Name: Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 14, 2001
Start: 2001-06-14T23:15
End: 2001-06-14T23:15
Location: Louisiana

Where it happened

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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
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 Jun 14, 8:00 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 8:00 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
900 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001

WILL UPDATE THE ONGOING ZONES TO MAKE A FEW MINOR CHANGES. .TATE
WILL KEEP MENTION OF POSSIBLY SEVERE SINCE THERE HAVE BEEN
REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE. WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST...MUCH OF THE
NORTHERN 2/3RDS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT.

WINDS UP TO 60 MPH LIKELY OVER PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA.

06

PREVIOUS NUMBERS...
SHV 73/88/68/93 6510
MLU 75/89/69/93 4620
TXK 72/87/67/90 7400
TYR 72/87/67/92 6300
LFK 75/90/70/94 5510

.SHV...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 9:55 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1055 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001

TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0845 PM IDABEL OK 65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01 MCCURTAIN TREES DOWNED OVER POWER
LINES. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.

0850 PM 2 N CLARKSVILLE TX 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01 RED RIVER TREES DOWNED ON HWY 37.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.

0855 PM HOCHATOWN OK 65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01 MCCURTAIN TREES DOWNED IN BEAVER
BEND ST PARK. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0900 PM TALCO TX 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01 TITUS TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0915 PM DE KALB TX 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01 BOWIE CARPORT BLOWN OFF HOUSE
NEAR TOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.

0937 PM 2 E DE QUEEN AR 65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01 SEVIER TREES DOWN ALONG FM RD
EAST OF TOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0950 PM MAUD TX TSTM WIND GUST
06/14/01 BOWIE 60-70 MPH ESTIMATED WINDS.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.

0950 PM REDWATER TX TSTM WIND GUST
06/14/01 BOWIE 60-70 MPH ESTIMATED WINDS.
REPORTED BY LAW b ENFORCEMENT.
ENFORCEMENT.

Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:59 PM CST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1159 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0955 PM    2 W NASHVILLE             AR   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   HOWARD                         TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY
                                          TRAINED SPOTTER.

0955 PM    NASHVILLE                 AR   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   HOWARD                         WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF ONE
                                          BUSINESS IN TOWN. REPORTED
                                          BY TRAINED SPOTTER.

1000 PM    2 NW CORINTH              AR   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   HOWARD                         VERY LARGE TREE LIMBS
                                          BLOCKING THE ROAD ALONG
                                          HWY 369. REPORTED BY
                                          TRAINED SPOTTER.

1015 PM    8 W JEFFERSON             TX   70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   MARION                         TREES DOWNED NEAR LAKE O'
                                          THE PINES. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

1035 PM    WOODLAWN                  TX   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   HARRISON                       TREES DOWNED NEAR HWY 59
                                          NEAR TOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

1040 PM    BLEVINS                   AR   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/14/01   HEMPSTEAD                      TREES DOWNED. REPORTED BY H
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 30 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, De Soto

When: June 14, 11:15 PM CST
Where: De Soto County, Gloster
Measured: 54 kt (62 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 32.183, -93.817

Numerous trees down.

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

More

Every storm in Louisiana in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Louisiana, June 2001

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: 5250734.