Thunderstorm Wind, Vernon
- When
- February 25, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Vernon County, Leesville
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 31.150, -93.267
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, February 25, 2001
A pine tree blew over during a severe thunderstorm, and landed on a home and truck, damaging them.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $15,000
- 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 pine tree blew over during a severe thunderstorm, and landed on a home and truck, damaging them.
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 25, 9:57 AM CST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 9:57 AM CST, 3 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 957 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2001 WEAK FRONT STALLING N OF MORGAN CITY/PATTERSON WITH OVERRUNNING PRODUCING A BROAD BAND OF CLOUDINESS. LCH 12Z SNDG WAS UNSTABLE WITH A K-INDEX OF 30...HWVR RECENT IR/MSTR CHNL IMAGERY AND MESO ETA INDICATING CAPPING OVER REMAINDER OF TDA...ALONG WITH RDGG AT H8 SO WL REMOVE POPS FOR ALL XCPT LFT WHERE UPPER DIFLUENCE NR FNT SUFFICIENT TO COMBINE WITH AVAILABLE MSTR FOR ISOLD SHOWERS. TEMPS LOOK ON TRACK WITH WEAK COLD AIR ADVECTION AND CLOUD COVER HOLDING TEMPS TO FCST VALUES. 11 .LCH...NONE. .PRELIM NUMBERS... BPT 71/51/70/54/74 00123 LCH 72/52/71/55/75 00123 LFT 73/53/72/56/76 10123 AEX 69/49/68/52/70 00013
The 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
- Avalanche in Colorado, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in Ohio, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in New York, February 25 to 26, 2001
- Blizzard in Iowa, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in Missouri, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 25, 2001
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in Wisconsin, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in Ohio, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in West Virginia, February 25, 2001
- Winter Weather in New York, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 25, 2001
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, February 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: 5233283.