Dodson News

Cleanup continued in central Louisiana today from the pummeling delivered on parts of Natchitoches and Winn parishes by a possible tornado Sunday morning.

Here's the latest from the NWS in Shreveport on last weekend's storms including the Dodson, LA storm which has now been deteremined to be an EF2 tornado which injured 2 people: nwsbot: SHV: 3 Se Castor [Bienville Co, LA] nws storm survey reports TORNADO at 03 May, 07:38 AM CDT -- several trees were uprooted or snapped along pumpkin center road ...

Preliminary storm damage reports from the Shreveport National Weather Service for Dodson, LA indicate that a downburst of wind may be responsible for the extensive damage Sunday morning.

DODSON - Zed and Marsheila Smith learned a new meaning for getting tossed out of bed when an apparent tornado ripped through this village 12 miles north of Winnfield on Sunday morning.

The town of Dodson in Winn Parish was apparently leveled by Saturday night and Sunday morning's severe weather.