Thunderstorm Wind, Red River
- When
- June 20, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Red River County, 1 mi S of Coushatta
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -93.350
Power lines toppled along Hwy 71.
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 20, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 20, 2:45 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 2:45 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 345 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2001 SEA BREEZE ACTIVITY OVER N LA SHOULD FIZZLE OUT AROUND SUNSET...BUT WILL LEAVE SMALL POPS TO COVER LEFTOVERS IN THE EVENING. FRONTAL SYSTEM PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH AT CONFLICTING TIMES. AVN IS SLOWER DRAGGING THINGS OUT THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY...WHILE ETA BASICALLY WRAPS EVERYTHING UP BY MORNING. I/M HEDGING TOWARD THE ETA BUT WILL COMPROMISE PUTTING RAIN CHANCES IN FOR THE MORNING ON FRI. MODELS ALSO SHOW A SLIGHT AND PLEASANT COOL DOWN FOR FRI NT. AFTER THAT...A SUNNY...SLOWLY WARMING...DRY SCENARIO SHAPES UP FOR THE WEEKEND WITH NO RAIN IN THE FORECAST AGAIN UNTIL THE END OF THE EXTENDED WITH YOUR BASIC SOUTHERLY FETCH BRINGING IN ACTIVITY OFF THE GULF. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...WILL BASICALLY GO WITH NGM MOS...EXCEPT FOR TXK/S HIGH FOR THU...WHICH IS PROGGED TOO HIGH FOR THE EXPECTED CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP. PRELIMS... SHV 070/090 068/088 063 1252 MLU 070/090 070/086 064 1273 TXK 070/090 067/088 062 0531 TYR 071/089 068/087 063 0431 LFK 069/092 068/088 064 0242 20 .SHV...NONE.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 20, 2001
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 20, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 20, 2001
- Hail in Colorado, June 20 to 21, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Maryland, June 20, 2001
- High Wind in New York, June 20, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 20, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 20, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 20, 2001
- Lightning Strikes in New York, June 20, 2001
- Flood and Lightning Strike in Kansas, June 20, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 20 to 21, 2001
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5250740.