A strong closed upper level low pressure system advanced east across Central Texas during the evening hours of April 24th, which helped to mix a warm front north into portions of Deep East Texas and Northcentral Louisiana. As a result, warm, moist, and unstable air began to build north along and south of the front, as steepening lapse rates aloft spread east along the axis of increasing large scale forcing ahead of the low. This resulted in an increase in scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms near and south of the warm front from the late evening hours of the 24th through the early morning hours of the 25th across East Texas and North Louisiana. Coupled with the strong wind shear present across the expanding warm sector, several supercell thunderstorms developed, with one supercell spawning six separate tornadoes from San Augustine Texas northeast to Eastern Union Parish Louisiana, directly impacting the cities of San Augustine Texas and Ruston Louisiana along its 150+ mile track across the NWS Shreveport County Warning Area. In fact, this supercell spawned another tornado across Northwest Morehouse and Southern Ashley County Arkansas, to complete its nearly 180 mile track before dissipating. Other isolated supercells developed near and south of the warm front which spawned tornadoes across Northern Caddo Parish and Central La Salle Parish in Northern Louisiana, with other severe thunderstorms producing damaging winds across portions of Northcentral Louisiana as well, before the storms exited the region around daybreak on the 25th.

Tornado in DE SOTO, LOUISIANA
From 24-APR-19 23:11:00 to 24-APR-19 23:28:00 (CST-6)
Location: PELICAN
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Property damage: 30.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

This is a continuation of the Northwest Sabine Parish tornado. This EF-1 tornado began to weaken as it entered Southeast Desoto Parish, with maximum estimated winds around 95 mph. It snapped and uprooted several trees near the Pelican community, where a tree fell on a vehicle on Highway 175 just south of the Highway 483 intersection, resulting in an injury to the female driver in the vehicle. The tornado continued its northeast movement to Highway 177 north of Parish Road 507 snapping and uprooting several more trees before finally lifting. In all, this long track tornado from Eastern Shelby County Texas through Northwest Sabine and Southeast Desoto Parishes in Northwest Louisiana remained on the ground for 32.1 miles before finally lifting.

Tornado in BIENVILLE, LOUISIANA
From 25-APR-19 00:25:00 to 25-APR-19 00:26:00 (CST-6)
Location: WALSH
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

An EF-1 tornado with maximum estimated winds around 105 mph briefly touched down as it crossed Highway 508 and Raspberry Road near the Walsh community. The most significant damage was where it snapped multiple power poles and snapped/uprooted 20-30 trees on Highway 508.

Thunderstorm Wind in UNION, LOUISIANA
From 25-APR-19 01:05:00 to 25-APR-19 01:05:00 (CST-6)
Location: DOWNSVILLE
Magnitude: 65.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Numerous trees and power lines were downed in the Downsville area.

Tornado in BIENVILLE, LOUISIANA
From 25-APR-19 00:12:00 to 25-APR-19 00:15:00 (CST-6)
Location: LUCKY
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

An EF-1 tornado with maximum estimated winds near 110 mph touched down on Brooks Loop in the Lucky community where it snapped large branches before crossing Highway 4. The tornado continued northeast across Highway 9 where it broke power poles and snapped/uprooted approximately 20 trees before lifting.

Thunderstorm Wind in BIENVILLE, LOUISIANA
From 25-APR-19 00:02:00 to 25-APR-19 00:02:00 (CST-6)
Location: ALBERTA
Magnitude: 65.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

A power pole was snapped on Highway 153 just south of Castor.

Thunderstorm Wind in NATCHITOCHES, LOUISIANA
From 25-APR-19 00:12:00 to 25-APR-19 00:12:00 (CST-6)
Location: ALLEN
Magnitude: 61.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Trees were downed along the 4300 block of Highway 485 north of Robeline.

Hail in WINN, LOUISIANA
From 25-APR-19 03:43:00 to 25-APR-19 03:43:00 (CST-6)
Location: WINNFIELD
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Pea to penny size hail fell just southwest of Winnfield.

Tornado in LA SALLE, LOUISIANA
From 25-APR-19 01:59:00 to 25-APR-19 02:14:00 (CST-6)
Location: EDEN
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Property damage: 350.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

An EF-2 tornado with maximum estimated winds near 125 mph touched down near the intersection of June Lane and Searcy Eden Road, where it uprooted and snapped some trees and then proceeded northeast. The tornado paralleled Searcy Eden Road to LA Highway 500, where it uprooted and snapped several trees along its path. Just before reaching LA Highway 500, the tornado strengthened to its strongest where it tore off the right half of the roof of a well-constructed home and completely destroyed its carport. The tornado weakened slightly as it crossed LA Highway 500 where it uprooted and snapped numerous trees, some of which fell on a number of mobile homes. The tornado continued northeast where it crossed Highway 84 uprooting several more trees. It then weakened further while it paralleled Zimmer Creek Road and Parish Road 285. Additional tree damage was noted across these areas, but was more widely scattered in nature. The tornado crossed LA Highway 127 just south of the community of Summerville where it uprooted a few more trees, including one that fell onto the Summerville Baptist Church before it lifted just south of LA Highway 503 east of Summerville. The church steeple was also blown off.
One home was destroyed by the tornado and seven homes suffered minor damage. In addition, four mobile homes were destroyed and three mobile homes suffered minor damage.

Thunderstorm Wind in LA SALLE, LOUISIANA
From 25-APR-19 04:57:00 to 25-APR-19 04:57:00 (CST-6)
Location: WHITE SULPHUR SPGS
Magnitude: 65.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Numerous trees were blown down in the White Sulphur Springs community.

Thunderstorm Wind in SABINE, LOUISIANA
From 25-APR-19 00:01:00 to 25-APR-19 00:01:00 (CST-6)
Location: COLUMBUS
Magnitude: 65.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Social Media

Numerous trees were downed at the Cypress Bend Park on Toledo Bend Reservoir. A tree had fallen on a fifth wheel trailer, with additional trees having fallen on several vehicles at the park. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. Report via pictures posted to the KALB Facebook page.

Tornado in LINCOLN, LOUISIANA
From 25-APR-19 00:47:00 to 25-APR-19 01:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: BARNET SPGS
Tornado F-scale: EF3
Property damage: 50.00M
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

An EF-3 tornado with maximum estimated winds near 145 mph touched down just northeast of the intersection of Highway 80 and Highway 818 where several trees were uprooted. It continued northeast, crossing South Maple Street where the tornado intensified, resulting in widespread tree damage just south of Highway 3012 along Wade Drive, Lind Drive, Robert Street, University Boulevard, and Shelor Drive. Many of these streets were impassable due to the significant number of trees snapped, twisted, and uprooted. Many more trees were downed on Highway 3012 before the tornado tracked northeast towards Westwood Drive. It uprooted a number of trees onto fraternity houses before it crossed the Kansas City Southern Railroad. The tornado crossed the railroad and bent or uprooted several large light poles on Louisiana Tech's softball, baseball, and neighboring athletic fields. It snapped a number of power poles as well. The tornado crossed Tech Drive and damaged a number of dormitories where it removed their metal roofs and blew out windows. It continued northeast where it uprooted more trees on Louisiana Tech's and Ruston High School's campuses. The estimated winds as the tornado tore through the western and northern sections of Louisiana Tech University ranged from 115-130 mph. The tornado crossed Greenwood Cemetery where it intensified again, resulting in a large number of trees being debarked with just the stubs of the large branches remaining in several areas. It continued with several business sustaining significant damage to their exterior brick walls and some interior walls. A hotel along Interstate 20 suffered the collapse of its top story's exterior walls. The tornado continued on to severely damage a gas station between Trenton and Vienna Streets just south of I-20, before crossing the interstate and weakened slightly but still resulted in considerable roof damage to several businesses along North Service Road East. The tornado then began to weaken, with more sporadic wind damage noted as it moved northeast towards Farmerville Highway. It crossed Farmerville Highway near Timberline Court uprooting a number of trees and continued northeast towards Haddox Road. The tornado then lifted and touched back down a few more times with the intermittent damage noted for the rest of its path. It uprooted a few more trees along Stable and Baxter Roads, destroyed a chicken house along Highway 820, before finally lifting just south of Oak Tree Road. The tornado resulted in two fatalities when a tree fell through their home, killing a 35 year old female and her 14 year old son just south of Interstate 20 in Ruston.
The Louisiana State Fire Marshal concluded that 22 buildings were destroyed by the tornado, 154 buildings sustained major damage, with 254 buildings receiving minor damage in the city of Ruston. The Louisiana Tech University campus had 16 buildings that could not be occupied, with the softball, baseball, and soccer fields, as well as 2 dormitories, suffering major damage. In all, approximately 1220 structures were affected by this tornado throughout Lincoln Parish.
Entergy Power Company concluded that 35 power poles were broken throughout the city of Ruston, with numerous spans of power lines also downed. Given the extensive damage throughout the city of Ruston, mandatory curfews were enforced by the Ruston Police Department, Lincoln Parish Sheriff's Department, and the Louisiana State Police.

Tornado in CADDO, LOUISIANA
From 24-APR-19 22:51:00 to 24-APR-19 22:53:00 (CST-6)
Location: MOORINGSPORT
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Property damage: 100.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

An EF-1 tornado with maximum estimated winds around 105 mph touched down just south of Dixie-Mooringsport Road (Highway 169), where it ripped through roof off of a small outbuilding and damaged a fence. The tornado then crossed Highway 169 where it snapped and uprooted around 10 trees and downed power lines before crossing the highway where its path was observed being the widest at about 100 yards. The tornado then went on to partially damage a roof of a single family home, ripping off shingles, and uprooting and snapping 10-20 more trees along Sundown Drive before lifting near Sunset Lane as it approached the southern shore of Caddo Lake.
In all, four homes were damaged from this tornado near Mooringsport.

Tornado in UNION, LOUISIANA
From 25-APR-19 01:10:00 to 25-APR-19 01:33:00 (CST-6)
Location: BAYOU D ARBONNE LAKE
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Property damage: 5.00M
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

An EF-1 tornado with maximum estimated winds near 110 mph first touched down in the Holmesville community, where it damaged a chicken house near the intersection of Highway 15 and Holmesville Road. It then crossed Highway 15 and uprooted trees along its path to Lake D'Arbonne. Before it crossed the lake, it uprooted several trees which fell on a home that sustained major structural damage from the fallen trees. After crossing Lake D-Arbonne, the tornado snapped and uprooted trees along McCormick Road and Fourway Loop Road. It then crossed Highway 2, with more intermittent damage noted with large limbs broken and trees uprooted until it reached Love Road. There, a more consistent damage path was found where trees were uprooted and snapped. The tornado continued to down trees and tore off shingles on the roof of a building as it crossed Highway 143 in the Linville community. The tornado then moved on to uproot and snap trees along Alabama Landing Road and Dean Haile Road before finally lifting just short of the Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge.
Four homes suffered major damage from this tornado, with twelve homes sustaining minor damage. In all, some form of residential damage occurred at approximately over one-hundred homes throughout Union Parish. Thirty-one businesses also suffered major damage. Numerous reports of major damage were also received to chicken farming areas across the southeast sections of Union Parish as a result of this tornado. Structural damage was sustained to several poultry houses, with the entire roofs removed.

Tornado in SABINE, LOUISIANA
From 24-APR-19 22:51:00 to 24-APR-19 23:11:00 (CST-6)
Location: TOLEDO BEND RES NORT
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Property damage: 200.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

This is a continuation of the Shelby County EF-1 tornado that touched down just west of Toledo Bend Reservoir shortly before midnight on April 24th. This tornado moved across Toledo Bend Reservoir as a waterspout, and back onshore in Northwest Sabine Parish as a tornado, where it  crossed Highway 191 just south of Highway 174 before turning more easterly crossing Golden Road, snapping and uprooting numerous trees along its path. The tornado tracked through the town of Converse where several trees were snapped and uprooted before crossing Highway 171 and Highway 174, and led to additional tree damage on Harrison Road, Cooper Lane, and Bolivar Road before moving into Southeast Desoto Parish. The maximum estimated winds from this tornado as it moved throughout Northwest Sabine Parish was 105 mph.
Approximately five homes reported major damage, while fifteen other homes suffered minor damage from the tornado. A church also suffered damage from this tornado as well.