Thunderstorm Wind, Beauregard
- When
- February 20, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Beauregard County, Dry Creek
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.670, -93.050
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, February 20, 1997
A severe thunderstorm knocked many trees down, and blew the roof off the police jury maintenance building east of DeRidder. The hardest hit area in the parish was around Dry Creek, where school was cancelled because power lines were still down later in the day.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm knocked many trees down, and blew the roof off the police jury maintenance building east of DeRidder. The hardest hit area in the parish was around Dry Creek, where school was cancelled because power lines were still down later in the day.
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:01 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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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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: 5590662.