Louisiana, 2001

Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 24, 2001

November 24, 2001 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 Nov 23, 11:15 PM CST, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 23, 11:15 PM CST, 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1115 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2001

UPDATED PACKAGE JUST SENT OUT TO TAKE OUT TORNADO WATCH WHICH
EXPIRED AT 1100 PM.  NEW WATCH ISSUED UNTIL 3 AM FOR COUNTIES IN SW
AR IN CWFA.  SEVERE MENTION ALREADY IN ZONES WILL COVER THIS NEW
WATCH.  RAISED POPS TO COVER SPREAD OF TSTMS AHEAD OF SQUALL LINE
AND SQUALL LINE ITSELF.  ALSO ADJUSTED CLOUD COVER AND WINDS AS PER
TIMING OF LINE.  TEMPERATURES FALLING NICELY AS SQUALL LINE
PASSES...ZONES COVER THIS ALREADY.

20

.SHV...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 23, 9:45 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
945 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2001

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

925 PM    VALLIANT                   OK   WIND DAMAGE
11/23/01  MCCURTAIN                       RAILROAD CROSSARM BLOWN OVER
                                          INTO DITCH
                                          REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

15
Local storm report, Nov 23, 11:17 PM CST, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1117 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2001

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

1015 PM    GILLHAM                   AR   .88 INCH HAIL
11/23/01   SEVIER                         HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS.
                                          FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 162 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:11 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ouachita

When
November 24, 12:10 AM CST
Where
Ouachita County, Monroe
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
32.500, -92.117

Several large trees down along Hwy 34.

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: 5273083.