Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette
- When
- September 9, 2:01 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, Lafayette (Lft)
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.207, -92.064 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, September 9, 1994
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 4
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.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Calcasieu
- When
- September 9, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- Calcasieu County, Sulphur
- Coordinates
- 30.229, -93.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Lafayette
- When
- September 9, 5:12 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, Point Coupee to Livonia
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.207, -92.064 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, West Feliciana
- When
- September 9, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- West Feliciana County to St. Francisville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.880, -91.420 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A few thunderstorms reached severe criteria across south Louisiana during the afternoon. Power lines and tree branches were knocked near Sulphur by thunderstorm wind gusts. In Lafayette, winds gusted to 62 mph, and 15,000 customers were without power when lines were downed by wind gusts and fallen tree branches.
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, September 9, 1994
- Tornado and Hail in Idaho, September 9, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, September 9, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 9, 1994
- Hail in Massachusetts, September 9, 1994
- Hail in New Mexico, September 9, 1994
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 9, 1994
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, September 9, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, September 9, 1994
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, September 9, 1994
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, September 9, 1994
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: 10328049, 10328417, 10328050, 10327610.