Thunderstorm Wind — Natchitoches, Louisiana

2025-08-18 · near Natchitoches, Natchitoches, Louisiana

Event narrative

A very large tree was uprooted on Desoto Road along with reports of trees and branches down on nearby roadways.

Wider weather episode

Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms developed across parts of Northern Louisiana during the afternoon on August 18th. These thunderstorms formed within an environment with slightly more favorable mid-level lapse rates of around 7 C/km and hot temperatures near 100 degrees. Weak deep layer shear of 10 knots or less limited storm organization, but despite the unorganized nature of the convection, very strong heating and instability supported strong to marginally severe thunderstorms capable of isolated microbursts and wind damage. As a result, a few instances of damaging wind gusts were reported across parts of Northern Louisiana.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1290061. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.