Thunderstorm Wind, Hempstead
- When
- May 23, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hempstead County, Blevins
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 33.867, -93.583
Over a dozen large trees toppled.
Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 23, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 23, 8:00 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 23, 8:00 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 900 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2001 WILL UPDATE THE CURRENT ZONES TO MAKE A FEW MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY ENTERING THE FAR NORTHWEST ZONES. 06 PREVIOUS NUMBERS... SHV 61/78/55/76 2310 MLU 63/78/55/75 2320 TXK 62/77/52/73 3210 TYR 61/80/54/77 2331 LFK 58/83/58/79 1342 .SHV...NONE.
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 159 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:42 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in California, May 23 to 25, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oregon, May 23, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 23, 2001
- Hail in Michigan, May 23, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 23, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 23, 2001
- Wildfire in Florida, May 23, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 23, 2001
- Hail in Indiana, May 23, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 23 to 24, 2001
- Wildfire in Oregon, May 23 to 25, 2001
- Extreme Cold in Alabama, May 23, 2001
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, May 2001
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5241897.