Thunderstorm Wind, St. Mary
- When
- March 3, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- St. Mary County, Amelia
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 29.667, -91.100
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 3, 2001
The roof of a mobile home was ripped off during 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
- $8,000
- 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.
The roof of a mobile home was ripped off during 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 Mar 3, 10:30 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 10:30 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1030 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2001
...UPDATE WILL REMOVE FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL EXCEPT SOUTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...
SURFACE BOUNDARY CONTINUES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FORECAST
AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST GULF INTO SOUTHERN VERMILION PARISH THROUGH
IBERIA PARISH. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE BOUNDARY
THIS MORNING WITH SOME ROTATION SEEN IN THE STORMS.
IN THE MEANTIME...UPPER LOW SPINNING INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS WITH
DRY SLOT ENTERING THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AREA. AS THIS SYSTEM
MOVES EASTWARD...WOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT TO DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON. UNTIL THEN WILL KEEP
FLOOD WATCH UP IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS PW STILL ABOVE 1.50
INCHES KEEPING THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL.
UPDATED ZONES WILL BE SENT SHORTLY.
.LCH...FLOOD WATCH THRU THIS AFTERNOON LAZ043>045-052>055-
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...GMZ450-GMZ455-GMZ470-GMZ475
.PREVIOUS NUMBERS...
AEX 56/48/64/40 +300
BPT 60/50/67/46 +100
LCH 60/50/67/46 +200
LFT 62/51/67/46 +300
7-RUAThe 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
- Flash Flood in Georgia, March 3, 2001
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- Flash Flooding in Alabama, March 3, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 3, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, March 3, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, March 3, 2001
- Flash Flood in Alabama, March 3, 2001
- Flash Flood in Mississippi, March 3, 2001
- Flash Flood in Mississippi, March 3, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, March 3, 2001
- Flash Flood in Alabama, March 3, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, March 3, 2001
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, March 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: 5237461.