Storm Events Database

Event Details:

Event Tornado
-- Scale EF0
-- Length 2.02 Miles
-- Width 300 Yards
State LOUISIANA
County/Area WEBSTER
WFO SHV
Report Source NWS Storm Survey
NCEI Data Source CSV
Begin Date 2018-04-13 23:43 CST-6
Begin Location 4NNW SYKES FERRY
Begin Lat/Lon 32.8841/-93.4724
End Date 2018-04-13 23:48 CST-6
End Location 5N SYKES FERRY
End Lat/Lon 32.9033/-93.4462
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 0/0
Property Damage 50.00K
Crop Damage 0.00K
Episode Narrative A strong upper level trough of low pressure progressed east across the Southern Plains during the afternoon of April 13th, with a large warm sector of warm/humid air having expanded north across much of the Ark-La-Tex. A capping inversion delayed the onset of thunderstorm development until the late afternoon, where it eroded and large scale forcing increased with shortwave perturbations ahead of the trough and along/just ahead of a dry line as it mixed east to the Interstate 35 corridor or North and Central Texas. Given the moderate instability and strong wind shear that developed with the lead shortwave, scattered supercell thunderstorms developed across Northcentral Louisiana during the late afternoon through mid evening hours, producing numerous reports of damaging winds, and several tornadoes/funnel cloud reports. While a lull in the storms was observed, a line of severe thunderstorms developed along the dryline south of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, and progressed east into East Texas by late evening, and across North Louisiana after midnight on April 14th. Damaging winds and reports of hail were prevalent at first with this line of severe thunderstorms, but a number of notches developed along the squall line as these storms crossed into North Louisiana, resulting in several tornadoes touching down across areas along and north of the Interstate 20 corridor from Shreveport to Monroe. Of particular interest, the initial string of tornadoes first touched down just west of the Texas/Louisiana state line along the Harrison/Panola County line, with this supercell producing two separate tornadoes as it entered Shreveport. In fact, the tornado remained on the ground across much of western and central Shreveport, moving across the northern fringes of the property at the National Weather Service Office before moving across the Queensborough and Allendale neighborhoods and across Downtown Shreveport, before tracking across much of Bossier City along and just north of Interstate 20, crossing Interstate 220, and across the Red Chute and Princeton communities before lifting just west of the Bossier/Webster Parish line. These severe thunderstorms exited North Louisiana just after 3 am on the 14th.
Event Narrative This is the continuation of the Northeast Bossier Parish tornado. This EF-0 tornado, with estimated maximum winds near 80 mph, continued northeast traveling across Highway 2 in Sarepta uprooting a few trees, before eventually crossing Highway 371 just north of Sarepta where most of the damage occurred. Several trees were uprooted and snapped in this area especially along North Main Street, with a tree falling on a home, before the tornado lifted.


    

Event Map:

Note: The tornado track is approximate based on the beginning (B) and ending (E) locations. The actual tornado path may differ from a straight line.
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All events for this episode:

Location County/Zone St. Date Time T.Z. Type Mag Dth Inj PrD CrD
Totals: 1 0 8.876M 0.00K
CALHOUN OUACHITA PAR. LA 04/13/2018 17:34 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 125.00K 0.00K
POINT UNION PAR. LA 04/13/2018 17:43 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 1.00K 0.00K
CHAUTAUQUA SPGS LINCOLN PAR. LA 04/13/2018 17:55 CST-6 Funnel Cloud 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ZION GRANT PAR. LA 04/13/2018 17:55 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 61 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ROCKY BRANCH UNION PAR. LA 04/13/2018 18:04 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
HAILE UNION PAR. LA 04/13/2018 18:20 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
KELLY CALDWELL PAR. LA 04/13/2018 18:33 CST-6 Tornado EF2 0 0 50.00K 0.00K
BETHANY CADDO PAR. LA 04/13/2018 22:53 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 5.00K 0.00K
NICHOLS CADDO PAR. LA 04/13/2018 23:10 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 4.000M 0.00K
LA ROSEN CADDO PAR. LA 04/13/2018 23:20 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 56 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
LA ROSEN CADDO PAR. LA 04/13/2018 23:20 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 61 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BOSSIER CITY BOSSIER PAR. LA 04/13/2018 23:22 CST-6 Tornado EF1 1 0 3.000M 0.00K
MOT BOSSIER PAR. LA 04/13/2018 23:42 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SYKES FERRY WEBSTER PAR. LA 04/13/2018 23:43 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 50.00K 0.00K
SHONGALOO WEBSTER PAR. LA 04/13/2018 23:58 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 15.00K 0.00K
EVERGREEN WEBSTER PAR. LA 04/14/2018 00:07 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
RUPLE CLAIBORNE PAR. LA 04/14/2018 00:11 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 15.00K 0.00K
BEAR CREEK BIENVILLE PAR. LA 04/14/2018 00:47 CST-6 Tornado EF2 0 0 125.00K 0.00K
GRAMBLING LINCOLN PAR. LA 04/14/2018 01:00 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 1.400M 0.00K
RUSTON LINCOLN PAR. LA 04/14/2018 01:09 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 74 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CHOUDRANT LINCOLN PAR. LA 04/14/2018 01:14 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
DOWNSVILLE LINCOLN PAR. LA 04/14/2018 01:24 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
EUREKA OUACHITA PAR. LA 04/14/2018 01:25 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 40.00K 0.00K
DOWNSVILLE UNION PAR. LA 04/14/2018 01:29 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 50.00K 0.00K
PHILLIPS OUACHITA PAR. LA 04/14/2018 01:46 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
FOWLER OUACHITA PAR. LA 04/14/2018 01:51 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 65 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
FOWLER OUACHITA PAR. LA 04/14/2018 01:51 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 70 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
Totals: 1 0 8.876M 0.00K