1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Mar 1, 3:15 AM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 315 AM CST THU MAR 1 2001 THE SHORT TERM FORECAST WILL REMAIN WET THROUGH THE PERIOD CONTINUING TO AGGRAVATE FLOOD PROBLEMS...HOWEVER THE EXTENDING IS GIVING HOPE TO DRY WEATHER NEXT WEEK. THE MODELS INDICATE THAT THE LINGERING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN US WILL BEGIN TO PROGRESS EAST TODAY. THIS TROUGH SHOULD BE EAST OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY. HOWEVER RAIN WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH SATURDAY...AS DEEP MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA UNTIL THIS TROUGH PASSES. POPS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY HIGH ACROSS THE AREA AS DEEPNESS OF MOISTURE DOES NOT REQUIRE MUCH LIFT TO GENERATE PRECIPITATION. A WEAK BOUNDARY FROM NEAR A JAN...ESF...TO JUST EAST OF A LCH LINE WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE LOCATED NEAR THIS BOUNDARY THE NEXT FEW DAYS...WITH CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY...THIS WILL BE THE LIKELY AREA FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED TODAY FOR THE I20 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHWARD. ON SUNDAY THE THE MID TO UPPER LEVELS WILL DRY OUT QUICKLY AS THE TROUGH MOVES EAST AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL RETURN BY MONDAY. WILL NOT DEVIATE MUCH FROM FWC. PRELIMS... SHV 55/46/56/41 ++75 MLU 55/48/55/43 ++75 TXK 51/44/51/39 5774 TYR 52/45/52/41 9+74 LFK 54/48/54/42 ++84 ELEVEN .SHV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022- TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167 FOR TODAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains through the early portion of March combined with already high water conditions on Caddo Lake which crested at 175.6 feet. This resulted in some 150 homes flooded along the shores of the lake. Flood stage is 172.0 feet. Damage figures are not available.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, March 2001
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