Thunderstorm Wind, Beauregard
- When
- November 27, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Beauregard County, 2 mi SE of Singer
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 30.633, -93.400
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 27, 2001
Trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 110.
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
- $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.
Trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 110.
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 Nov 27, 8:55 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 27, 8:55 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 855 PM CST TUE NOV 27 2001 UPDATED ZONES TO INCLUDE TORNADO WATCH 834 UNTIL 1 AM. ALSO REDRAWN ZONES WITH NECESSARY UPDATES TO TEMPS...WINDS...AND POPS DUE TO THE FRONT BUCKLING A BIT FURTHER NORTH TONIGHT. THIS DECREASED POPS/INCREASED TEMPS THE FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FRONT...BUT THE GREATER POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS. DID NOT CHANGE FLOOD WATCH CONFIGURATION. 8 .UPDATED NUMBERS... AEX 57/62/41/52/33/58/38 8+9-000 BPT 62/65/53/54/35/60/42 ++9-000 LCH 64/65/50/54/36/59/41 ++9-000 LFT 68/77/47/55/37/58/41 8+92000 .LCH... FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT...FFA...LAZ001-003-009-011-019-023-039-053- 055-079-097-113-115-TXZ199-241-245 -351-361-457.
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:06 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
- Dense Fog in South Carolina, November 27, 2001
- Winter Storm in Missouri, November 27 to 28, 2001
- High Wind in California, November 27, 2001
- Ice Storm in Texas, November 27 to 29, 2001
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, November 27 to 28, 2001
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, November 27, 2001
- Winter Storm in Oregon, November 27 to 28, 2001
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Texas, November 27 to 28, 2001
- Winter Storm in Texas, November 27 to 28, 2001
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 27, 2001
- Dense Fog in California, November 27, 2001
- Dense Fog in California, November 27 to 28, 2001
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, November 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5272083.