Thunderstorm Wind, Cameron
- When
- January 22, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cameron County, Grand Lake
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 30.070, -93.280
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 22, 1998
Severe thunderstorms blew several trees down over the highway.
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
- $10,000
- 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.
Severe thunderstorms blew several trees down over the highway.
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:01 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
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, January 22, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, January 22, 1998
- Winter Storm in Michigan, January 22 to 23, 1998
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, January 22, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 22, 1998
- Tornado in Georgia, January 22 to 30, 1998
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 22, 1998
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 22, 1998
- Winter Weather in Illinois, January 22, 1998
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 22 to 23, 1998
- Winter Weather in Missouri, January 22, 1998
- Flooding in North Carolina, January 22 to 30, 1998
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5629186.