EF1 tornado in Webster Parish, Louisiana

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.

Tropical Storm Beryl briefly strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph winds as it made landfall along the Southeast Texas coast near Matagorda Bay during the early morning hours of July 8th, and tracked north-northeast across East Texas and into Southwest Arkansas during the afternoon and evening hours. While Beryl weakened into a tropical storm over portions of Deep East Texas by mid-afternoon, very strong wind shear and helicity existed near and east of the center, contributing to the largest tornado outbreak in NWS Shreveport history, as well as with any landfalling tropical system. A total of 43 tornadoes were confirmed through NWS surveys across East Texas, North Louisiana, and Southwest Arkansas, before Beryl weakened into a depression by late afternoon over East Texas. As a part of this outbreak, 25 tornadoes touched down across portions of North Louisiana.