Name: Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 12, 2002
Start: 2002-07-12T16:30
End: 2002-07-12T16:30
Location: Louisiana

Where it happened

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Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $15,000
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.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.

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 12, 1:35 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 1:35 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
235 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002

LATEST KLCH 88D SHOWS SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES...WITH SOME ACTIVITY BEGINNING
TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS/SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AS OUTFLOWS PUSH
SOUTH FROM THE CONVECTION. IN ADDITION...SEA BREEZE IS BEGINNING TO
PUSH INLAND OVER THE COASTAL ZONES WHICH IS ALSO HELPING TO SET OFF
A FEW STORMS.

IR SATELLITE PICS INDICATE THE WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY OVER N OK/SW MO
WITH A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. THIS TROUGH IS PROGGED TO
MOVE SOUTH THIS EVENING AND WEAKEN OVER N TX/N LA. SHOULD SEE ENOUGH
INSTABILITY SOUTH OF THIS TROUGH TO HAVE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH POPS HIGHER
OVER THE N ZONES. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE ABUNDANT MOISTURE WITH
PWS AROUND 2 INCHES.

IN THE UPPER LEVELS...TROUGH CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER NW MO WILL
GRADUALLY MOVE SOUTH NEAR CENT AR/SE OK BEFORE BEING PUSHED BACK TO
THE NORTH AS RIDGING DEVELOPS OVER THE SE CONUS EARLY NEXT WEEK.
THIS PATTERN IS ALSO REFLECTED AT THE SURFACE WITH HIGH PRESSURE
DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN GULF...PRODUCING ONSHORE FLOW BY
MONDAY. UNTIL THEN...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL.

IN THE EXTENDED...WILL SEE TYPICAL SCATTERED AFTERNOON CONVECTION
MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS ONSHORE FLOW BRINGS MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA.
BY WEDNESDAY...THE HIGH OVER THE EASTERN GULF WILL GRADUALLY MOVE
WEST BRINGING DRIER CONDITIONS TO THE AREA.

.KLCH...NONE.

.PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
AEX 72/92/73/92/72/93/72 4544231
BPT 75/91/76/90/74/92/74 3434231
LCH 75/90/75/90/74/91/74 3434231
LFT 74/92/74/91/75/92/75 2434231

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The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Acadia

When: July 12, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Acadia County, Crowley
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 30.217, -92.367

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

More

Every storm in Louisiana in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Louisiana, July 2002

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: 5312310.