A short-lived tornado destroyed a mobile home, injuring 3 people. One man was thrown from the trailer towards the road in front of the house, and his 15 month old daughter was thrown 50 feet to the right of the trailer.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
A short-lived tornado destroyed a mobile home, injuring 3 people. One man was thrown from the trailer towards the road in front of the house, and his 15 month old daughter was thrown 50 feet to the right of the trailer. A woman was buried in the rubble. All three suffered minor injuries. Trees and power lines were also blown down.
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 Nov 23, 10:35 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1035 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2001 UPDATED THE ZONES TO INCREASE RAIN CHANCES OVER WRN HALF OF FCST AREA. KLCH 88D SHOWING INCREASED RW ACTIVITY OVER THE PAST HOUR-PLUS...MAINLY W OF A KAEX-KBPT LINE. LGE .PRELIM NUMBERS... AEX 62/77/46/70/44/71/55 2500000 BPT 67/78/49/71/50/73/60 2300000 LCH 66/78/48/71/50/72/59 2300000 LFT 65/80/50/71/50/72/59 2510000 .LCH...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX...GMZ450-455-470-475
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
235 AM CDT SAT NOV 24 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
205 AM 5N SIMMSPORT LA WIND DAMAGE
11/24/01 AVOYELLES 3 INJURIES. TRAILER HOME DEMOLISHED.
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Louisiana, 2001Warnings in Louisiana, November 2001
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: 5272080.