The fury of the all-too-often summer storms that have frequented north Louisiana over the past several weeks was felt in full force once again in Jackson Parish on Wednesday, July 1st, as torrential rainfall and high winds caused power outages, damaged homes, and toppled trees, including one that fell across Hwy 4 west of Jonesboro that forced the road to be closed for a period of time.

A video of what was thought to be a funnel cloud passing south of Jonesboro during the storm was widely circulated on Facebook but was later verified by KNOE-TV Channel 8 Meteorologist Marcus Walter as only a rain shaft. To see the report shown on KNOE-TV, click here.