Thunderstorm Wind, Calcasieu
- When
- June 15, 3:45 AM CST
- Where
- Calcasieu County, Sulphur
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 30.233, -93.367
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 15, 2001
Trees were blown down along Highway 27 in Sulphur.
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 along Highway 27 in Sulphur.
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, 2:15 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:15 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 315 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001 WILL BE QUICK AS LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. SQUALL LINE SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS IS TYPICAL FOR THESE EVENTS. HOWEVER...AIRMASS WILL BE VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. THEREFORE...ANY SORT OF DAYTIME HEATING WILL FIRE UP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY WHERE OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ENDS UP. POSSIBLE INTERACTION BETWEEN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND SEA BREEZE THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH WEAKENING VERTICAL WIND PROFILE COULD MEAN THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ZONES. MESO ETA IS PUTTING A 4 INCH PRECIP BULLSEYE JUST WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA NEAR THE HOUSTON/GALVESTON AREA WITH AROUND 1 INCH ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. TALKED WITH KHGX EARLIER. THEY ARE PUTTING UP A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THEIR AREA. AT THE MOMENT WILL HOLD OFF ON FFA BUT ISSUE A SPS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN. THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE ENDING AS UPPER LEVEL ENERGY PUSHES OFF TO THE EAST. HOWEVER...CAN NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED DOWNBURST. WILL KEEP ISOLATED CHANCES IN THE SOUTHERN ZONES ON SATURDAY DUE TO SOME LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AS SURFACE TROF STALLS NEAR THE COAST. RIDING IN THE MID LEVELS TO BUILD IN LATE SATURDAY ENDING THE CHANCE FOR PRECIP INTO SUNDAY. RETURN TO AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THANKS TO KHGX FOR COORDINATION ON FORECAST AND KSHV FOR COORDINATION ON SEVERE WEATHER. .LCH...NONE. .PRELIM NUMBERS... AEX 88/72/92/69 6300 BPT 88/75/91/71 6410 LCH 88/74/92/71 6410 LFT 90/74/92/71 5410 7-RUA
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 15, 1:49 AM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
249 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0230 AM SLAGLE LA WIND DAMAGE
06/15/01 VERNON LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
0230 AM ANACOCO LA WIND DAMAGE
06/15/01 VERNON LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
TWO LARGE TREES DOWN.
THMLocal storm report, Jun 15, 2:41 AM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
341 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0325 AM DE RIDDER LA WIND DAMAGE
06/15/01 BEAUREGARD LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
TREES DOWN.
0338 AM RAGLEY LA WIND DAMAGE
06/15/01 BEAUREGARD LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
POWER OUTAGE. TREE ON
LINES.
THMLocal storm report, Jun 15, 2:49 AM CST, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
349 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0315 AM ALEXANDRIA LA WIND DAMAGE
06/15/01 RAPIDES PUBLIC REPORTED TREE DOWN.
THMLocal storm report, Jun 15, 3:08 AM CST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
408 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0400 AM OAKDALE LA WIND DAMAGE
06/15/01 ALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
TREES DOWN.
0400 AM ELIZABETH LA WIND DAMAGE
06/15/01 ALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
TREES DOWN.
THMLocal storm report, Jun 15, 3:39 AM CST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
439 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0323 AM MCNARY LA WIND DAMAGE
06/15/01 RAPIDES LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
ROOF BLOWN OFF OF CHURCH.
THMThe radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 19 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:47 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
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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: 5256599.