Thunderstorm Wind, Rapides
- When
- March 2, 9:05 AM CST
- Where
- Rapides County, Pearl
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.900, -92.617
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 2, 2001
Trees were blown down along Highway 165 just north of the Rapides - Allen Parish line.
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
- $2,000
- 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 165 just north of the Rapides - Allen Parish line.
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 Mar 2, 5:37 AM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 5:37 AM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
537 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2001
UPDATED ZONE FORECAST AFTER CANCELING DENSE FOG ADVISORY PREVIOUSLY
ISSUED FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA.
.LCH...FLOOD WATCH TODAY AND TONIGHT ENTIRE AREA
...LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216
...RIVER FLOOD WATCH TXZ180>182-210-215-216-LAZ027-030-041
...RIVER FLOOD WARNING LAC003-009-011-079-TXC351-361
.PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
AEX 56/51/59/43 ++86
BPT 59/55/65/46 ++63
LCH 60/55/64/46 8+64
LFT 71/60/64/46 7+85
20 / SPARKSThe 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
- Tornado in Alabama, March 2, 2001
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, March 2, 2001
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, March 2, 2001
- Waterspout in Florida, March 2, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 2, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 2, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, March 2, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 2, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 2, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 2, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 2, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 2, 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: 5237352.