Louisiana, 2001

Flash Flood in Louisiana, February 28, 2001

February 28, 2001 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Wind
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  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
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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 Feb 28, 9:10 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 9:10 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
910 PM CST WED FEB 28 2001

ELEVATED CONVECTION IN LARGE RAIN AREA STILL OCCURRING ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WITH WARM AIR ADVECTION
PATTERN ABOVE SHALLOW COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE. THIS PRECIPITATION IS
STEADILY MOVING ACROSS THE SAME AREA. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED DURING THE LAST HOUR ACROSS EAST TEXAS FROM
LUFKIN TO TYLER...AND THIS AREA WAS MOVING ACROSS SHREVEPORT. WILL
HAVE TO INCREASE RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE WEST. WITH GROUND SATURATED
FROM EARLIER RAINS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE
REMAINDER OF TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. A THUNDERSTORM OVER SHV JUST
PRODUCED ALMOST A HALF INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR. FLASH
FLOOD GUIDANCE RANGES FROM 0.70 TO 1.3 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. WITH
STRONGER SHORTWAVE APPROACHING CWA LATE TONIGHT HEAVIER RAINFALL
WILL BE POSSIBLE. HEAVIEST RAINFALL TOTALS THE PAST 36 HOURS WERE
ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AS WELL AS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTH
LOUISIANA GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20.

09

.SHV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES REMAINDER OF TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY.

The radar

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Caddo

When
February 28, 10:30 PM CST
Where
Caddo County, Shreveport
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
32.580, -93.882 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash flooding on I-20 eastbound at Monkhouse drive, including the on ramp. Flooding on North Common St and at the intersection of Line Ave and Pierrement.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5230774.