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 Jun 27, 9:00 AM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1000 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2001 RADAR CURRENTLY SHOWS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY FORECAST FOR THE MUCH OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE SHREVEPORT MORNING SOUNDING SUPPORTS THAT WITH A LIFTED INDEX OF -9 AND DECENT MOISTURE UP TO 700MB. DAYTIME HEATING AND VORT MAXES ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LOW TODAY WILL ONLY ENHANCE THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS. SO SINCE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MENTIONED...I WILL ONLY MAKE COSMETIC CHANGES IN THE UPDATE. ELEVEN .SHV...NONE.
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-271630- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1030 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2001 DECENT MOISTURE...DAYTIME HEATING...AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA...ARE PERFECT INGREDIENTS FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD REMAIN ISOLATED. ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN NETWORKS...STORM SPOTTERS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS...ARE NOT EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm remained stationary over the same area for nearly 1 hour. Hail to the size of baseballs for for nearly 40 minutes totally stripping trees and vegetation. No reports of damage to property was received.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 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: 5250653.