an open field just north of Coker Worsham Road.

A brief EF-0 tornado, with maximum estimated winds near 80 mph, touched down along Arkansas State Line Road just south of Horneman Road. This tornado tracked northwest, uprooting several trees and snapping large limbs before lifting along McCall Road.

An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 105 mph touched down several |miles northeast of Minden along Grider Road, where a number of large trees were snapped and uprooted. Amongst the damage was a home that was struck by a large tree as it fell onto it. Tree damage continued along a very thin path through a grove of trees before increasing again along Highway 79, with additional tree damage observed along a private road on the northwest side of the highway before shortly lifting thereafter.

An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 105 mph touched down near the intersection of Log Ferry Road and Arkansas Line Road in far Northern Bossier Parish, where severe trees were snapped. This tornado moved north across a tree line, where it snapped the tops off of multiple trees, before snapping a couple of power poles along Arkansas Line Road just south of the Arkansas state line. The tornado continued into far Southern Lafayette County Arkansas. The tree damage in Northern Bossier Parish was rated near 95 mph, although multiple snapped power poles resulted in a higher wind rating in Southern Lafayette County Arkansas.

An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 95 mph touched down between Converse and Oak Grove in Northern Sabine Parish along Highway 174 and moved north, snapping and uprooting numerous trees along its path. Some structures were damaged by fallen trees and limbs, with several power lines downed as well. The tornado crossed Harrison Road and and then Buckhalter Road twice, before moving into Southern DeSoto Parish.

A brief EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 105 mph touched down about 6 miles northeast of Minden near the intersection of Highway 79 and Dogwood Trail, where multiple large trees were snapped or uprooted. On Dogwood Trail, numerous large trees were snapped within a grove of trees near a home. The tornado continued northwest across Palmer Road, where additional trees were snapped and uprooted, before lifting shortly thereafter.

This is a continuation of the Northern Sabine Parish tornado. This EF-1 tornado, with estimated maximum winds near 95 mph, continued to track north across Highway 512, where numerous trees were snapped, before moving over a heavily wooded area along Bayou San Patricio and Green Cane Bayou. The tornado then lifted shortly after crossing Hudson Darby Road and just south of Highway 513. Some power lines were downed across Southern DeSoto Parish due to fallen trees.

A short-lived EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 90 mph touched down just south of the Grand Cane Oil Field several miles west of Mansfield. This tornado snapped and uprooted a number of pine trees along Radio Station Road near the intersection of Parish Road 274. The tornado moved northwest over a heavy wooded area that was inaccessible by the NWS survey team, but Doppler radar indicated a tornadic debris signature (TDS) over this area confirming that the tornado remained on the ground. A few large trees were also snapped and uprooted along Blunt Mill Road and Phill Davis Road, before lifting shortly thereafter.

An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 110 mph touched down along Highway 521 in the Dykesville community in extreme Western Claiborne Parish, snapping and uprooting multiple trees and power lines before tracking northwest into Northeast Webster Parish.

This is a continuation of the Western Claiborne Parish tornado. This EF-1 tornado, with estimated maximum winds near 110 mph, continued to produce low-end tree damage northwest of the Dykesville community as it roughly followed Cockrell Road. The tornado strengthened before reaching Highway 2 Alternate, downing hundreds of trees, and it was in this area that the tornado was strongest with peak winds near 110 mph. After crossing Highway 2 Alternate, the tornado continued through a wooded area producing additional lower-end tree damage along Dixie Fomby Road before lifting along Highway 615.

An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 95 mph touched down just south of Highway 2 Alternate near Oakland Road and initially damaged a metal shed and a couple of trees. As the tornado moved generally north, tree damage was noted along the path as it crossed Mike Pope Road, Gravel Pit Road, and Tom Hayes Road. The tornado lifted shortly after crossing Sand Hill Road.

An EF-0 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 75 mph touched down just west-southwest of the Carmel community along Highway 509, where it snapped large tree limbs. It continued north, crossing Cottonbelt Road where it snapped additional limbs, before taking a northwest trajectory snapping additional large tree limbs before lifting along Sloan Road southeast of the Holly and Kingston communities.

An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 105 mph touched down in the Old Shongaloo community south of Sand Hill Road, where multiple trees were snapped and uprooted. A tree was downed onto a vehicle and a shed was damaged while tin was peeled off of an old barn. The tornado continued to the north-northwest and crossed Baker Road before crossing into Southern Columbia County Arkansas.

A very brief EF-0 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 85 mph touched down along Jesse Latin Road about 3.5 miles east of Kickapoo. A tornadic debris signature (TDS) was indicated on Doppler radar, with several trees uprooted on both sides of Jesse Latin Road before the tornado quickly lifted.

A brief EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 95 mph touched down along Wallace Lake near Cypress Gardens Road along the Caddo/DeSoto Parish line and quickly moved northwest across the lake and over a large wooded area located just south of the western side of the Southern Trace subdivision. A tornadic debris signature (TDS) was indicated on Doppler radar just south of Cypress Gardens Road over the lake. Multiple trees were snapped and uprooted along the tornado's path, before affecting several homes along and behind Saint Francis Way in Southern Trace. The strongest tornado damage was found on private property just south of Southern Trace, where multiple trees were snapped and uprooted, and the tops sheared off. Minor shingle damage was noted to several homes along Saint Francis Way and just south of Southern Trace Parkway, with the tornado then moving through another heavily wooded area behind the homes before ripping the metal roof off of the guard station at the entrance of Southern Trace. The tornado then lifted shortly after crossing Wallace Lake Road before reaching I-49 just south of Southern Loop.

An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 90 mph touched down just north of the Campti community, just west of Highway 486. The tornado tracked north across Billy Stiles Road and Stiles Road, before crossing Highway 486 and moving over Black Lake. Road access to locations north of Black Lake were minimal, but damage found concluded that the tornado lifted shortly after crossing Five Forks Road. The damage from this tornado was confined to snapped and uprooted small trees and tree limbs, with the presence of a tornadic debris signature on radar indicating that the tornado continued through areas of limited road access.

An EF-2 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 115 mph touched down just north of Highway 2 along Weldon Church Road. Minor tree damage was noted initially but as it crossed Ward Line Road, a few more trees were snapped and uprooted. As it tracked northward, the tornado intensified quickly and grew in size. As it moved through a wooded area, substantial damage was done to the timber as hundreds of trees were uprooted and snapped. This was where the tornado was strongest, with EF-2 winds near 115 mph. The tornado then approached and crossed Highway 2 Alternate, where numerous trees were snapped and uprooted along with a sizeable stretch of power lines down. On the far eastern side, trees were uprooted and a roof was ripped off of a shed. The tornado then lifted shortly after crossing Highway 2 Alternate on the east side of the Weldon community along the Claiborne/Union Parish line.

A brief EF-2 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 125 mph touched down along Lem Road north of the intersection of Green Bridge Road, where a few large tree limbs were snapped. The tornado moved north and crossed Lem Road again, with the tornado peaking in intensity as it heavily damaged one home. The roof was torn off of the home and some of the outer walls were blown down. Two pickup trucks were rolled and thrown into the yard, and additional tree damage was noted here with the most significant tree damage located just to the southeast of the home. Based on the damage noted here, it appears that a small vortex quickly intensified and moved out of the wooded area just southeast of the home, before directly impacting the home. Additional damage was noted in the tree line to the north before the tornado lifted.