As a cold front approached central Louisiana, showers and thunderstorms developed. Some of these storms became severe and produced tornadoes, hail, and flash flooding in Rapides Parish.

Flash Flood in RAPIDES, LOUISIANA
From 09-DEC-08 18:30:00 to 09-DEC-08 22:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: ALEXANDRIA SOUTHWEST
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 500.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Up to 3 inches of rainfall fell in 2 hours across the Alexandria & Pineville area during the evening. Earlier in the day, 1 to 3 inches of rainfall also fell across the same area.  The resulting flash flooding affected the same areas that flooded during Hurricane Gustav, including Prescott Road, Wettermark Street, Lee Street, Jackson Street, and the Downtown and Lower Third areas of Alexandria. Some areas in Pineville also saw flooding, including Huntington Drive. Dozens of homes and businesses were flooded, and several cars were stranded in the flooded roadways. Water was up to the hoods of cars in area underpasses, resulting in high water rescues.

Thunderstorm Wind in RAPIDES, LOUISIANA
From 09-DEC-08 10:45:00 to 09-DEC-08 10:45:00 (CST-6)
Location: ANANDALE
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 10.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

A cinder block wall of the Acme Refrigeration Company on Empire Drive collapsed due to severe thunderstorm winds.

Tornado in RAPIDES, LOUISIANA
From 09-DEC-08 11:16:00 to 09-DEC-08 11:23:00 (CST-6)
Location: (AEX)ENGLAND AFB ALX
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Property damage: 300.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

EF1 Tornado began 1 mile south of the Alexandria International Airport and moved northeast ending along the Red River. Several eyewitnesses watched the tornado cross the tarmac at the eastern end of the airport and damage an airplane hanger. The tornado then damaged several trees and a gazebo before striking a warehouse building in the England Airpark, peeling off its roof. Crossing a golf course, the tornado continued to blow down trees as it passed just a few yards south of a large monument to the US Air Force. The tornado then struck a home on England Drive, blowing away an attached carport that caused partial roof loss of the house. Little damage was noted as the tornado crossed Airbase Drive. Scattered trees were blown down or damaged in neighborhoods both south and north of Highway 1, and a house along Lanny Street had its carport knocked down. Eyewitness reported the tornado crossed the Red River before dissipating.
This tornado was spawned from a different supercell than the one that produced the Elmer Tornado.

Tornado in RAPIDES, LOUISIANA
From 09-DEC-08 09:52:00 to 09-DEC-08 10:01:00 (CST-6)
Location: CALCASIEU
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Property damage: 200.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

An EF1 Tornado began west of the Calcasieu community and moved northeast ending around 3 miles north of Elmer. Numerous trees were damaged, snapped off, or uprooted all along the path. As the tornado crossed the area around the intersection of Highway 112 and Twin Bridges road, several homes and buildings received minor roof damage. One storage building along Twin Bridges Road was blown 50 yards away and destroyed, but was unsecured to the foundation. A few more homes along Twin Bridges road received minor roof damage before the tornado dissipated in the Kisatchie National Forest.
The supercell that spawned this tornado later moved across Alexandria and Pineville, producing hail up to penny size and minor wind damage.

Hail in RAPIDES, LOUISIANA
From 09-DEC-08 10:54:00 to 09-DEC-08 10:54:00 (CST-6)
Location: SMITHVILLE
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Penny size hail was reported by the Red Cross in Pineville.