Severe Weather Threat Over...

The severe weather threat is over for SW Louisiana. The Tornado Watch, which was the first watch box of the new year, has expired. There is a line of showers and embedded thunderstorms quickly moving ESE through the forecast area tonight. This extends from a stronger area of showers and thunderstorms near Vicksburg, MS. It runs along a NE-SW line from Vicksburg to Marksville to Oakdale, and the activity becomes more spotty further SW on the line towards Lake Charles. All of this will clear SW Louisiana by midnight, and drier air will begin filtering into the region shortly thereafter. The severe weather threat has shifted into North Louisiana and across a good portion of Mississippi. Storm reports are still trickling in, but here are just a few.

This is the only storm report from our forecast area.

-A Tornado was reported 1 mile NW of Ville Platte. Cars were blown off the roadway into a ditch.

Here are some other reports of interest from around the state.

-1.75" hail (golf-balls) covering the ground on Cypress School Road in Monroe.

-Tornado near Natchitoches w/ trees reported down on Posey Road.

-1" hail (quarters) near Vixen in Caldwell Parish.

-Golf-ball sized hail reported in Shreveport at the Intersection of Hwy. 71 and Hwy. 1.

-Tornado and golf-ball sized hail near Loranger in Tangipahoa Parish. That's about 10 miles SE of Amite.


More reports to come over the next couple days.

The forecast package is coming up shortly.

-DM-