Power Outage in Jonesboro, LA

Trees and power lines downed near the Jackson/Lincoln Parish line south of Choudrant.

Trees and power lines were blown down on Highway 146 and Highway 148.

Trees were downed and a power pole was snapped along Highway 4 near Adriel Road.

Numerous trees were blown down parishwide. Power was out in Quitman.

Trees and power lines were downed on Highway 146 near the intersection of Mosswood Road just south of the Lincoln Parish line.

Large limbs downed powerlines in the Jonesboro community.

Trees and powerlines were downed throughout the entire parish.

A downed tree resulted in a downed powerline just north of Hwy. 48 west of Eros, Louisiana.

Trees and powerlines were downed in Jonesboro, Louisiana.

Trees and powerlines were downed northeast of Jonesboro, Louisiana.

Several trees and powerlines were downed across the entire parish.

Numerous trees and powerlines were downed throughout the parish.

Strong wind gusts in association with a wake low area of low pressure resulted downed trees and powerlines throughout the parish. A tree downed a powerline on Antioch Road northeast of Hodge and a downed tree snapped a powerline on La. 542 near the Beech Springs community.

An EFI tornado occurred from one mile west northwest of Jonesboro to one mile north of Jonesboro. Damage consisted of several trees and power lines uprooted along the path. Portions of the Jonesboro Hodge High School was hit by the storm where portions of the school's roof was peeled off. Some windows at the school were also broken out. Some buildings adjacent to the school were destroyed. Two homes on Templeton Road were damaged. One lost a roof while the other was damaged by an uprooted tree.

Tropical storm force winds downed several trees and power lines across Jackson Parish on September 13th. Trees littered several secondary roads across the parish as well. Power outages were scattered in nature across the parish during the height of the storm and after the storm had passed.

Tropical storm force wind gusts resulted in numerous trees and power lines downed across the entire parish. Power outages were widespread across the parish as well.

A gust front downed some powerlines northwest of Jonesboro, Louisiana.

Powerlines were blown down across the northwest portions of the parish.

Damaging straight line wind gusts resulted in numerous large trees uprooted and snapped. Structural damage was limited however to a privacy fence which was blown down...as well as several power poles and lines which were downed. The winds also blew down two vents off the roof of a local grocery store which allowed water to saturate the contents inside.

Several trees and power lines down around town resulting in numerous power outages.

During the early morning hour, Hurricane Lili made landfall along the west shore of Vermilion Bay in South Central Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane. During the day, the hurricane made steady progress northward and by 2 pm, Lili was downgraded to a tropical storm. As the storm moved into North Central Louisiana, the storm produced sustained winds of 40 mph with frequent gusts to 55 mph across most of the warned area. the strongest winds were felt near and to the east of the decaying eye wall of the tropical storm which moved through Natchitoches, grant, La Salle, Winn, Caldwell, Jackson and Ouachita Parishes. Numerous reports of downed trees and power lines were reported throughout these parishes along with a report of a brief tornado touch down in southeast Grant Parish and La Salle Parish. While the wind damage was scattered throughout these parishes, very little, if any structural damage was reported.

Some of the northern Parishes in north Louisiana experienced their second ice storm in as many weeks while others who missed out on the first storm experienced widespread icing problems. Freezing rain accumulations ranged from 1/4 to near 1 inch mainly north of Interstate 20. The Shreveport - Bossier metroplex were not affected by this second storm but widespread power outages were reported across Minden, Homer, Arcadia, Farmerville, Ruston, and Monroe Louisiana. 50,000 residents lost power due to ice accumulations on power lines and fallen trees and snapped trees limbs broken power lines.

Trees and power lines down.

Numerous trees and power lines down.

A strong upper level trough moved out of the southern Great Basin and into the Lower Mississippi Valley pulling Artic Air southward to the Gulf Coast. Moisture laden air from the Gulf of Mexico moved northward and overran freezing surface temperatures producing an ice storm across the region. Ice accumulations of one to four inches left upwards of 30,000 homes without power due to ice covered tree limbs which snapped and dropped powerlines. Bienville, Clariborne, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union and Webster parishes were declared disaster areas and became eligable for federal aid. Total area damage in these zones ran nearly 7 million dollars. Damage breakdown by individual Parish are not available through this source. Hundreds of chicken houses and carports collapsed from the weight of the ice and snow.