Thunderstorm Wind, Acadia
- When
- July 8, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Acadia County, Rayne
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 30.233, -92.267
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 8, 2002
A large tree fell on a parked car, destroying it.
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
- Other
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.
A large tree fell on a parked car, destroying 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 Jul 8, 3:37 PM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 3:37 PM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 437 PM CDT MON JUL 8 2002 WILL UPDATE ZONES AND INCLUDE...REMAINDER OF AFTERNOON...DUE TO EXTENT AND STRENGTH OF INCOMING CONVECTION. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... VIS SATELLITE IMAGE THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS CU FIELD DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN AND SOUTHERN LA. RADAR IMAGES SHOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA MOVING WEST. THIS IS SUPPORTED BY THE MSAS ANALYSIS WHICH SHOWS GOOD MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IN THIS AREA. THIS ACTIVITY IS BEGINNING TO IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE CWA AS WELL AS THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF ATCHAFALAYA BAY. EXPECT THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CWA AND ALONG THE COAST...WITH ISOLATED ACTIVITY ELSEWHERE. SINCE THESE STORMS ARE PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY AFTERNOON INSTABILITY...I DONT EXPECT THEM TO BECOME AS STRONG AS THOSE YESTERDAY WHEN UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WAS MORE FAVORABLE. THE LOW PRESSURE AREA IN THE WEST CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO IS PROGGED TO MOVE TO THE COAST OF NORTHEAST MEXICO/SOUTHERN TEXAS BY TOMORROW...ALLOWING ONSHORE FLOW TO DEVELOP. SHOULD SEE AN INCREASE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS THE SEA BREEZE SETS UP. IN ADDITION...THIS INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND SHOWER ACTIVITY SHOULD HINDER THE HEAT INDICES FROM BEING AS WARM AS TODAY...SO I DOUBT THAT HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA WILL BE MET TOMORROW. WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE GULF LATER IN THE WEEK AS BOTH THE ETA AND AVN TRY TO DEVELOP ANOTHER LOW SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN GULF. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...5H RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY RETROGRADE OVER THE WESTERN STATES WHILE A SHORTWAVE WILL DROP DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIDGE PUTTING THE AREA UNDER A TROUGH. WILL KEEP SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST EACH DAY DUE TO DIURNAL INSTABILITY. .LCH...NONE. .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... AEX 72/95/73/93/74/92/73 031323 BPT 75/91/75/90/76/90/74 042324 LCH 75/91/75/92/76/91/76 142324 LFT 73/92/75/91/75/90/75 352424 24
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:31 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
- Heat in Missouri, July 8 to 9, 2002
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 8 to 9, 2002
- Heat in Louisiana, July 8, 2002
- Tornado in Montana, July 8, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Montana, July 8, 2002
- Heat in California, July 8 to 11, 2002
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 8, 2002
- Tornado in Montana, July 8, 2002
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Wisconsin, July 8 to 9, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Wyoming, July 8, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 8, 2002
- Heat in Wisconsin, July 8, 2002
More
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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: 5312308.