1 thunderstorm wind, 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 21, 9:00 AM CST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1000 AM CDT MON MAY 21 2001 COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NORTHERN COUNTIES OF FORECAST AREA AT MID MORNING WITH LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOWING A WEAKENING TREND THE PAST TWO HOURS. MORNING SOUNDING AT SHV SHOWING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON WITH CAPE AT 1500 J/KG AND LIFTED INDEX OF -7. A SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS EAST TEXAS AND INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY CAUSE RAPID DEVELOPMENT BY AFTERNOON...SOUTHEAST OF THE COLD FRONT WHICH WOULD BE MAINLY NORTH LOUISIANA AND POSSIBLY EXTREME EAST TEXAS FROM NEAR LUFKIN EAST. LATEST RUC SHOWS THE FRONT TO A MONROE...TO MANY LOUISIANA...TO LIVINGSTON TEXAS LINE BY 21Z THIS AFTERNOON. LIFT BEHIND THE FRONT SHOULD PRODUCE SOME RAIN FOR A FEW HOURS BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS HAVE PICKED UP BEHIND THE FRONT OVER OKLAHOMA WHICH IS ALREADY IN NORTHWEST ZONES. WILL LOWER RAIN CHANCES NORTHWEST AND KEEP HIGH CHANCES SOUTHEAST WITH RISK OF SEVERE SOUTHEAST OF FRONT. HEAVY RAINFALL ALSO A THREAT BUT FRONT IS MOVING FAST ENOUGH RIGHT NOW THAT SHOULD NOT NEEED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. WILL KEEP...RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES...IN SOUTHEAST ZONES. COOL TONIGHT WITH GREAT WEATHER THE REST OF THE WEEK. 09 .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>167-211635- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1030 AM CDT MON MAY 21 2001 A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND EXTREME WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA BY EARLY EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO FORM AND SHOULD INTENSIFY BY EARLY AFTERNOON OVER EAST TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA AS HEATING OCCURS AHEAD OF THE LINE IN THE VERY UNSTABLE ...MOIST AIRMASS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE QUITE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA...AND ACROSS NORTH LOUISIANA ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME ACTIVITY MAY LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. HAIL AND HIGH WINDS ARE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS...HOWEVER...A TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT ESPECIALLY WITH ANY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WELL AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN THE MOST UNSTABLE AIR. THE ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN NETWORKS...STORM SPOTTERS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees down, roofs off of 2 buildings, transformer and structure fires from downed power lines.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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