Thunderstorm Wind — Ouachita, Louisiana

2025-07-29 · near Highland Park, Ouachita, Louisiana

Event narrative

A picture was posted to social media of a 6 ft wooden privacy fence that was blown over adjacent to a home off of Lamy Lane in Monroe.

Wider weather episode

An upper level ridge of high pressure in place across the Four State Region on July 29th began to weaken slightly as a westward advancing inverted trough aloft drifted into portions of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Northeast Louisiana. Strong heating with temperatures climbing into the upper 90s to near 100 degrees coupled with rich low level moisture created a very unstable environment, resulting in the development of scattered showers and thunderstorms across much of this area during the afternoon of the 29th. Some of these storms became severe, causing multiple downbursts with strong, damaging winds which downed numerous trees and power lines across Ouachita Parish before diminishing by early evening.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1280828. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.