Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- March 12, 3:35 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County, 10 mi W of Jefferson
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -94.517
Several large trees toppled near Lake O The Pines.
Damaging Wind in Texas, March 12, 2001
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
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 Mar 12, 2:45 AM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 2:45 AM CST, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 245 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001 MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE NEXT COUPLE OF SYSTEMS TO AFFECT OUR AREA...THIS MORNING AND WED NIGHT INTO THU. LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS FORMED THIS MORNING OVER CENTRAL TEXAS...ALONG THE NOSE OF THE MID/UPR LEVEL DRY PUNCH. THE 06Z ETA PICKED UP ON THIS DEVELOPMENT PRETTY WELL...AND CARRIES 1/2 INCH OR BETTER QPF ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWFA. HIGH POPS LOOK LIKE A GOOD BET FOR TODAY...WITH CLEARING BY LATE IN THE DAY. DRY CONDITIONS WILL SETTLE OVER THE AREA FOR TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHING WED NIGHT. ETA AND AVN ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE POSITIONING OF THIS SYSTEM AT 60 HRS...SO THERE IS PRETTY HIGH CONFIDENCE FOR UNSETTLED WEATHER MID TO LATE WEEK. ALL AVAILABLE TEMP GUIDANCE INDICATES SOME VERY MILD TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS PERIOD. WILL STICK VERY NEAR FWC/MAV GUIDAaNCE THRU THE PERIOD. 05 PRELIMS... SHV 76/47/73/45 8000 MLU 76/48/72/45 8200 TXK 73/45/70/43 8000 TYR 75/45/73/46 4000 LFK 78/47/76/47 6000 .SHV...NONE.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornado in Alabama, March 12, 2001
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, March 12, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 12, 2001
- High Wind in Alabama, March 12, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 12, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 12, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, March 12, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 12, 2001
- Tornado in Georgia, March 12, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Texas, March 12, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 12, 2001
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: 5234921.