1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Feb 16, 7:02 AM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 702 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001 SURFACE LOW STRENGTHING NEAR SHREVEPORT...IS RESULTING IN STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. UPDATED TO INCLUDE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH LA AND SOUTHERN AR. IV PREVIOUS NUMBERS... SHV 56/34/53/31 8200 MLU 61/36/52/30 8300 TXK 56/31/48/30 8300 TYR 52/30/49/33 8100 LFK 52/30/49/33 8100 .SHV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON TODAY ARZ050-051-059>061- 070>073-LAZ001>006-010>012-017-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112- 124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167. HIGH WIND WARNING THIS MORNING ARZ070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Man slightly injured when hit by tree limb blown down by strong winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, February 2001
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: 5230680.