Texas, 2001

Damaging Wind in Texas, October 13, 2001

October 13, 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.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • 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 Oct 13, 2:00 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 2:00 AM CST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
300 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

COLD FRONT EXTENDED THIS AM ACROSS E OK INTO N TX. AN EXTENSIVE
SQUALL LINE AHEAD OF THIS FRONT EXTENDED FROM NW OF LIT...TO CAMDEN
AR...TO LFK...AND THEN SWWD ACROSS SE TX. THIS AREA APPEARS TO BE
PROGRESSING EWD WELL. HAVE NOT HAD ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS WITH THIS
LINE SO FAR. WILL OPT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WORDING IN ZONE
GROUPS E OF SQUALL LINE IN LIEU OF A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. RAINFALL
AMTS OF 1-2 INCHES ALONG SQUALL LINE IN ONE HOUR...AFTER LINE DROPS
TO ONLY .10-.25 IN ONE HOUR. FRONT SHOULD BE THROUGH W PORTIONS OF
AREA BY MIDDAY AND THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA BY EVEN. WILL KEEP IN
SOME EVEN POPS FOR WRAP AROUND PRECIP BEHIND THE FRONT IN ASSOC WITH
UPPER LOW. LOOK FOR SOME POSSIBLE BREAKS IN ACTIVITY AFTER 1ST WAVE
ROLLS THROUGH BEFORE WRAP AROUND 2ND WAVE BEGINS LATE IN DAY. 2ND
WAVE SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA BY MDNT...WITH DECREASING CLOUDINESS
AFTERWARDS AND COOLING TEMPERATURES.

SUN THROUGH MID WEEK LOOKS TO BE DRY AND PLEASANT. HIGH WILL BUILD
OVER FORECAST AREA SUN...BUT THEN QUICKLY MOVE NE SUN NT IN
PREPARATION FOR OUR NEXT COLD FRONT WHICH WILL REINFORCE THE COOLER
AIR BUT WILL BE A DRY ONE IN NATURE.

20

PRELIMS...

SHV 074/052 077/049 077 +300
MLU 076/058 077/048 075 +500
TXK 069/050 074/049 075 +300
TYR 070/048 076/050 077 +100
LFK 073/050 078/048 079 +100

.SHV...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 12, 8:55 PM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
955 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2001

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

0715 PM    8 SE COLUMBIA             LA   1.75 INCH HAIL
10/12/01   CALDWELL                       GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. FROM
                                          CORPS OF ENGINEERS
Local storm report, Oct 12, 11:15 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1215 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

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

1116 PM    BOGATA                    TX   .75 INCH HAIL
10/12/01   RED RIVER                      FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

1140 PM    5 N CLARKSVILLE           TX   .75 INCH HAIL
10/12/01   RED RIVER                      DIME SIZE HAIL AT PINE
                                          CREEK. FROM LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

NNNN
Local storm report, Oct 12, 11:36 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1236 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

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

1201 AM    2 E LOCKESBURG            AR   WIND DAMAGE
10/13/01   SEVIER                         ONE TREE DOWN ON HWY 371.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

1210 AM    HAWORTH                   OK   .75 INCH HAIL
10/13/01   MCCURTAIN                      DIME SIZE HAIL.  REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Local storm report, Oct 12, 11:55 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1255 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

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

1220 AM    HORATIO                   AR   WIND DAMAGE
10/13/01   SEVIER                         TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Local storm report, Oct 13, 1:49 AM CST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
249 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

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

0115 AM    8 N NASHVILLE             AR   WIND DAMAGE
10/13/01   HOWARD                         2 CHICKEN HOUSES DAMAGED.
                                          TREES DOWN ON HWY 369.
                                          REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTER.

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:58 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Nacogdoches

When
October 13, 2:00 AM CST
Where
Nacogdoches County, 5 mi E of Nacogdoches
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
31.600, -94.583

Trees and power lines were felled across Hwy 7.

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

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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: 5269392.