Louisiana, 2001Tornadoes in Louisiana, November 26 to 27, 2001
November 26 to 27, 2001 · NWS SHV · 2 events in 1 county or zone
2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $40,000
- 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
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NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 26, 11:20 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 26, 11:20 PM CST, 30 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 26, 6:25 PM CST, 5 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
625 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0420 PM BRADLEY AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
11/26/01 LAFAYETTE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0515 PM HAYNESVILLE LA .88 INCH HAIL
11/26/01 CLAIBORNE NICKEL SIZE HAIL. REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
0540 PM 7 S QUITMAN LA WIND DAMAGE
11/26/01 JACKSON TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
GENERAL PUBLIC.
4/20Special weather statement, Nov 26, 8:40 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
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- When
- November 26, 11:50 PM CST to November 27, 12:13 AM CST
- Where
- Natchitoches County, 2 mi NE of Powhatan
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 15.2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 31.883, -93.183
Damage was confined mostly to trees and tree limbs. A row of Pecan trees was knocked over at the beginning of the path. Some power lines were down, a mobile home had its roof stripped and a home had its chimney and roof damaged.
Tornado, Natchitoches
- When
- November 27, 12:01 AM CST to 12:04 AM CST
- Where
- Natchitoches County, 1 mi W of Campti
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -93.133
Damage was confined to mostly trees and tree limbs. This tornado may have been a satellite tornado to the tornado directly to the north at the same time.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Tennessee, November 26 to 27, 20012 deaths · 15 injured · $1.8 million · F3 · 10 events
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, November 26, 2001$350,000 · F1 · 2 events
- Tornado in Arkansas, November 26, 2001F2 · 1 event
- Tornado in Arkansas, November 26, 2001F2 · 1 event
- Tornado in Arkansas, November 26, 2001F2 · 1 event
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, November 26 to 27, 2001$500,000 · 13 events
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, November 26, 2001$45,000 · F1 · 2 events
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, November 26 to 27, 200131 events
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, November 26, 2001$40,000 · 2 events
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, November 26, 2001F1 · 2 events
- Tornado in Louisiana, November 26, 2001F1 · 1 event
- Tornado in Arkansas, November 26, 2001F1 · 1 event
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5273078, 5273079.