Showers and thunderstorms are expected across the southern and eastern US this week, with heavy rain and localized flooding, particularly near the Gulf Coast. Monsoonal moisture will bring rain and potential flooding to parts of the Southwest. Heat and fire weather threats will continue to impact the West. Read More >
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A strong spring storm system moved across the Four State Region during the afternoon and evening of April 6, 2018. In a very warm and unstable atmosphere, a line of severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front and moved southward across the region. These storms produced strong, damaging straight-line winds across much of the area. Ahead of the line to the south, numerous individual supercells developed. Many of these supercells produced large hail across the region, especially in Northeast Texas and Northwest Louisiana. Several reports of hail up to the size of golfballs were received. Some of these supercells also developed strong rotation. One supercell in particular, near Coushatta, LA, was especially intense. This storm presented a very strong rotational couplet on radar and a very apparent Tornado Debris Signature in the dual-polarization data. Another brief tornado occurred between Natchez and Colfax, near the Melrose community in southern Natchitoches Parish. |
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TOTAL TORNADO COUNT = 2
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