Louisiana, 2001

Hail in Louisiana, September 20, 2001

September 20, 2001 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 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 Sep 20, 5:45 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 5:45 PM CST, 25 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
645 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2001

WILL UPDATE THE ZONE FORECAST PACKAGE TO INCREASE RAINFALL AND WINDS
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ZONES FROM LAKE CHARLES TO THE ATCHAFALAYA BAY
TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CURRENTLY
LOCATED ACROSS CALCASIEU AND JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISHES CONTINUES TO
MOVE SOUTHEAST. A STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
COMPLEX OF STORMS MAY BRING WINDS TO NEAR 25 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS.

.UPDATED NUMBERS...
AEX 72/92/71/89/70/87/66 3114232
BPT 74/91/73/88/72/88/68 2014232
LCH 73/92/73/88/72/88/68 3014232
LFT 72/92/72/90/72/90/68 5012224

.LCH...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 20, 6:08 PM CST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
708 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0605 PM    LONGVILLE                 LA   WIND DAMAGE
09/20/01   BEAUREGARD                     LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
                                          TRANSFORMERS AND POWERLINES
                                          DOWN.

0640 PM    GILLIS                    LA   WIND DAMAGE
09/20/01   CALCASIEU                      PUBLIC REPORTED TREE DOWN
                                          ACROSS TOPSEY ROAD.

0655 PM    JENNINGS                  LA   WIND DAMAGE
09/20/01   JEFFERSON DAVIS                JEFF DAVIS CORONOR REPORTS
                                          TREE AND TELELPHONE LINES
                                          DOWN IN YARD.

THM

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:10 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Jefferson Davis

When
September 20, 6:10 PM CST
Where
Jefferson Davis County, Jennings
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
30.217, -92.667

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Louisiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, September 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: 5270321.