Louisiana, 2001

Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 3, 2001

March 3, 2001 · NWS LIX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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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 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 New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 2, 9:40 PM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 9:40 PM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
940 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2001

0300Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS QSTNRY FRONT FRM KPIB TO KMCB-JUST E OF
KLCH TO TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. CANNOT FIND A CLOSED LOW AS BUT AN
ELONGATED OPEN TROUGH FROM KMCB TO KBRO. MODELS CONTINUE TO DEPICT A
LOW OVER S CENTRAL LOUISIANA BY 12Z SAT. DONT HAVE A STRONG FEELING
FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT...SEE AND OPEN WAVE AS THE MORE LIKELY EVENT.
250 MB JET CORE STILL ON TRACK TO PUT SE LOUISIANA...SW AND S
MISSISSIPPI IN RIGHT REAR QUAD BY 12Z SAT. THIS IS IN LINE WITH
PROJECTED MOVEMENT OF 500 MB TROUGH. WITH CURRENT HIGH DEW POINTS...
PRECIP WATER VALUES OF 1.6 TO 1.7 INCHES...CURRENT QPF VALUE FROM
NCEP LOOK OK. WILL EXTEND FLASH FLOOD WATCH ACROSS ENTIRE CWA FOR
SAT. WILL UPDATE ZONES TO REFLECT THIS. POPS LOOK OK FOR NOW.

AS FOR MARINE...WILL HOLD OFF ON SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL
SAT AFTERNOON AND SMALL CRAFT ADZY WIND LEVELS TIL SAT NIGHT/SUN
PERIOD.

.NEW...NONE.
LA...FFA ALL PARISHES IN SE LOUISIANA.
MS...FFA MSZ068>071-077-080>082.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 2, 10:30 PM CST, 3 hours before
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-031300-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
1030 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2001

.SYNOPSIS...UNSTABLE AIRMASS COVERS MOST OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA
WITH A STATIONARY FRONT LOCATED FROM NEAR THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO
MCCOMB MISSISSIPPI. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN STATIONARY
TONIGHT AS A A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER THE GULF AND MONVE
NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT SATURDAY. AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL BE
APPROACHING THE REGION FROM THE WEST.

...THUNDERSTORMS...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO NOON.

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST AND EAST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST AND EXTREME SOUTH MISSISSIPPI THROUGH
SATURDAY...

RAINFALL RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR IS LIKELY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
THREE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF FIVE INCHES
POSSIBLE SATURDAY.

...ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER
AND FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR HOME PAGE ON THE INTERNET AT
THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS...HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX (ALL LETTERjS
SHOULD BE LOWER CASE).

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1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lafourche

When
March 3, 1:30 AM CST
Where
Lafourche County, Raceland
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
29.733, -90.600

Thunderstorm wind gusts damaged a mobile home, knocked down several trees and downed power lines.

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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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: 5242673.