Louisiana, 2001

Flash Flooding in Louisiana, June 7, 2001

June 7, 2001 · NWS SHV · 2 events in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Wind
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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 7, 2:10 AM CST, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 2:10 AM CST, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
310 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2001

REMNANTS OF ALLISON STILL SPINNING AROUND EAST TX NEAR LFK.
MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE LOW WILL REMAIN OVER EAST
TX TODAY AND THEN MOVE SOUTHWEST TONIGHT THROUGH SAT. WITH
CENTER OF LOW BEING OVER THE LOWER TX COAST BY 09/12Z. AT
THIS TIME RAIN IS DECREASING...BUT EXPECT RAIN TO PICK UP
LATER...AROUND 4 AM OR SO...SOMEWHERE NEAR THE CENTER OF THE
LOW...AS TROPICAL SYSTEMS LIKE TO DO. WITH THIS IN MIND WILL
CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY...AS PRECIPTABLE WATER
TO REMAIN AROUND TWO INCHES TODAY...BEFORE DRYING OUT SLOWLY
FROM THE NORTH TONIGHT THROUGH SAT. THANKS FTW...HOU AND LCH
FOR COORD.

IV

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
SHV 82/72/84/70/88 7542
MLU 83/71/85/71/88 7542
TXK 82/71/85/70/87 6432
TYR 81/71/84/70/87 7542
LFK 80/72/83/71/88 8654

.SHV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY NORTH LOUISIANA AND THE
SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NORTHEAST TX...LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-
TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:55 PM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1055 PM CDT WED JUN 06 2001

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

1035 PM    COUSHATTA                 LA   FLOODING
06/06/01   RED RIVER                      2 FEET OF WATER COVERING
                                          HIGHWAY 71 IN COUSHATTA NEAR
                                          CAR DEALERSHIP
                                          REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Natchitoches

When
June 7, 3:00 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
Where
Natchitoches County, Marthaville
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.724, -93.096 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flooding across Hwy 120 resulting from Tropical Storm Allison.

Flash Flood, Natchitoches

When
June 7, 3:00 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
Where
Natchitoches County, Hagewood
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.724, -93.096 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flooding across Hwy 6 resulting 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

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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: 5250648, 5250649.