Storm Events Database

Storm Events Database

Event Details:

Event Tornado
-- Scale EF0
-- Length 2.28 Miles
-- Width 340 Yards
State LOUISIANA
County/Area BOSSIER
WFO SHV
Report Source NWS Storm Survey
NCEI Data Source CSV
Begin Date 2025-05-06 14:54 CST-6
Begin Location 4WSW LAKE BISTINEAU SOUTH
Begin Lat/Lon 32.352/-93.4617
End Date 2025-05-06 14:57 CST-6
End Location 2W LAKE BISTINEAU SOUTH
End Lat/Lon 32.3738/-93.4323
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 0/0
Property Damage 0.00K
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 brief line-embedded tornado with estimated maximum winds near 80 mph touched down along LA Hwy 154 between Elm Grove and Lake Bistineau. Damage was extremely sporadic and consisted almost entirely of large and small limbs being downed from hardwood trees. However, a couple of larger tree trunks were split along the path. The tornado roughly moved east, crossing Fairview Point Road, then turned northeast, crossing Evangeline Drive, Parish Camp Road, and Public Camp Road. The most consistent path of tree damage was found in the Bossier Parish Camp at Lake Bistineau. The tornado likely moved over Lake Bistineau and lifted. No consistent evidence of a tornado damage track was located on the eastern shore of the lake. Still, sporadic tree damage from the intense bow echo was observed in Northern Bienville and Southern Webster Parishes.


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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