Thunderstorm Wind, Acadia
- When
- February 16, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Acadia County, Crowley
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 30.217, -92.367
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, February 16, 2001
A giant oak tree was blown over during a severe thunderstorm in Crowley.
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.
A giant oak tree was blown over during a severe thunderstorm in Crowley.
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 Feb 16, 10:07 AM CST, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 10:07 AM CST, 53 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1007 AM CST FRI FEB 16 200
WILL UPDATE ZONES SHORTLY FOR TORNADO WATCH 22 WHICH INCLUDES MOST
PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. SQUALL
LINE INTENSIFYING ALONG COLD FRONT MOVING RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS REGION.
.LCH...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 3 PM...LAZ028>029-031>033-041>045-051>055
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...GMZ450-455-470-475.
PRELIM NUMBERS...
AEX 73/38/50/32 9200
BPT 72/40/53/36 8200
LCH 73/40/54/35 8200
LFT 77/42/55/34 8300
23...MARCOTTEIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 10:18 AM CST, 42 minutes before
GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216- 161930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1018 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001 ...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY... ...MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS FOR LATER TODAY INTO THE WEEKEND... A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN LOUISIANA AND WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. BEHIND THIS FRONT...COOLER AIR HAS BEGUN TO SETTLE OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED AS THIS COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE WARM MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST OUT OF WEST TEXAS. THIS WILL CAUSE WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE TO INCREASE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF DRAGGING THESE STRONG WINDS ALOFT TO THE SURFACE. THESE WINDS...KNOWN AS A DOWNBURST... COULD BE IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH. AT THESE SPEEDS...TREES AND POWERLINES COULD BE KNOCKED DOWN. SOME DAMAGE TO TRAILERS IS POSSIBLE. ALSO WINDOWS MAY BE DAMAGED BY DEBRIS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES...MAINLY WHERE THUNDERSTORMS MERGE ALONG THE SQUALL LINE. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS AND COULD POSE A THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF MARINERS... ESPECIALLY SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL USHER IN MUCH $COOLER TEMPERATURES WITH A DROP OF ABOUT 15 TO 20 DEGREES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 10:23 AM CST, 37 minutes before
GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216- 161930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1023 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM... ...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY... ...MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS FOR LATER TODAY INTO THE WEEKEND... A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN LOUISIANA AND WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. BEHIND THIS FRONT...COOLER AIR HAS BEGUN TO SETTLE OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED AS THIS COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE WARM MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST OUT OF WEST TEXAS. THIS WILL CAUSE WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE TO INCREASE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF DRAGGING THESE STRONG WINDS ALOFT TO THE SURFACE. THESE WINDS...KNOWN AS A DOWNBURST... COULD BE IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH. AT THESE SPEEDS...TREES AND POWERLINES COULD BE KNOCKED DOWN. SOME DAMAGE TO TRAILERS IS POSSIBLE. ALSO WINDOWS MAY BE DAMAGED BY DEBRIS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES...MAINLY WHERE THUNDERSTORMS MERGE ALONG THE SQUALL LINE. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS AND COULD POSE A THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF MARINERS... ESPECIALLY SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES%...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL USHER IN MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES WITH A DROP OF ABOUT 15 TO 20 DEGREES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:58 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 16, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 16, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, February 16, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 16, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, February 16, 2001
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 16, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, February 16, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, February 16, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, February 16, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, February 16, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, February 16, 2001
- Tornado in Georgia, February 16, 2001
More
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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: 5233282.