Thunderstorm Wind — Winn, Louisiana

2025-07-31 · near Winnfield Joyce Arpt, Winn, Louisiana

Event narrative

A small portable building was uplifted and thrown. Multiple trees were blown down throughout Winnfield. An 18 wheeler trailer was blown over near then Winnfield Airport.

Wider weather episode

The upper level ridge of high pressure began to drift west of the region into Texas by July 31st, allowing for a north-northwest flow aloft to transition over the area. This pattern allowed a weak disturbance aloft to slide southeast into Southwest Arkansas, Northeast Texas, and North Louisiana during peak heating, where strong instability still developed given the extreme heating and available moisture in place. As a result, scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed across the region during the afternoon, producing multiple reports of damaging winds which downed trees and power lines across portions of North Louisiana. These storms eventually diminished during the evening with the loss of heating and instability.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1280842. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.