Thunderstorm Wind, Calcasieu
- When
- September 20, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Calcasieu County, Gillis
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 30.367, -93.200
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 20, 2001
Trees were blown down across Topsy Road.
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 were blown down across Topsy Road.
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, 1:20 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 1:20 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 220 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2001 HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE FCST AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT CONTINENTAL AIR. SEE PROBLEMS FOR THE WEEKEND. A DEEP TROUGH IN THE WESTERLIES WILL EJECT SEVERAL SHORT-WAVES ACROSS LOUISIANA. THE ATTENDANT QUASI -GEOSTROPHIC LIFT WILL ENCOURAGE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE DESTABILIZING PRE-FRONTAL AIR. A RATHER ROBUST COLD FRONT WILL SPILL ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE OF LOUISIANA BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. CURRENTLY I AM WORKING OFFSITE AT THE HOUSTON FORCAST OFFICE...WHILE THE LAKE CHARLES AWIPS COMPUTER RECEIVES AN UPGRADE. A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE HOUSTON PERSONNEL FOR THEIR GRACIOUS HOSPITALITY. .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... AEX 72/92/71/89/70/87/66 01114232 BPT 74/91/73/88/72/88/68 01014232 LCH 73/92/73/88/72/88/68 01014232 LFT 72/92/72/90/72/90/68 01012224 .LCH...NONE. TRARES
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:39 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, September 20, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, September 20, 2001
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, September 20, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 20, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, September 20, 2001
- Hail in Iowa, September 20, 2001
- Hail in Kansas, September 20, 2001
- Hail in Texas, September 20, 2001
- Hail in Iowa, September 20, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 20 to 23, 2001
- Hail in Minnesota, September 20, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 20, 2001
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: 5270319.