Thunderstorm Wind, St. Mary
- When
- March 9, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- St. Mary County, Franklin
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 29.800, -91.500
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 9, 2001
The corner of a department store roof was torn 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
- $25,000
- 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 corner of a department store roof was torn 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 9, 2:11 AM CST, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 2:11 AM CST, 49 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 211 AM CST FRI MAR 9 2001 AT 07Z...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN KLCH AND KLFT WITH A COLD FRONT ALONG THE TEXAS COAST AND ANOTHER COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THIS SFC LOW PRESSURE AND ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE LAKES AREA OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL SLIDE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA TODAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW. THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. WILL GO WITH A BLEND OF AVN AND NGM MOS TEMPS. 10 .LCH...SCA FROM HIGH ISLAND TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 60 NM. PRELIM NUMBERS... AEX 63/43/66/54 2000 BPT 66/49/68/59 1000 LCH 66/48/67/58 1000 LFT 65/46/68/56 2000
The 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
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, March 9 to 10, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, March 9 to 10, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, March 9 to 10, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Rhode Island, March 9 to 10, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 9, 2001
- Winter Storm in New York, March 9 to 10, 2001
- Winter Weather in Vermont, March 9 to 10, 2001
- Winter Weather in New York, March 9 to 10, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 9, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 9, 2001
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 9 to 10, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 9, 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: 5237466.