Thunderstorm Wind, Calcasieu
- When
- March 8, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Calcasieu County, Vinton
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.183, -93.583
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 8, 2001
Several trees and power lines were blown down on Gary Cutoff Road, Five Corners, and Big Vinton.
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
- $5,000
- 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.
Several trees and power lines were blown down on Gary Cutoff Road, Five Corners, and Big Vinton.
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 8, 8:20 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 8:20 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 820 PM CST THU MAR 8 2001 THE 500 MB TROUGH IS RAPIDLY MOVING SOUTHEAST OVER EASTERN TEXAS THIS EVENING CAUSING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME HAVE BEEN SEVERE...TO DEVELOPE OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS EVENING. THIS LINE CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AND COULD BE INTO OUR AREA LATER TONIGHT. WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE HIGH POPS IN THE FORECAST AND SOME POSSIBLE SEVERE IN THE SOUTHERN ZONES. THEREFORE...THE PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD AT THIS TIME. NO UPDATES NEEDED AT THIS TIME. MARINE...BOY035 INDICATES A SOUTHEAST WIND OF 16 KNOTS WITH 5 FOOT SEAS. WILL KEEP SMALL CRAFT UP FOR TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SWITCH FROM THE NORTHWEST LATER TONIGHT WITH SEAS CONTINUING TO BE NEAR 6 FEET. .LCH...SCA FOR GMZ450-455-470-475. .PRELIM NUMBERS... AEX 45/68/49/60/37 00+30 BPT 48/71/53/63/42 00+20 LCH 47/70/53/63/40 00+30 LFT 47/70/52/63/41 00+30 55
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:46 UTC.
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
- Hail in Texas, March 8, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 8, 2001
- Flood in Louisiana, March 8, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 8, 2001
- Hail in Texas, March 8, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, March 8, 2001
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, March 8, 2001
- Tornado in Texas, March 8, 2001
- Funnel Cloud in Texas, March 8, 2001
- Hail in Texas, March 8, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 8, 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: 5237462.