Thunderstorm Wind, Vernon
- When
- February 27, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County, Leesville
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.150, -93.270
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, February 27, 1999
Trees were downed in Leesville.
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.
Trees were downed in Leesville.
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:29 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 27, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 27, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 27, 1999
- Hail in Missouri, February 27, 1999
- Tornado in Kentucky, February 27, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 27, 1999
- Hail in Missouri, February 27, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, February 27, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, February 27, 1999
- Hail in Texas, February 27, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 27, 1999
- Hail in Illinois, February 27, 1999
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, February 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5689314.