Thunderstorm Wind, Vermilion
- When
- March 9, 12:43 PM CST
- Where
- Vermilion County, Forked Is
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 29.833, -92.300
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 9, 2001
The bridge tender reported trees blown down and the gate on the draw bridge was broken.
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 bridge tender reported trees blown down and the gate on the draw bridge was broken.
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, 9:20 AM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 9:20 AM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 920 AM CST FRI MAR 9 2001 COMPLEX SYS OVR THE SOUTHERN GULF STATES THIS AM W/ SFC LOW OVR ERN LA TRUCKING TO THE EAST...W/ PRECIP MOVING OUT OF S AND CNTRL LA. COLD FRNT TO THE NORTH PUSHING INTO NRN LA AND CNTRL MS ATTM. TEMP EXPECTED TO RECOVER INTO THE MID TO UPR 60S DOWN ALONG THE COAST PRIOR TO FROPA W/ LOW TO MID 60S NRN ZONES. FRNT WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE AREA LATE IN THE DAY. SKIES WILL CLEAR THRU THE DAY TDY W/ TMRW SHAPING UP RATHER NICELY. WILL UPDATE ZONES TO MENTION LAKE WIND ADVISORY ALL ZONES. .LCH...SCA FROM HIGH ISLAND TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 60 NM. UPDATED NUMBERS... AEX 63/43/66/54 4000 BPT 66/49/68/59 3000 LCH 66/48/67/58 3000 LFT 65/46/68/56 4000 K. KUYPER
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:40 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
- 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: 5237467.