Damaging Wind in Texas, May 6, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Texas, May 6, 2001
Start: 2001-05-06T22:09
End: 2001-05-06T22:09
Location: Texas

May 6, 2001 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 6, 8:56 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 8:56 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
955 PM CDT PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001

UPDATED ZONES TO INCLUDE MENTION OF POSSIBLE SEVERE.
NO OTHER CHANGES MADE.

06

.SHV...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 5:49 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
649 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001

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

0630 PM    SUTTON                    AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   NEVADA                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0635 PM    5 S PRESCOTT              AR   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   ~NEVADA                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

Local storm report, May 6, 6:35 PM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
735 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001

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

0630 PM    SUTTON                    AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   NEVADA                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0635 PM    5 S PRESCOTT              AR   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   NEVADA                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0725 PM    LANEBURG                  AR   .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   NEVADA                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

Local storm report, May 6, 8:43 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
943 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001

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

0630 PM    SUTTON                    AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   NEVADA                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0635 PM    5 S PRESCOTT              AR   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   NEVADA                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0725 PM    LANEBURG                  AR   .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   NEVADA                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0920 PM    RED HILL                  TX   .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   CASS                           REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTERS

0933 PM    RED HILL                  TX   .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   CASS                           REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTERS

Local storm report, May 6, 9:59 PM CST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
1059 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001

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

0905 PM    LAKE CHEROKEE             TX   .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   GREGG                          REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTERS

0910 PM    5 ENE HALLSVILLE          TX   .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   HARRISON                       REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTERS

0945 PM    JEFFERSON                 TX   1.75 INCH HAIL 05/06/01
           MARION                         REPORTED BY KSLA TV

0957 PM    2 SW BOGATA               TX   WIND DAMAGE
05/06/01   RED RIVER                      TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

1020 PM    5 N CLARKSVILLE           TX   WIND DAMAGE
05/06/01   RED RIVER                      TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

1020 PM    3 N STRONG                AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   UNION                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

1050 PM    2 N NAPLES                TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   MORRIS              g           REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

Local storm report, May 6, 9:59 PM CST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...COR ALIGNMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
1059 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001

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

0905 PM    LAKE CHEROKEE             TX   .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   GREGG                          REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTERS

0910 PM    5 ENE HALLSVILLE          TX   .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   HARRISON                       REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTERS

0945 PM    JEFFERSON                 TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   MARION                         REPORTED BY KSLA TV

0957 PM    2 SW BOGATA               TX   WIND DAMAGE
05/06/01   RED RIVER                      TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

1020 PM    5 N CLARKSVILLE           TX   WIND DAMAGE
05/06/01   RED RIVER                      TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

1020 PM    3 N STRONG                AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   UNION                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

1050 PM    2 N NAPLES                TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   MORRIS                         REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Marion

When: May 6, 10:09 PM CST
Where: Marion County, 3 mi E of Jefferson
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.750, -94.300

Numerous trees 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

Every storm in Texas in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, May 2001

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: 5241063.