Thunderstorm Wind — Union, Louisiana

2025-09-16 · near Rocky Branch, Union, Louisiana

Event narrative

Several trees were blown down across several roads in the Rocky Branch community, including John Haye Road, Rocky Branch Road, Roan Road, and Chapman Road. A tree also fell onto a mobile home in Rocky Branch, but no injuries were reported.

Wider weather episode

A weak shortwave trough traversed southeast across Southern Arkansas and Northcentral Louisiana during the afternoon of September 16th, as temperatures climbed into the mid and upper 90s. As a result, moderate to strong instability developed given the existing low level moisture in place, with increased large scale ascent contributing to the development of scattered strong to severe thunderstorms across portions of Southern Arkansas and Northcentral Louisiana during the late afternoon and early evening hours. These storms produced instances of damaging winds which downed trees and power lines, as well as isolated instances of large hail across portions of Ouachita, Union, and Lincoln Parishes before diminishing during the evening.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1290392. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.