Louisiana, 2001

Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 20, 2001

August 20, 2001 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Several trees were blown down, including one that landed on a carport.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
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 trees were blown down, including one that landed on a carport.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 20, 1:30 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 1:30 PM CST, 4 hours before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
230 PM CDT MON AUG 20 2001

C-BRZ PROVIDING LIFT FOR AFTN SHWRS/TSTMS DVLPMNT ALG THE CSTL COS
AND PARISHES. ACTVTY EXPECTED TO END DRG THE EARLY EVE HOURS.
ELSEWHERE....SHWRS AND TSTMS OVR ERN LA AND NORTHERN GULF ASSOCD W/
STRONG MID AND UPR LVL SUPPORT AS ELONGATED TROF AXIS EXTENDS FM SRN
TX INTO CNTRL LA AND THEN ON UP INTO THE NEW ENGLAND STATES.

SOUNDING FM LCH HAS PRECIP WATER AT 1.3 INCHES OR SO...AFTN CAPES
AROUND 5000 (J/KG). BELIEVE THAT AS 500 MB HIGH TO OUR W MIGRATES
OVR THE TOP OF US... THIS WILL SHUT DOWN PRECIP THRU THE NXT 72
HOURS WITH SINKING AIR ALOFT. WHAT THIS WILL MEAN IS PERSISTENCE
TYPE OF FCSTG THRU THIS TIME PERIOD. AFTN TEMPS INTO THE LWR 90S
ALONG THE COAST AND LOW TO MID 90S ELSEWHERE. CLDS DVLPG DRG THE
LATE MRNG HOURS CONTG THRU THE EARLY EVE HOURS...THIS SHLD HELP HOLD
AFTN TEMPS IN CHECK. THE ADDITION OF THE AFTN C-BRZ WILL HELP THE
FOLKS ALONG THE COASTAL COS AND PARISHES TO KEEP A BIT COOLER.
OVRNGHT TEMPS INTO  THE LOWER 70S TWRDS AEX LOW TO MID 70S ACRS SRN
LA AND SE TX. AT THE COAST MRNG TEMPS LOOK TO BOTTOM OUT AROUND 80.

OTHERWISE...A NICE QUITE FCSTG PD. HEAT INDICES TO POP ABV THE
CENTURY MARK BY THE NOON HOUR CONTG THRU THE EARLY EVE HRS.

.LCH...NONE

.PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
AEX  72/95/72/95/73 00000
BPT  75/94/75/95/75 00000
LCH  74/94/74/94/74 00000
LFT  74/93/74/94/74 00000

K. KUYPER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 20, 4:50 PM CST, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
550 PM CDT MON AUG 20 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0515 PM    DELCAMBRE                 LA   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/20/01   VERMILION

THM

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:32 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Vermilion

When
August 20, 5:30 PM CST
Where
Vermilion County, Abbeville
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
29.967, -92.133

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.

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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: 5264094.