Power Outage in Winnsboro, LA

A line of severe thunderstorms blew down numerous trees and power lines across northern parts of the parish including along LA Highway 577, LA Highway 857, Bakers Cut-Off Road, Roscoe Lane, and AJ Stephens Road.

Power poles were blown down on Willie Herron Road.

Trees and power lines were blown down along Louisiana Highway 4 east of Winnsboro and also east of Gilbert.

Light accumulations of sleet and freezing rain transitioned to heavy ice accumulation by the afternoon. Around 0.50 inches of ice accumulated, which downed trees, limbs, and power lines across the parish.

Trees and powerlines were blown down in the Turkey Creek Park area. A tree limb fell through the side of a camper.

A few trees were blown down in Winnsboro including one which fell onto power lines.

A few trees and power lines were blown down between Baskin and Winnsboro.

Power lines were blown down off of Highway 17.

This tornado started off of Newlight Road in Richland Parish where it snapped a few large branches. The tornado continued north along Newlight Road where it continued to snap trees along the way. The tornado turned northeast towards Highway 425 where it snapped a power pole along with a few more trees. The tornado continued northeast across Sayre Lake Road snapping trees. This tornado continued northeast into Franklin Parish, where it crossed Punchard Road and destroyed a mobile home and also snapped more trees. The tornado continued across the intersection of Punchard Road and LA Highway 132 where it took the shingles off of a mobile home. The tornado ended just north of LA Highway 132, snapping a couple of more trees. Max winds were 105 mph and the total path length was 4.77 miles.

The tornado began along Willie Hall Road, where it caused some uprooted trees and minor roof damage to a shed. The tornado continued northeast and reached its strongest and widest as it crossed Ellis Lane. Here it snapped several trees and caused some shingle damage to a couple of roofs. Also along this road is where it caused EF2 type damage to two homes. One was a home that was built on some blocks that was totally destroyed, as well as a horse trailer flipped. It was in this location where one of the injuries occurred to a woman in the home. Next door, a mobile home was tossed about 10 feet from its original location. A couple of power poles were also broken in this location. The tornado continued northeast and caused additional tree damage, with snapped hardwood trees. A home along Lishman Road sustained roof damage and a small trailer was tossed, as well as additional tree damage. As the tornado tracked across Louisiana Highway 4, it broke a couple of power poles. The tornado lifted along Louisiana 863. Maximum winds were 115 mph.

Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down.

A tree was down on a power line on Moss Road.

Trees and power lines were blown down on Highway 876 west of Wisner.

Several trees and power lines were blown down.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the parish. More damage was reported across the southern portion of the parish.

There were power outages between Wisner and Gilbert which was associated with gusty winds and a few storms. This was associated with a strong cold front which had pushed through the area.

Over a half inch of ice accumulated on trees and power lines in southern Franklin Parish. All of the parish saw ice accumulations of at least one quarter inch.

A few power lines were blown down in the parish.

A few power lines were blown down along Highway 128 near Fort Necessity.

Sporadic trees and power lines were down across the city of Winnsboro.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down, some trees were down on homes.

High winds associated with a wake low downed hundreds of trees across the parish. 10 trees were lying across major roads, along with a few trees down on homes and vehicles. A few power lines were downed as well. Winds were out of the south.

Scattered trees and some power lines were blown down.

A few power lines and trees were blown down around town.

A few trees and power lines were down at the intersection of Highway 863 and Highway 4.

Several trees and some power lines blown down around Winnsboro.

Several trees and some power lines blown down around Winnsboro.

Tropical storm force winds occurred across Franklin Parish as the outer edges of Hurricane Gustav moved across southern and central Louisiana. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Tree damage was widespread across the parish as wind gusts peaked between 50 and 60 mph for several hours. Many roads were blocked by downed trees and the power outages were extensive. Sustained winds were around 40 mph.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across most of Central Franklin Parish.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across most of Central Franklin Parish.

Multiple intense microbursts occurred across the southern portion of Franklin Parish. The most significant damage occurred around Winnsboro and Wisner. Dozens of homes sustained structural damage which ranged from roofs blown off or portions of the roof pealed off. Sheds and outbuildings were destroyed along with numerous trees and power lines blown down. Some trees were down on homes which caused substantial damage to the structures. The strongest wind gusts were estimated at 70 kts (80 mph) where the most significant damage occurred.

A few trees down on power lines.

Several trees and power lines were blown down.

A swath of wind damage occurred just to the northeast of Winnsboro. Several trees, numerous large limbs and a few power lines were blown down along Maud Road, Curtis Traxler Road, Lawson Road and Highway 577.

Several power lines and trees were blown.

A severe downburst hit the eastern portions of Franklin county late Wednesday night. Winds were estimated at 75 to 80 mph. The roof of Ward-3 School, in Crowville, was blown off along with damage to a garage. In addition to the structural damage, dozens of trees were blown down along with numerous power lines.

The roofs of several houses sustained significant damage. Numerous trees were blown down. At least 12 power lines were blown or knocked down.

A few trees were blown down which knocked down some power lines and caused other minor damage.

Several trees and power lines were blown down throughout the parish.

Several trees and power lines were blown down.

A potent storm system developed across the Inter-Mountain West before tracking east across the Lower Mississippi Valley region February 21st. A rather cold and dry air mass was entrenched across the region through the 20th, with dew points in the teens and twenties. In fact, as atmospheric lift began to approach the area and some light showers moved across portions of the Delta, light sleet occurred. There was not enough sleet to cause travel problems, but it showed how cold the atmosphere was prior to the incoming low pressure system. ||By the morning of the 21st, the warm front was still located along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Dew points were still in the upper 30s as of late morning across Central Mississippi. Some showers and isolated thunderstorms moved through the area producing small hail. The warm front slowly moved north and by mid to late afternoon, dew points had finally increased to the mid and upper 50s across the I-20 corridor and were in the mid 60s further south. This helped to fuel additional showers and thunderstorms as the main upper level storm system tracked northeast. As the moisture increased across the region, the combination of strong wind shear and an unstable air mass south of the warm front became more conducive to supercell and tornado development. Strong storms were moving through the southwestern portions of the region later that afternoon. ||Around 5 pm storms began to exhibit rotation on radar and a tornado developed in Concordia Parish just south of Clayton. This tornado produced some damage to some homes and trailers in the area. As the low pressure gradually tracked northeast and the warm front lifted further north, the environment became more favorable for tornadoes in southern Mississippi. One storm had continuous rotation as it moved from north-central Louisiana into south-central Mississippi. This storm crossed southeast Lawrence to northwest Marion counties around 10 pm and continued to track northeast. Rotation began to intensify and a strong tornado developed around 10:30 pm a few miles southwest of Bassfield. This tornado caused minor to moderate damage to some homes and buildings, snapped some power poles and caused extensive tree damage. Another weak tornado developed around 11 pm a few miles southwest of Collins snapping some trees and causing some damage to a mobile home and a chicken house. Scattered storms continued to affect the Pine Belt area into the early morning hours on the 22nd, before finally moving out of the area.

Early on the 3rd, clusters of severe storms evolved into a line which produced scattered wind damage as it pushed east along and just north of I-20. An outflow boundary pushed out of this line and provided the focus for the second powerful and significant severe event.||Between 8 am and 1 pm, a Derecho evolved and raced east across the southern half of the forecast area at 60 to 70 mph. A Derecho is defined as a ling lived windstorm, usually a large bow echo, which has a width of 40 to 250 miles and covers a long distance, typically one to three states. This large bowing squall line brought intense straight line winds and widespread damage across its swath. Some of the wind speeds within this Derecho ranged between 80 and 95 mph. There were numerous reports of trees down as well as downed power lines, which caused widespread power outages in many locations. Many structures were damaged by either fallen trees or just the wind itself. Scattered reports of hail and a few tornadoes also occurred. One fatality occurred in Jones County as a tree fell through a woman���s mobile home.

A potent storm system dropped out of the Southern Plains on February 12th and pushed a squall line of thunderstorms through the region. This squall line produced widespread wind damage across portions of northeast Louisiana as well as central and southern Mississippi. The line of storms was very efficient in terms of producing severe wind gusts, many of which were between 75 and 90 mph. Thousands of trees were damaged with many falling on homes and taking down power lines. Five brief tornadoes also occurred with this line of storms.