Arkansas, 2001Damaging Wind in Arkansas, October 13, 2001
October 13, 2001 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- 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 Oct 12, 7:20 PM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 7:20 PM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
820 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2001
UPDATED FORECAST TO EXPAND FLASH FLOOD WATCH NORTHWARD TO INCLUDE
THE WESTERN HALF OF AREA. IN ADDITION...DUE TO THE EXISTENCE OF
THREE DISCRETE AREAS OF STRONG CONVECTION...WILL ELIMINATE THE
SEPARATION OF EVENING AND LATE WORDING ON TSTM COVERAGE FOR MOST
LOCATIONS.
.SHV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST
TEXAS...AND AJCACENT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS...
ARZ050-051-059-070-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-
165>167-131000-
VII
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 12, 8:55 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
955 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0715 PM 8 SE COLUMBIA LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
10/12/01 CALDWELL GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. FROM
CORPS OF ENGINEERSLocal storm report, Oct 12, 11:15 PM CST, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1215 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1116 PM BOGATA TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/12/01 RED RIVER FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
1140 PM 5 N CLARKSVILLE TX .75 INCH HAIL
10/12/01 RED RIVER DIME SIZE HAIL AT PINE
CREEK. FROM LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
NNNNLocal storm report, Oct 12, 11:36 PM CST, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1236 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1201 AM 2 E LOCKESBURG AR WIND DAMAGE
10/13/01 SEVIER ONE TREE DOWN ON HWY 371.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
1210 AM HAWORTH OK .75 INCH HAIL
10/13/01 MCCURTAIN DIME SIZE HAIL. REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.Local storm report, Oct 12, 11:55 PM CST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1255 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1220 AM HORATIO AR WIND DAMAGE
10/13/01 SEVIER TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.Thunderstorm Wind, Howard
- When
- October 13, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Howard County, 8 mi N of Nashville
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.050, -93.850
Trees were felled north of town. In addition, 2 chicken houses were damaged.
- 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.
- Tornado in Alabama, October 13, 2001$250,000 · F3 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Illinois, October 13, 20011 death · 6 injured · $285,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 events
- High Wind in Alabama, October 13, 20011 death · $1,000 · 1 event
- Tornado in Alabama, October 13, 2001$200,000 · F2 · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, October 13, 2001$198,000 · F1 · 41 events
- Tornado in Texas, October 13, 2001$1.0 million · F1 · 1 event
- Tornado in Florida, October 13, 2001$750,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Tornado in Florida, October 13, 2001$625,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, October 13, 2001$1.1 million · 4 events
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, October 13, 2001$1.0 million · 1 event
- Tornado in Florida, October 13, 2001$300,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, October 13, 20014 injured · $150,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5269387.