Thunderstorm Wind, Acadia
- When
- September 20, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Acadia County, Mermentau
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.183, -92.583
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 20, 2001
Four power poles and lines were pushed down across Highway 90.
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
- $10,000
- 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.
Four power poles and lines were pushed down across Highway 90.
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, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 5:45 PM CST, 50 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, 27 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.
THMLocal storm report, Sep 20, 6:15 PM CST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
715 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0710 PM JENNINGS LA 1.00 INCH HAIL
09/20/01 JEFFERSON DAVIS 0710 PM JENNINGS LA WIND DAMAGE
09/20/01 JEFFERSON DAVIS LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
POWERLINES DOWN.
THMLocal storm report, Sep 20, 6:28 PM CST, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
728 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM KINDER LA WIND DAMAGE
09/20/01 ALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
TREES DOWN AND POWER
OUTAGES.
THMThe radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:36 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: 5270322.