Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette
- When
- August 18, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, Lafayette
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 30.220, -92.020
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 18, 1998
Several mobile homes damaged.
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
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.
Several mobile homes damaged.
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:28 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
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 18, 1998
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 18 to 30, 1998
- Flood in Texas, August 18 to 19, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, August 18, 1998
- Flood in Texas, August 18 to 19, 1998
- Lightning Strike in North Dakota, August 18, 1998
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, August 18 to 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 18, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Connecticut, August 18, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 18, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, August 18, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, August 18, 1998
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, August 1998
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: 5663754.