Thunderstorm Wind, Rapides
- When
- December 22, 10:33 PM CST
- Where
- Rapides County, Gardner
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.250, -92.683
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 22, 2001
Tree blown down on Highway 121.
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.
Tree blown down on Highway 121.
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 Dec 22, 8:00 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 8:00 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 800 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2001 CLEARING LINE OF STORMS MOVING THRU NW TYLER COUNTY AT THIS TIME. FRONT THRU HOU AND LOOKS TO MOVE THRU LCH AND BPT BEFORE MIDNIGHT... LFT AROUND 4 AM. SHOWERS LOOK TO END DRG THE EARLY MRNG HOURS. SKIES CLEARING TOWARDS SUNRISE. LOOKS LIKE A GREAT DAY ON TAP WITH TEMPS STRUGGLING TO REACH 60 DEGREES. CHRISTMAS WHICH IS ON EVERYONES MIND... ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 15 LOOKS TO BE COLD. CLR SKIES...NO RAIN... MRNG LOWS STARTING OUT AROUND 30 DOWN TOWARDS THE COAST... MID 20S INLAND LCTNS. AFTN TEMPS AROUND 50. WILL UPDATE THE FORECAST FOR MINOR CHANGES. .LCH...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY GMZ450-455-470-475 .PRELIM NUMBERS... AEX 47/57/29/50/25/45 900000 BPT 50/62/34/53/31/50 900000 LCH 54/61/34/52/30/49 900000 LFT 60/60/34/52/29/48 900000 K. KUYPER
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 22, 9:00 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
900 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0840 PM GILLIS LA WIND DAMAGE
12/22/01 CALCASIEU BARN MOVED OFF FOUNDATION
AT 855 GILLIS LANE.
0840 PM GILLIS LA .88 INCH HAIL
12/22/01 CALCASIEU
THMThe 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
- Rip Current in Guam, December 22, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, December 22, 2001
- Tornado in Louisiana, December 22, 2001
- Blizzard in North Dakota, December 22 to 23, 2001
- Blizzard in Minnesota, December 22 to 23, 2001
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, December 22, 2001
- Blizzard in North Dakota, December 22, 2001
- High Wind in South Dakota, December 22, 2001
- Avalanche in Alaska, December 22 to 23, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, December 22, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, December 22, 2001
- Hail in Iowa, December 22, 2001
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, December 2001
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: 5276378.