Louisiana, 2001Flash 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.
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- 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
15Flash 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.
- 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.
- Lightning Strikes in Mississippi, June 7, 20011 death · 1 injured · $60,000 · 3 events
- Rip Current in Florida, June 7, 20011 death · 1 event
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 7, 2001$9.0 million · F0 · 13 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 7 to 10, 2001$45,000 · 39 events
- Flash Flood and Flood in Maryland, June 7, 2001$150,000 · 7 events
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 7, 20015 injured · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 7, 2001$40,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 7 to 8, 2001$40,000 · 1 event
- Hail in Colorado, June 7, 20011.75 in hail · 10 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 7, 2001F0 · 10 events
- Rip Current in Florida, June 7, 20011 injured · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 7, 200161 kt wind · 8 events
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.