Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 15, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 15, 2001
Start: 2001-06-15T02:10
End: 2001-06-15T02:10
Location: Louisiana

June 15, 2001 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Trees were blown down in Opelousas during a severe thunderstorm. One landed on an unoccupied parked car.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
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 Opelousas during a severe thunderstorm. One landed on an unoccupied parked car.

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, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 12:10 AM CST, 2 hours 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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 1:49 AM CST, 21 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.

THM

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:08 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, St. Landry

When: June 15, 2:10 AM CST
Where: St. Landry County, Opelousas
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 30.533, -92.083

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

Every storm in Louisiana in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5256600.