Power Outage in Winnfield, LA

Numerous trees and power lines were downed across Winn Parish.

A tree was blown down onto power lines on Highway 1233 near Goldonna.

Widespread trees and powerlines downed throughout the parish. A roof was ripped off a home with other homes suffering structural damage from fallen trees. Automobiles also had trees downed on them as well. Power outages were widespread throughout the parish.

Trees and powerlines were reported down in Winnfield, Louisiana.

A large tree was blown down onto powerlines on Hwy. 71 in the St. Maurice community.

This tornado is a continuation of the storm that first touched down in Natchitoches Parish. An EF0 tornado touched down southeast of Goldonna LA along State Route 156. Several trees were snapped on both sides of the road and several powerlines were downed. More trees were downed on railroad tracks east of Hwy. 156. This tornado was part of several rotational signatures on radar within the warned area.

Strong gradient winds downed trees and powerlines approximately 2 miles north of Winnfield, Louisiana.

Several trees were downed on Hwy. 472 at Winnfield. A powerline was also downed resulted in several power outages in the Winnfield, Louisiana area.

The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey in Winn Parish and found evidence of an EF2 tornado. Maximum winds are estimated at 110-120 mph in the tornado. This tornado was a continuation of the tornado that first touched down in Natchitoches Parish earlier. The tornado crossed over the Red River into Winn Parish and took on more of an easterly track along Harrisonburg Road snapping and uprooting trees. The heaviest damage occurred near the community of Wheeling where the tornado grew to nearly half mile across and snapped nearly all the trees in its path. Several homes were severely damaged along Harrisonburg Road including a trailer which was flipped and destroyed. The tornado continued east crossing Hwy. 34 snapping trees and powerlines. The tornado knocked trees onto Hwy. 471 before lifting east of Hwy. 471.

The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey in Winn Parish and found evidence of an EF2 tornado. Maximum winds are estimated at 110-120 mph in the tornado. This tornado was a continuation of the tornado that first touched down in Natchitoches Parish earlier. The tornado crossed over the Red River into Winn Parish and took on more of an easterly track along Harrisonburg Road snapping and uprooting trees. The heaviest damage occurred near the community of Wheeling where the tornado grew to nearly half mile across and snapped nearly all the trees in its path. Several homes were severely damaged along Harrisonburg Road including a trailer which was flipped and destroyed. The tornado continued east crossing Hwy. 34 snapping trees and powerlines. The tornado knocked trees onto Hwy. 471 before lifting east of Hwy. 471.

Powerlines were downed on Manuel Long Road between Hwy. 167 and Hwy. 472.

Widespread trees and powerlines downed across the entire parish.

Numerous trees and powerlines were downed north of Winnfield.

Tropical storm force winds resulted in widespread trees and power lines downed throughout the county. Power outages were widespread as well with numerous residents without power during the height of the storm and well after the storm.

Numerous trees and power lines were downed across the entire parish. Many parish roads were blocked during the height of the storm. Tropical storm force winds also led to numerous power outages throughout the parish. A tree was reported down across a trailer and another tree fell across a home near the town of Winnfield, Louisiana. A tree also fell across a sheriff's vehicle while he was dispatched. There were no report of injuries.

Numerous trees and powerlines were downed across the entire parish.

Widespread trees and powerlines were downed across the entire parish.

A few trees and powerlines were blown down.

Multiple reports of trees and power lines down across the western portion of the parish. Large trees blocking Hwy 84 near the Natchitoches/Winn parish line.

Trees and power lines downed.

One third of the state roads across the parish were blocked due to downed trees. Some of these included LA 124, 167N, 84W, 156 and 505. One quarter of the rural roads across the parish were also blocked. Numerous power outages from downed powerlines throughout the parish.

trees and power lines downed

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.

Trees and power lines toppled.

Numerous trees and power lines down.

As temperatures soared into the triple digits during the afternoon of the 28th, isolated showers and thunderstorms developed over South Central Arkansas and North Central Louisiana, along a weak backdoor surface front that drifted southwest into the region. The very hot air mass resulted in moderate instability developing over this area, with additional showers and thunderstorms rapidly developing along resultant outflow boundaries while propagating west southwest across the area. Several severe thunderstorm clusters resulted, with numerous reports of downed trees and power lines across El Dorado and southern Union County Arkansas/northwest Union Parish Louisiana, as well as portions of North Central Louisiana to the south. These storms diminished during the late evening hours with the loss of heating/instability.

A strong cold front moved through Northern Louisiana during the late afternoon and early evening hours of March 8th. Pressure rises were very strong behind this frontal boundary, resulting in very strong post-frontal gradient winds. Winds were sustained near 20 to 25 mph with gusts as high as 45 mph across the northern half of the state. These winds downed trees and powerlines in Winn Parish, Louisiana.