During the evening hours of Friday, April 13th, scattered supercells developed across northeast Louisiana within the broad warm sector of a strong surface cyclone centered near the Kansas/Nebraska border. These storms exhibited rotation almost immediately, and began producing tornadoes across northern Louisiana. Two tornadoes occurred in the NWS Jackson forecast area in association with a cell that tracked from near Rayville, LA north northeastward along the Boeuf River. These storms also produced strong wind as they continued into southeast Arkansas. Overnight, as the cold front associated with the storm system began to advance eastward, a quasi-linear convective system developed over the ArkLaTex and advanced eastward. These storms reached the western portion of the NWS Jackson forecast area after 2:30 am on Saturday, April 14th. Six tornadoes occurred during the early morning hours across southeast Arkansas and northeast Louisiana in association with this line of storms. The storms continued to produce damaging straight-line winds, knocking down trees and power lines in many areas, through the morning hours as it continued eastward into Mississippi. A few additional tornadoes also developed along the line, including one in Flowood, one near Noxapater, one in western Lamar County, and an EF2 tornado in Meridian.

Tornado in MOREHOUSE, LOUISIANA
From 13-APR-18 20:46:00 to 13-APR-18 20:49:00 (CST-6)
Location: MER ROUGE BACON ARPT
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

This tornado began in open fields just west of the Boeuf River and tracked northward across LA Highway 2, where it removed portions of the metal roof of an unoccupied building. The tornado continued northward along the Boeuf River on the Morehouse and West Carroll Parish line just west of Benton Rd before ending shortly thereafter. Multiple trees were uprooted and trees and large tree branches were snapped along the path. Maximum estimated wind speed was 95 mph. The entire track path length was just under 2 miles.

Thunderstorm Wind in RICHLAND, LOUISIANA
From 13-APR-18 20:04:00 to 13-APR-18 20:04:00 (CST-6)
Location: GIRARD
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 2.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

A large tree was blown down along US 80 in Girard.

Tornado in WEST CARROLL, LOUISIANA
From 14-APR-18 02:36:00 to 14-APR-18 02:42:00 (CST-6)
Location: FISKE
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

The tornado began north of Roundhill Road, snapping and uprooting multiple trees. It continued eastward across Morgan Road and Tackett Road, damaging additional trees. It then crossed LA Highway 878 at the intersection of Grubbs Road and Walters Road, where a mobile home sustained roof damage. It then crossed Bienz Road twice, lifting in a wooded area just north of the road. The maximum estimated winds were 85 mph.

Tornado in RICHLAND, LOUISIANA
From 13-APR-18 20:00:00 to 13-APR-18 20:06:00 (CST-6)
Location: GIRARD
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

This weak tornado began along Venable Road near Old River Road and caused mostly minor tree damage. It continued northeast crossing I-20 at the Boeuf River, snapping several large tree branches at the Boeuf River Country Club. The tornado lifted as it crossed US 80 just west of Rayville, again snapping several large tree branches along Lewis Road and Insurance Road. Maximum estimated wind speed was 75 mph.

Tornado in MOREHOUSE, LOUISIANA
From 14-APR-18 02:21:00 to 14-APR-18 02:25:00 (CST-6)
Location: MER ROUGE BACON ARPT
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Property damage: 120.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

This tornado began along Atwell Lane just north of LA Highway 2, blowing down a fence and blowing a small shed across the road. Large tree branches were also downed in this area. The tornado continued eastward parallel and just north of Highway 2, crossing Johnson School Road and Rush Harrison Road at Bayou Bonne Idee. On Johnson School Road, a mobile home sustained roof and skirting damage and a small shed was destroyed. On Rush Harrison Road, the front of a farm outbuilding was pushed in and there was substantial loss of roof panels. Larger trees were snapped and uprooted in this area as well. Additional trees were snapped or uprooted between Rush Harrison Road and Highway 2, then the tornado crossed Merton Bowe Road. Here, a couple of homes sustained roof damage and a shed was damaged. The tornado lifted over open fields north of Highway 2. Maximum estimated wind speed was 95 mph.

Tornado in WEST CARROLL, LOUISIANA
From 14-APR-18 02:33:00 to 14-APR-18 02:36:00 (CST-6)
Location: GOODWILL
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Property damage: 75.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

The tornado began west of LA Highway 585 south of Bonner Road, where the roof of a barn was damaged and multiple trees were damaged. It continued eastward, roughly paralleling Bonner Road and reached its peak intensity near the Bonner Road and Peterson Road intersection, where it destroyed a storage shed and scattered pieces of it over 1/3 mile downwind to Warren Road. Another small storage shed was turned on its side and leaned against a mobile home at this location. The tornado then lifted along Mount Zion Road just north of Bonner Road. Maximum estimated wind speed was 85 mph.

Flash Flood in WEST CARROLL, LOUISIANA
From 13-APR-18 21:30:00 to 14-APR-18 00:15:00 (CST-6)
Location: GOODWILL
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 3.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Employee

Multiple roads were flooded north of Pioneer in the western portion of West Carroll Parish.

Thunderstorm Wind in EAST CARROLL, LOUISIANA
From 14-APR-18 03:05:00 to 14-APR-18 03:05:00 (CST-6)
Location: SHELBURN
Magnitude: 58.00 EG
Property damage: 7.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

Trees were uprooted off of LA Highway 596.

Tornado in WEST CARROLL, LOUISIANA
From 13-APR-18 20:49:00 to 13-APR-18 20:50:00 (CST-6)
Location: GOODWILL
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Property damage: 15.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

This tornado began in open fields just west of the Bouef River and tracked northward across LA Highway 2, where it removed portions of the metal roof of an unoccupied building. The tornado continued northward along the Beouf River on the Morehouse and West Carroll Parish line just west of Benton Rd before ending shortly thereafter. Multiple trees were uprooted and trees and large tree branches were snapped along the path. Maximum estimated wind speed was 74 mph in West Carroll Parish but 95 mph for the entire tornado path. The total path length for the tornado was just under 2 miles and the entire path width was 200 yards, which occurred in Morehouse Parish.

Thunderstorm Wind in MOREHOUSE, LOUISIANA
From 14-APR-18 02:09:00 to 14-APR-18 02:09:00 (CST-6)
Location: BEEKMAN
Magnitude: 55.00 EG
Property damage: 9.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

A couple of trees were uprooted in the Beekman Community.