Texas, 2001

Damaging Wind in Texas, May 28, 2001

May 28, 2001 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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.

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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 May 27, 9:00 PM CST, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 9:00 PM CST, 4 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1000 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001

MINI MCC OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST TX...AND SOUTHWEST AR...WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ALONG THE WARM FRONT...WHICH THIS MORNING WAS
LOCATED FROM NEAR ARDMORE OK TO TEXARKANA TO JACKSON MS. THIS WARM
FRONT WILL LIKELY MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD TODAY AND TONIGHT. WITHOUT
GOOD LOW LEVEL INFLOW INTO THE MINI MCC...AND WITHOUT STRONG MID
LEVEL WINDS...EXPECT THE CONVECTION TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND PROBABLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES EASTWARD. ANOTHER ROUND OF
CONVECTION MAY AFFECT THE NORTH HALF OF THE FOUR STATE AREA LATE
TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. WILL HAVE TO MAKE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS
TO POPS AND TEMPS IN THE ZONES ON A LATE MORNING UPDATE...TO REFLECT
THE MOVEMENT AND STRENGTH OF THE CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE MINI
MCC...FOR THE AFTERNOON PERIOD.

3

.SHV...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 27, 9:24 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1024 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

0955 PM    EAGLETOWN                 OK   2.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01   MCCURTAIN                      SOUTHEAST OF
                                          EAGLETOWN...ONE HALF MILE
                                          FROM STATE LINE. HAIL
                                          SMASHED A WINDSHIELD OUT
                                          OF A MOTORIST/S CAR.
                                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
Local storm report, May 27, 9:43 PM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1043 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION.m...

1015 PM    HORATIO                   AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01   SEVIER                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.
Local storm report, May 27, 10:09 PM CST, 3 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1109 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

1025 PM    HORATIO                   AR   4.50 INCH HAIL
05/27/01   SEVIER                         REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
                                          NUMEROUS WINDSHIELDS WERE
                                          BROKEN.

1030 PM    CENTRAL                   AR   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/27/01   SEVIER                         REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER.

1030 PM    CENTRAL                   AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01   |SEVIER                         REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER.

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 153 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:09 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When
May 28, 1:09 AM CST
Where
Franklin County, Mt Vernon
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.183, -95.233

Trees and power lines down.

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

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: 5241903.