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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
549 AM CST SAT MAR 7 2026
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
0309 AM TORNADO 5 N JEFFERSON 32.84N 94.36W
03/07/2026 MARION TX EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 2 INJ ***
AROUND 3:09AM ON MARCH 7, 2026 A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A TORNADO NEAR THE
COMMUNITY OF PROSPECT, TEXAS. THE TORNADO
INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF HWY 59
WHERE MULTIPLE SNAPPED TRUNKS OF HARDWOOD
TREES WERE NOTED. AS THE TORNADO QUICKLY
CONTINUED EAST, IT HEAVILY DAMAGED SEVERAL
STRUCTURES. A RESIDENTIAL HOME WEST OF THE
HIGHWAY WAS DAMAGED BY A FALLEN TREE. NEXT
TO THE HOME, A BARN WAS COMPLETELY
DESTROYED, WITH ONLY THE WOODEN FRAME
REMAINING. DEBRIS FROM THE BARN ALONG WITH
THE BARN’S CONTENTS WERE STREWN ACROSS THE
FRONT YARD AND INTO THE HIGHWAY MEDIAN AND
ONTO THE NORTHBOUND SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.
JUST TO THE EAST OF HWY 59, ANOTHER
RESIDENTIAL HOME EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE AFTER BEING MOVED FEET AWAY FROM ITS
FOUNDATION. SEVERAL LARGE HARDWOOD TREES
WERE ALSO UPROOTED AND FELL ON TOP OF A
NEARBY SHED. JUST NORTH OF THIS HOME,
ANOTHER HOME EXPERIENCED TORNADO DAMAGE. IN
THE BACKYARD OF THIS HOME, A SMALL SHED WAS
COMPLETELY DESTROYED, WITH CONTENTS STREWN
ACROSS THE YARD, ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO
VEHICLES. IN THIS YARD, A CAMPER WAS TOSSED
AND ROLLED INTO ANOTHER NEARBY SHED, WHERE
SEVERAL OCCUPANTS WERE THROWN ABOUT AND
INJURED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
EAST/NORTHEAST, SNAPPING AND UPROOTING
NUMEROUS TREES BEFORE MOVING INTO ADDITIONAL
RESIDENTIAL AREAS ON EAST PROSPECT RD. HERE,
DAMAGE TO SEVERAL ROOFS WERE NOTED, AND
ADDITIONAL SHEDS AND BARNS EXPERIENCED
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, ALONG WITH MAJOR
HARDWOOD TREE SNAPS AND DOWNED POWERLINES.
THEREAFTER, THE TORNADO WEAKENED AS IT MOVED
NORTHEAST AWAY FROM EAST PROSPECT RD AND
CROSSED SCOTTS BAYOU. SOME TREE DAMAGE WAS
THEN FOUND ALONG HALL ROAD BEFORE THE
TORNADO THEN LIFTED AS IT MOVED AS EAST CC
RD AND TOWARD THE TOWN OF LODI AROUND
3:14AM.
20/CK
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