Louisiana, 2001Flooding in Louisiana, March 1 to 10, 2001
March 1 to 10, 2001 · NWS SHV · 4 events in 4 counties and zones
4 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
- 4
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 Feb 28, 9:10 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 9:10 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
910 PM CST WED FEB 28 2001
ELEVATED CONVECTION IN LARGE RAIN AREA STILL OCCURRING ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WITH WARM AIR ADVECTION
PATTERN ABOVE SHALLOW COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE. THIS PRECIPITATION IS
STEADILY MOVING ACROSS THE SAME AREA. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED DURING THE LAST HOUR ACROSS EAST TEXAS FROM
LUFKIN TO TYLER...AND THIS AREA WAS MOVING ACROSS SHREVEPORT. WILL
HAVE TO INCREASE RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE WEST. WITH GROUND SATURATED
FROM EARLIER RAINS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE
REMAINDER OF TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. A THUNDERSTORM OVER SHV JUST
PRODUCED ALMOST A HALF INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR. FLASH
FLOOD GUIDANCE RANGES FROM 0.70 TO 1.3 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. WITH
STRONGER SHORTWAVE APPROACHING CWA LATE TONIGHT HEAVIER RAINFALL
WILL BE POSSIBLE. HEAVIEST RAINFALL TOTALS THE PAST 36 HOURS WERE
ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...AS WELL AS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTH
LOUISIANA GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20.
09
.SHV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES REMAINDER OF TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 28, 11:05 PM CST, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1105 PM CST WED FEB 28 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1030 PM 5 NE PROVENCAL LA 1 INCH HAIL
02/28/01 NATCHITOCHES REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
1030 PM SHREVEPORT LA FLOODING ON INTERSTATE 20
02/28/01 EASTBOUND AT MONKHOUSE
DRIVE...INCLUDING ON RAMP.
FLOODING ON NORTH COMMON
STREET NEAR THE RAILROAD
BRIDGE. FLOODING AT
INTERSECTION OF LINE
AVENUE AND PIERREMONT.
FLOODING AT INTERSECTION
OF GILBERT AND EAST
TOPEKA. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORC EMENT.
09Flood, Caddo
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM CST to March 10, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -93.882 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High water levels from heavy rainfall in February, combined with additional heavy rains during early March, producing some of the highest river readings on the Red River from Shreveport, LA, to Grand Ecore since May of 1990. Three homes had backwater flooding problems near Shreveport. Further south, high water claimed another two homes near Natchitoches, LA, because of backwater flooding of Bayou Pierre. The Red River in Shreveport crested at 29.8 feet on the 5th. Flood stage is 30 feet. At Coushatta, LA, the Red River crested at 35.2 feet. Flood stage is 31 feet. At Grand Ecore, the Red River crested at 29.4 feet. Flood stage is 33 feet.
Flood, Bossier
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM CST to March 10, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Bossier forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.679, -93.605 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High water levels from heavy rainfall in February, combined with additional heavy rains during early March, producing some of the highest river readings on the Red River from Shreveport, LA, to Grand Ecore since May of 1990. Three homes had backwater flooding problems near Shreveport. Further south, high water claimed another two homes near Natchitoches, LA, because of backwater flooding of Bayou Pierre. The Red River in Shreveport crested at 29.8 feet on the 5th. Flood stage is 30 feet. At Coushatta, LA, the Red River crested at 35.2 feet. Flood stage is 31 feet. At Grand Ecore, the Red River crested at 29.4 feet. Flood stage is 33 feet.
Flood, Red River
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM CST to March 10, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Red River forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.093, -93.340 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High water levels from heavy rainfall in February, combined with additional heavy rains during early March, producing some of the highest river readings on the Red River from Shreveport, LA, to Grand Ecore since May of 1990. Three homes had backwater flooding problems near Shreveport. Further south, high water claimed another two homes near Natchitoches, LA, because of backwater flooding of Bayou Pierre. The Red River in Shreveport crested at 29.8 feet on the 5th. Flood stage is 30 feet. At Coushatta, LA, the Red River crested at 35.2 feet. Flood stage is 31 feet. At Grand Ecore, the Red River crested at 29.4 feet. Flood stage is 33 feet.
Flood, Natchitoches
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM CST to March 10, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Natchitoches forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.724, -93.096 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High water levels from heavy rainfall in February, combined with additional heavy rains during early March, producing some of the highest river readings on the Red River from Shreveport, LA, to Grand Ecore since May of 1990. Three homes had backwater flooding problems near Shreveport. Further south, high water claimed another two homes near Natchitoches, LA, because of backwater flooding of Bayou Pierre. The Red River in Shreveport crested at 29.8 feet on the 5th. Flood stage is 30 feet. At Coushatta, LA, the Red River crested at 35.2 feet. Flood stage is 31 feet. At Grand Ecore, the Red River crested at 29.4 feet. Flood stage is 33 feet.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Ice Storm in Kansas, March 1, 20012 deaths · 2 events
- Rip Current in California, March 1, 20011 death · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, March 1 to 3, 2001$539,000 · 2.5 in hail · 64 events
- Heavy Rain in Georgia, March 1 to 31, 200197 events
- Flash Flooding in Louisiana, March 1 to 3, 2001$180,000 · 11 events
- Dense Fog in Arizona, March 1, 20018 injured · 1 event
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 1, 2001$75,000 · 2 events
- Cold in West Virginia, March 1 to 31, 200134 events
- Drought in North Carolina, March 1 to 31, 200129 events
- Drought in South Carolina, March 1 to 31, 200115 events
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 1, 2001$15,000 · 1 event
- Drought in Texas, March 1 to 31, 20018 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: 5235137, 5235138, 5235270, 5235271.