1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 27, 8:30 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 930 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001 IR SATELLITE TONIGHT SHOWS A NASTY MCC COVERING MOST OF OK. THIS SYSTEM IS PROGGED TO CONTINUE TO THE SSE AND REACH THE RED RIVER VALLEY OF NORTH CENTRAL TX IN THE WEE HOURS OF MON MORNING...AND ALSO PROGGED TO STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES FURTHER S. PRESENT RAIN CHANCES IN ZONES ARE ADEQUATE WITH SLOW MOVING LINE OUT OVER SE OK AND SW/W AR RIGHT NOW...SINCE MAIN SYSTEM IS NOT PROGGED TO QUITE MAKE IT HERE FOR THIS PERIOD. LOW TEMPERATURES LOOK FINE. WILL TWEAK WINDS SLIGHTLY OVER E ZONES...OTHERWISE ZONE PACKAGE IS GOOD. UPDATE WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. 20 .SHV...NONE.
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:55 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail smashed a windshield out of a motorists car. Car was sitting still at the time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, May 2001
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: 5241898.