Thunderstorm Wind, Vermilion
- When
- June 29, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Vermilion County, 5 mi N of Abbeville
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 30.033, -92.133
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 29, 2001
LA 82 was blocked by fallen oak trees that were snapped in half north of Abbeville.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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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.
LA 82 was blocked by fallen oak trees that were snapped in half north of Abbeville.
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 29, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 300 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2001 CURRENTLY...STRONGEST SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LOCATED OVER THE LAKES AREA OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA ALONG AN OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SAGGING SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOOK LIKELY THIS WEEKEND. MOIST TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN PLACE WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES IN THE 1.5 TO 2 INCH RANGE. MEANWHILE...MID LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DRIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO EAST TEXAS. WITH AFTERNOON CAPE VALUES RUNNING OVER 3500 J/KG EACH DAY AND MID LEVEL COOLING AS LOW DRIFTS INTO THE FORECAST AREA...THE POSSIBILITY FOR PULSE SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE. ALSO...WITH THE HIGH PWAT VALUES...THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXIST. EXTENDED... WET TROPICAL PATTERN CONTI,NUES INTO EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. .LCH...NONE. .PRELIM NUMBERS... BPT 72/87/72/87/73 26362 LCH 71/87/71/87/73 26362 LFT 71/87/71/87/73 26362 AEX 69/87/70/86/71 36462 7-RUA
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 29, 12:03 PM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
103 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1130 AM HACKBERRY LA WIND DAMAGE
06/29/01 CAMERON PUBLIC RPT LIGHT POLE
BLOWN DOWN AT PARKLocal storm report, Jun 29, 1:33 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
233 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
150 PM 2 S WOODVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
06/29/01 TYLER TREES DOWNED ON POWER LINES
215 PM MAURICEVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
06/29/01 ORANGE SMALL TREES BLOWN DOWN
R. ERICKSONThe 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
- Heat in Nevada, June 29, 2001
- Wildfire in California, June 29, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 29, 2001
- Wildfire in Alaska, June 29 to 30, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 29 to 30, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 29, 2001
- Hail in Texas, June 29, 2001
- Hail in Wyoming, June 29, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 29, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 29, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 29, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 29, 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: 5255242.