Thunderstorm Wind — Natchitoches, Louisiana

2025-06-24 · near Kisatchie, Natchitoches, Louisiana

Event narrative

Tree downed on Kisatchie Falls Road.

Wider weather episode

Upper-level ridging was anchored across the Mid-Atlantic region on June 24th with the ridge axis extending west southwest through the Tennessee Valley and across the Ozarks of Western Arkansas. The weakness in this ridging was located along the southwest flank where some upper-level forcing was present across much of the Ark-La-Tex region. Very strong daytime heating and plentiful moisture with precipitable water values in excess of 1.5 inches, combined to produce scattered strong to isolated severe convection across parts of East Texas and North Louisiana during the afternoon hours on June 24th. As a result, a few damaging wind reports were recorded with downed trees reported in both Caddo Parish and Natchitoches Parish.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1272256. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.