Louisiana, 2024Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 4, 2024
June 4, 2024 · NWS SHV · 4 events in 3 counties and zones
A remnant overnight thunderstorm complex along the border of Texas and Louisiana showed renewed intensification early in the afternoon on June 4th as it progressed east southeastward. The convective environment near and just downstream of this system continued to destabilize, with surface temperatures in the mid to upper 80s and dew points in the mid to upper 70s, under modest mid-level lapse…
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A remnant overnight thunderstorm complex along the border of Texas and Louisiana showed renewed intensification early in the afternoon on June 4th as it progressed east southeastward. The convective environment near and just downstream of this system continued to destabilize, with surface temperatures in the mid to upper 80s and dew points in the mid to upper 70s, under modest mid-level lapse rates. Although mid to upper flow was weak, modestly strong instability and precipitation loading within merging clusters in a localized corridor of relatively steeper low-level lapse rates, posed a threat of damaging wind gusts and flash flooding. As a result, a few reports of localized damaging wind gusts and flash flooding were recorded over parts of Northwest Louisiana.
What forecasters said that day
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 4, 11:46 AM CST, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 11:46 AM CST, 44 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
631 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-051145-
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-
631 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for our Four-State area of southern
Arkansas, northern Louisiana, eastern Texas and southeast Oklahoma.
.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.
Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the Flood Watch through Wednesday.
A line of thunderstorms is greeting the day across I-30 at sunrise.
Brief heavy rainfall and gusty winds will continue to spread down our
I-49 corridor this morning toward Shreveport. Once heating builds,
we can expect the line of thunderstorms to build strength once again
with more heavy downpours, along with the potential for damaging
winds in the bowing segments. This activity will push toward
Natchitoches early this afternoon and finally out of our Louisiana
Parishes late this afternoon with a brief reprieve, before another
nocturnal thunderstorm complex arrives early on Wednesday morning.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.
Scattered thunderstorms will likely be ongoing around daybreak once
again, The Flood Watch continues for all of the Four-State area through
Wednesday afternoon. Then late week, we can expect another weak cold
front to arrive early on Friday with more brief thunderstorm
activity affecting our area. Then the weekend still looks to see the
weak cool front become stationary west of I-49, effectively acting
as a focus of development for more areas of rainfall. We can expect
our rivers and bayous to see additional rises with minor river
flooding that may continue into next week.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is not expected at this time, but perhaps early this
afternoon and then again overnight in the predawn hours.
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- When
- June 4, 12:30 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- De Soto County, 0.69 mi N of Logansport to 0.75 mi NW of Logansport
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 31.980, -94.000
Flash flooding reported on 1st Street and portions of Highway 5 North in Logansport.
Thunderstorm Wind, Natchitoches
- When
- June 4, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Natchitoches County, 1.36 mi ESE of Provencal
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 31.640, -93.180
A large tree downed in the 3000 block of North Boulevard in Provencal.
Flash Flood, Caddo
- When
- June 4, 1:00 PM CST to 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County, 3.87 mi SSE of Longwood to 3.63 mi SSE of Longwood
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -93.950
Flash flooding reported near the entrance of a residence along Bradford Road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Natchitoches
- When
- June 4, 1:11 PM CST
- Where
- Natchitoches County, 2.38 mi NNW of Chopin
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 31.530, -92.890
A tree downed across Coco Bed Road in the Cloutierville community.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Mississippi, June 4, 20241 death · $916,000 · 70 kt wind · 26 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 4, 2024$25,000 · EF1 · 14 events
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 4, 2024$77,000 · 60 kt wind · 4 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 4, 2024$5,000 · EF1 · 16 events
- Flooding and Hail in Kansas, June 4 to 5, 20242.5 in hail · 34 events
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 4, 2024$31,000 · 60 kt wind · 4 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 4 to 5, 2024$20,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 events
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Iowa, June 4 to 5, 20241 in hail · 16 events
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 4, 20241 injured · 56 kt wind · 5 events
- Excessive Heat in Texas, June 4, 202411 events
- Excessive Heat in California, June 4 to 6, 20249 events
- Heat in Texas, June 4 to 5, 20248 events
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1196159, 1196157, 1196160, 1196158.