Thunderstorm Wind — Concordia, Louisiana

2024-12-28 · near Lismore, Concordia, Louisiana

Event narrative

A few homes were damaged with minor to major roof damage. Worst damage was when a large section of roof was pealed back and portions broken apart. A few other sheds were damaged with roof damage as well. Trees were uprooted and other damaged. Much of this was on the east side of the lake where winds were unimpeded. Peak winds were around 75 mph.

Wider weather episode

On December 28th, an outbreak of severe weather took place. Initially, a few isolated supercells storms developed and produced some tornadoes. As this occurred, a line of storms also developed and eventually pushed eastward across our region. Widespread damaging winds occurred with the line along with numerous tornadoes. This particular convective system was extremely efficient at producing tornadoes. This resulted in a record number of tornadoes for the month of December. The total across our forecast area was 43. The previous December record was 24 back in 2022.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1229895. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.