Damaging Wind in Texas, July 6, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Texas, July 6, 2001
Start: 2001-07-06T17:20
End: 2001-07-06T17:20
Location: Texas

July 6, 2001 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Trees blown down just north of I-10 along Highway 87.

Where it happened

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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 blown down just north of I-10 along Highway 87.

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 Jul 6, 1:07 PM CST, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 1:07 PM CST, 4 hours 13 minutes before

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
210 PM CDT FRI JUL 7 2001

THE LAKE CHARLES SOUNDING THIS MORNING INDICATED A PRECIP WATER OF
2.09 AND A CAPE OF OVER 4 THOUSAND.  THIS INDICATES TO ME THE HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGE HAS NOT COMPLETELY INFLUENCED THE AREA AT THIS TIME
AND AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PREVAIL THIS EVENING
AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY.  ACCORDING TO THE ETA AND THE NGM THE HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGE WILL FINALLY DOMINATE THE AREA BY LATE SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY CAUSING SHOWERS TO DECREASE.  WITH THE SHOWER ACTIVITY
CONTINUING HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY WILL NOT BE AS WARM AND
SHOULD BE BELOW THE HEAT INDEX CRITERIA UNTIL ATLEAST SUNDAY.  WINDS
WILL BASICALLY BE FROM THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS
WITH LOW PRESSURE TO THE NORTH.  THE BOUNDARY LAYER RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES INDICATE MID TO UPPER LEVEL DRY AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE
AREA BY LATE SATURDAY CAUSING A PRETTY GOOD CAP IN THE MID
LEVELS...THEREFORE WILL DECREASE POPS CONSIDERABLY BY SUNDAY.

MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS REMAIN LOW THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD.  SOME
SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT FEW
DAYS.

LONG TERM...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AT 500 MB REMAIN OVER NORTH TEXAS
THROUGH ATLEAST NEXT WEEKEND CAUSING MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO BE SUPPRESSED.  BASICALLY HOT AND DRY WILL BE THE
RULE FOR THE EXTENDED FOREC'AST.

.LCH...LA NONE.
       TX OZONE ACTION DAY...TXZ201-215-216.

.PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
BPT 76/92/76/93/76 23111
LCH 76/92/76/93/76 23111
LFT 75/91/76/92/76 23211
AEX 74/95/75/96/75 22111

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 6, 4:43 PM CST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
543 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2001

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

0515 PM    GRAND LAKE                LA   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/06/01   CAMERON

JS

Local storm report, Jul 6, 4:45 PM CST, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
545 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....5

0515 PM    GRAND LAKE                LA   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/06/01   CAMERON

JS

Local storm report, Jul 6, 4:48 PM CST, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
548 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2001

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

0515 PM    GRAND LAKE                LA   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/06/01   CAMERON

0515 PM    GRAND LAKE                LA   WIND DAMAGE
07/06/01   CAMERON                        SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES
                                          DESTROYED BY WIND GUSTS.

JS

Local storm report, Jul 6, 4:59 PM CST, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
559 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2001

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

0515 PM    GRAND LAKE                LA   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/06/01   CAMERON

0515 PM    GRAND LAKE                LA   WIND DAMAGE
07/06/01   CAMERON                        SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES
                                          DESTROYED BY WIND GUSTS.

0515 PM    10 S LAKE CHARLES         LA   WIND DAMAGE
07/06/01   CALCASIEU                      1/4 MILE NORTH OF THE
                                          CALCASIEU-CAMERON LINE ON
      }                                    GULF HIGHWAY...ROOFING
                                          MATERERIAL BLOWN OFF
                                          SEVERAL BUILDINGS.

JS

Local storm report, Jul 6, 5:07 PM CST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
607 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2001

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

0515 PM    GRAND LAKE                LA   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/06/01   CAMERON

0515 PM    GRAND LAKE                LA   WIND DAMAGE
07/06/01   CAMERON                        SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES
                                          DESTROYED BY WIND GUSTS.

0515 PM    10 S LAKE CHARLES         LA   WIND DAMAGE
07/06/01   CALCASIEU                      1/4 MILE NORTH OF THE
                                          CALCASIEU-CAMERON LINE ON
                                          GULF HIGHWAY...ROOFING
                                          MATERIAL BLOWN OFF
                                          SEVERAL BUILDINGS.

JS

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:20 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Orange

When: July 6, 5:20 PM CST
Where: Orange County, Orange
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 30.100, -93.733

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, July 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: 5259630.