Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- August 16, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Union County, Farmerville
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.767, -92.400
Large trees down across Hwy 15.
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 16, 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 Aug 16, 10:10 AM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 10:10 AM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1110 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2001 UPDATE JUST SENT OUT TO ACCOMMODATE FOR TRENDS IN RAIN CHANCES AND TEMPERATURES. WIDE RANGE IN TEMPERATURES FROM LOWER 70S IN MCCURTAIN CO OK...TO 90 DEGREES ALREADY IN MONROE. TWEAKS DOWN TEMPERATURES IN NW ZONES...AND UP IN N LA. ALSO SCALED BACK RAINFALL CHANCES IN FIRST PERIOD. 20 .SHV...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 9:30 AM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-161630- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1030 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2001 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONTAL SYSTEM ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PORTIONS OF THE FOUR STATE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...STORM SPOTTERS...AND SKYWARN NETWORKS...IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
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- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 16, 2001
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- Hail in Colorado, August 16, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 16, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 16, 2001
More
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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: 5263191.