Louisiana, 2001

Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 21, 2001

June 21, 2001 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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.

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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 21, 1:50 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 1:50 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
250 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2001

SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES TODAY AS EVIDENT IN VISIBLE SATELLITE...
WHICH HAVE FIRED UP A LINE OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
ACROSS NW SECTIONS OF CWFA. SEA BREEZE TRIGGERING SCATTERED ACTIVITY
ACROSS SOUTH. SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING MIX WHEN TWO AREAS MEET. AS
PER ETA...WILL GO WITH THIS SYSTEM MOVING ON OUT OF THE SE SECTIONS
BY MIDDAY FRI WITH SUNNY SKIES NW TO DECREASING CLOUDS SE. THIS
FRONT SHOULD BRING A WELCOME COOL DOWN FOR FRIDAY NIGHT...BUT ALAS
TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY REBOUND BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. NEXT
SHOT OF RAIN WILL COME BACK INTO PLAY BY TUE AND ON INTO WED AND
THU...AS WE WILL GET THE RETURN OF A SOUTHERLY FETCH...SUMMERTIME
AFTERNOON ACTIVITY TYPE OF ROUTINE TO COME BACK INTO PLAY. WILL
STILL NUDGE DOWN TXK HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM MOS DUE TO CONTAMINATION
OF DATA...OTHERWISE WILL NOT STRAY TOO FAR.

PRELIMS...

SHV 065/086 062/087 066 5000
MLU 069/085 063/087 065 6200
TXK 063/084 061/086 063 3000
TYR 064/084 062/089 066 4000
LFK 068/087 061/090 065 5100

20

.SHV...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 21, 2:05 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
305 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2001

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

0205 PM    2 S BETHEL                OK   .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/01   MCCURTAIN                      REPORTED ALONG HWY 259
                                          BY GENERAL PUBLIC.

NNNN

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:31 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Union

When
June 21, 6:30 PM CST
Where
Union County, Farmerville
Measured
54 kt (62 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
32.767, -92.400

Trees reported down in several locations in town. Wind blew gravel off the ground in a parking lot and peppered cars.

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

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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: 5250739.