Thunderstorm Wind, Vernon
- When
- June 15, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Vernon County, Anacoco
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.250, -93.350
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 15, 2001
Trees were blown down in Anacoco and Slagle after a severe thunderstorm.
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
- $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.
Trees were blown down in Anacoco and Slagle after a severe thunderstorm.
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 Jun 15, 12:10 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 12:10 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 110 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001 .UPDATE... WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE NORTHERN ZONES OF THE FORECAST AREA...WILL UP POPS. ALSO WILL MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR STORMS. KLFK REPORTED WIND GUST TO 32 KT WITH PASSAGE OF THE GUST FRONT. .LCH...NONE. .ADJUSTED NUMBERS... AEX 76/92/71/90/71 555-0 BPT 77/91/74/90/72 244-0 LCH 78/91/74/89/72 244-0 LFT 77/91/73/89/72 244-0 7-RUA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:32 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
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More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, June 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: 5256595.