Thunderstorm Wind, Ouachita
- When
- June 4, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County, West Monroe
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 32.517, -92.117
Downed trees and tree limbs and fallen traffic lights tethered to high wires.
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 4, 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 4, 9:55 AM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 9:55 AM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1055 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2001 WILL NEED TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO AFTERNOON FORECAST. WIDESPREAD CONVECTION SOUTH OF THE AREA STREAMING NORTHWARD IN 30-40 KNOT DEEP LOW LEVEL FLOW. RUC LIFTED INDICES PROGGED AT -10 OR LOWER AREAWIDE THIS AFTERNOON. CURRENT FORECAST OF ISOLATED NORTH TO SCATTERED SOUTH WILL NEED TO BE SCATTERED NORTH AND WIDESPREAD SOUTH. SKY COVER MAY BE TRICKY AS CLOUDS TEND TO THIN OUT BY MIDDAY IN STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW REGIMES...BUT 70-80 PERCENT HUMIDITIES AT CLOUD LEVEL PROGGED TO RETAIN FOR AFTERNOON...PLUS DEVELOPMENT AND MOTION OF CURRENT PRECIP...WILL WORD MOSTLY CLOUDY. LEAVE IN PARTLY CLOUDY NORTH WHERE VISIBLE IMAGERY INDICATING SLIGHTLY LESS VERTICAL CLOUD DEVELOPMENT. CURRENT TEMPS IN LOWER 80S NORTH UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY AND MID 80S SOUTH UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY SHOULD AVERAGE OUT NEAR 90 AREAWIDE THIS AFTERNOON. WILL LEAVE TEMPS AL,ONE AND WINDS AS WELL. VII .SHV...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 9:30 AM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-041634- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1030 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2001 AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD TOWARDS THE UPPER TEXAS AND WESTERN LOUISIANA COASTS. THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL BE SPREADING MOISTURE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FOUR STATE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE UP TO ONE INCH HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...HOWEVER THESE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ISOLATED. DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN NETWORKS...STORM SPOTTERS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS...IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 9:34 AM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-041634- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1034 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2001 HIGHLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR FROM THE GULF HAVE RESULTED IN SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FOUR STATE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG OR POSSIBLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. HOWEVER...MOST STORMS WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN NETWORKS...STORM SPOTTERS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS...IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 162 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:17 UTC.
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
- Flash Flood in Missouri, June 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 4, 2001
- Hail in Texas, June 4, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 4 to 5, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 4, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, June 4, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 4, 2001
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 4, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 4, 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: 5250576.