Louisiana, 2001

Flash Flood in Louisiana, June 6 to 7, 2001

June 6 to 7, 2001 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 6, 8:00 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 8:00 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
900 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2001

WITH REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON REMAINING OVER EAST TEXAS
AND AFFECTING THE FOUR STATE REGION INTO LATE WEEK...THE POTENTIAL
FOR FLASH FLOOD CONTINUES. WILL UPDATE THE PREVIOUS ZONES TO MAKE A
FEW MINOR CHANGES. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF THE
FORECAST AREA ESPECIALLY THE EAST TEXAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
PORTION OF THE WATCH. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP
AND SPREAD OVER THE SAME REGION AND WILL THROUGH THE NIGHT.
CENTER OF THE LOW PRESSURE AREA LOOKED TO BE BETWEEN NACOGDOCHES AND
TYLER TEXAS WITH A SLOW NORTH MOVEMENT. MODELS INDICATED THAT THE
SYSTEM WILL SHIFT AROUND OVER EAST TEXAS AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A
MOIST TROPICAL FETCH OF GULF AIR WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES
NEAR 2 INCHES.

06

PREVIOUS NUMBERS...

SHV 71/86/72/88/70 87653
MLU 70/84/71/88/71 88654
TXK 69D/82/70/87/68 77643
TYR 70/84/70/88/69 77643
LFK 72/82/71/88/71 88643

.SHV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR NW LA AND E TX.
LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:33 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Red River

When
June 6, 9:35 PM CST to June 7, 12:30 AM CST
Where
Red River County, Coushatta
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
32.093, -93.340 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Two feet of water covering Hwy 71 downtown from Tropical Storm Allison.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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: 5250579.