Thunderstorm Wind, Calcasieu
- When
- August 27, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Calcasieu County, Moss Bluff
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.300, -93.220
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 27, 1999
Trees were blown down across the parish, including the cities and towns of Carlyss, DeQuincy, Vinton, and Moss Bluff.
Where it happened
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- 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.
Trees were blown down across the parish, including the cities and towns of Carlyss, DeQuincy, Vinton, and Moss Bluff.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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 in New York, August 27, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 27, 1999
- Waterspouts in Florida, August 27, 1999
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, August 27, 1999
- Flash Flood in Utah, August 27, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Idaho, August 27, 1999
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 27, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, August 27 to 28, 1999
- Damaging Wind and Heavy Rain in Colorado, August 27, 1999
- Funnel Cloud in Nevada, August 27, 1999
- Hail in Oklahoma, August 27, 1999
- Hail in Louisiana, August 27, 1999
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, August 1999
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: 5714082.