Thunderstorm Wind, Cameron
- When
- May 2, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Cameron County, Hackberry
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 30.000, -93.367
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 2, 2000
Trees blown down in Hackberry.
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
- $2,000
- 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 blown down in Hackberry.
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:31 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
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, May 2, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 2 to 3, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, May 2 to 5, 2000
- High Wind in New York, May 2, 2000
- Dense Fog in Illinois, May 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 2, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 2, 2000
- Dense Fog in Iowa, May 2, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Carolina, May 2, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 2, 2000
- Dense Fog in Missouri, May 2, 2000
- Flash Flood in Texas, May 2, 2000
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, May 2000
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: 5147064.