Louisiana, 2001

Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 10 to 11, 2001

June 10 to 11, 2001 · NWS LIX · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Remnants of Tropical Storm Allison moved across southeast Louisiana during the evening hours of June 10 and intensified. A few thunderstorms reached severe levels.

Where it happened

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  • Cold
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$35,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 happened

The episode as NWS LIX wrote it up.

Remnants of Tropical Storm Allison moved across southeast Louisiana during the evening hours of June 10 and intensified. A few thunderstorms reached severe levels. Wind damage was reported near Larose, and trees were blown down in the communities of Bogalusa, and across northern St. Tammany Parish, including Pearl River.

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 New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 10, 2:55 PM CST, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 2:55 PM CST, 6 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
355 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2001

...FLASH FLOOD/FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY...

REMNANTS OF ALLISON REMAIN THE WEATHER MAKER AND THE FORECAST FOCUS
THIS AFTERNOON. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM EARLY MORNING RAIN AREA RACED
NORTH TODAY AND NOW RESIDES JUST NORTH OF OUR SOUTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI FORECAST COUNTIES. FORECAST PACKAGE WILL GO WITH AVN
PACKAGE FOR THE MOST PART BUT WILL DEFER TO THE ACCELERATION OF THE
TROPICAL SYSTEM AWAY FROM THE AREA ON MONDAY AS IT BEGINS TO FEEL
THE EFFECTS OF AN UPSTREAM KICKER RIDING ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE OF
THE WESTERN US RIDGE. FOR TIMING OF UPPER/MID LEVEL SYSTEM WILL GO
WITH VICINITY OF ATCHAFALAYA RIVER/BAY AT 06Z TONIGHT THEN HOUMA AT
12Z AND THEN BAY ST LOUIS MISSISSIPPI AREA AT 18Z MON THEN 00Z IN
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI/WESTERN ALABAMA. WILL EXTRAPOLATE COMMA
AREA OF RAINFALL AND TIMING BASED ON THIS. WILL LEAVE FLOOD WATCH IN
EFFECT TONIGHT AND LEAVE POSSIBLE EXTENSION OF WATCH TO LATER SHIFTS
AS RAIN EVENT CONTINUES TO DEVELOP. EXTENDED PACKAGE SEES SOUTHERLY
FLOW MAINTAINED THROUGH EXTENDED AND WILL TREND TOWARD CLIMATE OF
SUMMER WITH SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

MCB 070/080/069/086 8944        BTR  072/080/070/087 8944
MSY 074/080/071/086 +954        GPT  073/080/071/084 u7964

.NEW...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR SW PASS TO ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT
       60NM.
LA...FLASH FLOOD/FLOOD WATCH LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070.
MS...FLASH FLOOD/FLOOD WATCH MSZ068>071-077-080.

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lafourche

When
June 10, 9:00 PM CST
Where
Lafourche County, Larose
Property damage
$25,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
29.567, -90.400

Thunderstorm wind gusts damaged two construction towers, an out building, and several automobiles.

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When
June 11, 3:55 AM CST to 4:10 AM CST
Where
Washington County, Bogalusa
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
30.767, -89.850

Thunderstorm Wind, St. Tammany

When
June 11, 4:15 AM CST
Where
St. Tammany County, Pearl River
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
30.383, -89.750

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.

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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: 5256241, 5256239, 5256240.