Louisiana, 2001

Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 21, 2001

May 21, 2001 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Cold
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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 May 21, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
330 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2001

SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPING OVER LOUISIANA AND EXTREME EAST TEXAS WITH
ISOLATED SUPERCELLS. ONE STORM DEVELOPED NEAR NATCHITOCHES AND
ANOTHER WEST OF SHREVEPORT. MORE CONCENTRATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND EXTEND SOUTHEAST INTO
SOUTHEAST TEXAS. STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDS ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
WEST OF TEXARKANA TO JUST WEST OF SHREVEPORT INTO EAST TEXAS SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 20. A FEW SHOWERS ARE OCCURRING NORTH OF THE FRONT
WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS WITH PVA AHEAD OF
MAIN SHORTWAVE WITH STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL PLAINS. THE MAIN THREAT THIS EVENING WILL BE ALONG THE COLD
FRONT WITH POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL AND WINDS IF A LINE CAN DEVELOP AS
THE FRONT CROSSES EXTREME EAST TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA. AFTER
TONIGHTS RAIN TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL WITH UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IN
THE EAST AND RIDGE IN THE WEST. ANOTHER FRONT DEVELOPS TO THE THE
NORTHWEST AS MODELS BRING UPPER LOW INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY THURSDAY. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THURSDAY AND
THEN MOVE TO THE GULF COAST AND MAY WASH OUT BY SATURDAY. PUT CHANCE
OF RAIN IN THURSDAY BUT WILL LEAVE OUT NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN UNTIL
SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS MRF SHOWS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING TO THE WEST
AND A FRONT SETS UP JUST NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA.

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PRELIMS...

SHV 053/078 052/082 056 3000
MLU 055/076 053/078 054 5000
TXK 049/077 050/080 055 2000
TYR 051/079 051/083 057 0000
LFK 052/080 050/083 056 3000

.SHV...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 21, 3:50 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
450 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2001

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

0335 PM    JENA                      LA   .75 INCH HAIL
05/21/01   LA SALLE                       REPORT FROM LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0335 PM    SHREVEPORT                LA   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/21/01   CADDO                          GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED NEAR JOB CORP ON
                                          NORTH LAKESHORE
                                          REPORT FROM THE PUBLIC

0340 PM    SHREVEPORT                LA   .88 INCH HAIL
05/21/01   CADDO                          NICKEL SIZED HAIL ON
                                          YOUREE AND NORTH MARKET
                                          REPORT FROM STORM SPOTTER

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The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:18 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Grant

When
May 21, 5:20 PM CST
Where
Grant County, 3 mi E of Montgomery
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.667, -92.850

Trees and power lines down.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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: 5241892.