1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jul 3, 1:45 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 245 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2001 ATMOSPHERE OVER THE CWA WILL CONTINUE MOIST AND UNSTABLE THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AT LEAST UNTIL UPPER HIGH NOW OVER THE GREAT BASIN MOVES EAST. WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR LOUISIANA PORTION OF AREA FOR HIGHEST POPS AND DEEP EAST TEXAS. STORMS TODAY WERE NOT MOVING A LOT...THUS AREA COVERAGE HAS NOT BEEN THAT GREAT. THIS HAS ALLOWED HEAVY RAIN TO FALL IN THOSE AREAS WHERE CONVECTION FIRED. WILL CONTINUE WITH SAME TREND OF WARMER TEMPS AND LESS PRECIP AFTER WEDNESDAY. BY FRIDAY...COVERAGE SHOULD BE ISOLATED MOST AREAS... WITH MAYBE A SLIGHT CHANCE SOUTHEAST. QUITE WARM OVER THE WEEKEND WITH LOWS IN MID 70S AND HIGHS IN MID 90S. SHV 072/093 072/094 2422 MLU 073/092 072/093 2422 TXK 072/093 072/094 2212 TYR 073/092 073/093 2212 LFK 071/092 071/093 3322 .SHV...NONE. 14
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Firefighters responded to a tank fire containing water and distillate, a by-product of oil, when a tank exploded after lightning struck it. The tank was located at an Alice-Sydney Oil Co. site.
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, July 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: 5258026.