Storm Events Database

Storm Events Database

Event Details:

Event Tornado
-- Scale EF1
-- Length 12.69 Miles
-- Width 810 Yards
State LOUISIANA
County/Area CADDO
WFO SHV
Report Source NWS Storm Survey
NCEI Data Source CSV
Begin Date 2025-05-06 14:26 CST-6
Begin Location 2E HALLS STORE
Begin Lat/Lon 32.3149/-93.9912
End Date 2025-05-06 14:40 CST-6
End Location 1NNW LA ROSEN
End Lat/Lon 32.4127/-93.8071
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 0/0
Property Damage 775.00K
Crop Damage 0.00K
Episode Narrative An upper level low pressure system over the Desert Southwest shifted east through the Intermountain West on May 6th, inducing surface low development over West Texas. This also resulted in a tightening pressure gradient across the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley, with increased southerly low level winds allowing for a warm front to shift north to the I-20 corridor of East Texas and North Louisiana before becoming stationary later in the day. A warm, moist, and unstable air mass developed during the 6th south of the front, as large scale forcing increased near and south of the front ahead of the upper trough. As a result, showers and thunderstorms, some of which became severe, developed across East Texas and North Louisiana, producing damaging winds, locally heavy rainfall, and isolated tornadoes. Given the already saturated grounds from heavy rainfall that fell only several days prior, flash flooding was also observed through the afternoon and evening.
Event Narrative A strong EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 105 mph touched down across a heavily wooded area north of Springridge-Texas Line Road and west of Providence Road, where it tracked behind and adjacent to Providence Baptist Church, where multiple trees were snapped and uprooted, particularly in the church cemetery along Providence Road. The tornado moved northeast across the end of Adams and Sebastian Roads, where it was strongest and widest, with numerous trees snapped and uprooted. At least a few homes had trees fall on them at both of these locations, before the tornado tracked across Highway 169 (Greenwood-Springridge Road), where additional trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado then moved across Woolworth Road near and just north of the Caddo Parish landfill, where additional trees were downed. It should be noted that damaging southwest winds just south of the tornadic circulation downed at least one tree and large limbs at the Caddo Parish landfill, although access to the landfill was not available beyond the office area. The tornado then entered the city limits in Southwest Shreveport in the Newcastle subdivision, where multiple trees were snapped and uprooted. At least two homes on Lytham Drive and one on North Heatherstone Drive had trees fall on them, although the tornado began to weaken as it crossed Dean Road/Cedar Creek Drive north of Bert Kouns Industrial Loop. Damage was mostly confined to snapped large limbs along Brandon Drive, Rosedown Place, and Twelve Oaks Drive, before the tornado crossed the track and athletic field on the north side of Southwood High School. No damage was observed to the school itself, although a large pine tree was uprooted across the street at the Dollar General at the corner of Walker Road and Mackey Lane. The tree crushed an adjacent fence, and two vehicles in front of the dollar store, while some shingles were lifted up on a southward facing private apartment adjacent to the store. Additional large limbs were snapped along Mackey Lane before the tornado finally lifted shortly before reaching Summer Grove Baptist Church.


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Event Map:

Note: The tornado track is approximate based on the beginning (B) and ending (E) locations. The actual tornado path may differ from a straight line.


All events for this episode:

Location County/Zone St. Date Time T.Z. Type Mag Dth Inj PrD CrD
Totals: 0 1 775.00K 0.00K
SUPERIOR CADDO PAR. LA 05/06/2025 11:55 CST-6 Hail 1.25 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BLANCHARD CADDO PAR. LA 05/06/2025 12:55 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BENTON BOSSIER PAR. LA 05/06/2025 13:16 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
REIDHEIMER NATCHITOCHES PAR. LA 05/06/2025 14:12 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
KEATCHIE DE SOTO PAR. LA 05/06/2025 14:20 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
HALLS STORE CADDO PAR. LA 05/06/2025 14:26 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 775.00K 0.00K
STONEWALL DE SOTO PAR. LA 05/06/2025 14:44 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ELM GROVE BOSSIER PAR. LA 05/06/2025 14:45 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CROSS RDS RED RIVER PAR. LA 05/06/2025 14:54 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 56 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
LAKE BISTINEAU SOUTH BOSSIER PAR. LA 05/06/2025 14:54 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
JEWELLA CADDO PAR. LA 05/06/2025 14:55 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
JEWELLA CADDO PAR. LA 05/06/2025 14:55 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BOSSIER CITY BOSSIER PAR. LA 05/06/2025 15:01 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
REISOR CADDO PAR. LA 05/06/2025 15:07 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
HEFLIN WEBSTER PAR. LA 05/06/2025 15:11 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 61 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CUTOFF JCT CADDO PAR. LA 05/06/2025 15:17 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
COUSHATTA ARPT RED RIVER PAR. LA 05/06/2025 15:22 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
COUSHATTA ARPT RED RIVER PAR. LA 05/06/2025 15:25 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
COUSHATTA ARPT RED RIVER PAR. LA 05/06/2025 15:28 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CUTOFF JCT CADDO PAR. LA 05/06/2025 15:30 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
EVERGREEN WEBSTER PAR. LA 05/06/2025 15:32 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 56 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
OKALOOSA OUACHITA PAR. LA 05/06/2025 15:33 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 61 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
LAPINE OUACHITA PAR. LA 05/06/2025 15:40 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
LAPINE OUACHITA PAR. LA 05/06/2025 16:05 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 83 kts. EG 0 1 0.00K 0.00K
WOOD JCT JACKSON PAR. LA 05/06/2025 16:10 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 61 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
DOWNSVILLE UNION PAR. LA 05/06/2025 16:15 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SHREVEPORT CADDO PAR. LA 05/06/2025 16:15 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
DOWNSVILLE UNION PAR. LA 05/06/2025 16:17 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
OKALOOSA OUACHITA PAR. LA 05/06/2025 16:20 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
POINT UNION PAR. LA 05/06/2025 16:20 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
LUNA OUACHITA PAR. LA 05/06/2025 16:24 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 61 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CLAIBORNE OUACHITA PAR. LA 05/06/2025 16:30 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 61 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MT OLIVE BIENVILLE PAR. LA 05/06/2025 16:30 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
WEST MONROE OUACHITA PAR. LA 05/06/2025 16:30 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 56 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
LILLIE UNION PAR. LA 05/06/2025 16:32 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
PINE GROVE OUACHITA PAR. LA 05/06/2025 16:32 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 56 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
PINE GROVE OUACHITA PAR. LA 05/06/2025 16:35 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 56 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CANBEAL UNION PAR. LA 05/06/2025 16:38 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ARCADIA BIENVILLE PAR. LA 05/06/2025 17:29 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
NATCHEZ NATCHITOCHES PAR. LA 05/06/2025 18:03 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ROGERS LA SALLE PAR. LA 05/06/2025 18:10 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
WINNFIELD JOYCE ARPT WINN PAR. LA 05/06/2025 18:35 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
JENA LA SALLE PAR. LA 05/06/2025 19:00 CST-6 Flash Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
Totals: 0 1 775.00K 0.00K