Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 6, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 6, 2001
Start: 2001-09-06T16:49
End: 2001-09-06T16:49
Location: Louisiana

September 6, 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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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 Sep 6, 2:25 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 2:25 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
325 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2001

CONVECTION SPREADING NORTHEAST ACROSS CWA WITH SHORTWAVE. AFTERNOON
HEATING ADDING TO THE ACTIVITY SO MOST EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING
HOURS...THUS INDICATED SUCH ON THE ZONES. ON FRIDAY AHEAD OF
FRONT...PRECIP WILL BE PRIMARILY CAUSED BY AFTERNOON HEATING...THUS
ONLY ISOLATED EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. FRONT WILL NEAR NORTHWEST ZONES
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...SO WILL CARRY IN ZONES FOR LATE IN PERIOD.
EXPECT FRONT TO CROSS CWA SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...AND BY
EARLY SUNDAY SHOULD BE SOUTH OF FORECAST AREA. AVN IS THE FAST MODEL
WITH THIS SYSTEM...ABOUT 6 HOURS FASTER THAN ETA. SINCE IT HAS BEEN
CONSISTENT PAST FEW RUNS...WILL FOLLOW TIMING. WILL CARRY PRECIP IN
SOUTHERN MOST ZONES FOR EARLY SUNDAY...BUT CHANCE IS RATHER SMALL.
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LOOK DRY...WITH MILD OVERNIGHT LOWS.
DAYTIME HIGHS MOSTLY 85 TO 90 DURING THIS PERIOD MOST WITH LOW
HUMIDITY. RETURN OF THE MOISTURE SHOULD HOLD OF UNTIL THURSDAY.

PRELIMS....

SHV 072/092/073/088 3214
MLU 072/092/073/090 2215
TXK 074/090/074/086 4234
TYR 073/091/074/085 5233
LFK 072/092/073/091 3223

.SHV...NONE

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The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Webster

When: September 6, 4:49 PM CST
Where: Webster County, Dixie Inn
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.600, -93.333

Several large trees down across I-20.

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

Every storm in Louisiana in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Louisiana, September 2001

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: 5266472.