Thunderstorm Wind, Calcasieu
- When
- May 17, 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- Calcasieu County, 1 mi S of Lake Charles
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 30.217, -93.200
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 17, 2002
A large tree and several large tree limbs were blown down.
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.
A large tree and several large tree limbs 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 May 17, 8:25 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 8:25 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 925 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002 LINE OF TSTMS MOVG THRU SE TX AND EXTENDS OFFSHORE. MRNG SOUNDING INDCG HIGH CAPES ALTHOUGH AT THIS TIME HELICITY REMAINS LOW. PRECIP IS NOW 1.83 INCHES. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE THRU SW LA OVR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS MOVG TO THE EAST AROUND 25 MPH. IN ADDITION A FRONTAL SYS IS MOVG RAPIDLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AND WILL MOVE INTO SRN LA BY THIS AFTN. WILL UPDATE ZONES TO REFLECT THESE CHANGES. .LCH...NONE. .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... AEX 83/60/76/52/76/49 960000 BPT 82/69/79/58/77/55 962000 LCH 83/68/78/57/77/55 962000 LFT 84/69/78/58/77/55 962000 K. KUYPER
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 17, 8:38 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES,LA
938 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0933 AM SEA RIM STATE PARK TX WIND DAMAGE
05/17/02 JEFFERSON POWERLINES DOWN AT SEA RIM
STATE PARK. BUILDINGS
RATTLED ACCORDING TO
PERSONNEL. NO ELECTRICITY.
FNLocal storm report, May 17, 8:47 AM CST, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES,LA
947 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0917 AM LA BELLE TX WIND DAMAGE
05/17/02 JEFFERSON TREES DOWN WITH A TRAILER
KNOCKED OVER. NO INJURIES.
PERSONNEL. NO ELECTRICITY.
FNLocal storm report, May 17, 9:04 AM CST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES,LA
1004 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0955 AM JOHNSON BAYOU LA WIND DAMAGE
05/17/02 CAMERON PERSONNEL REPORTED
NUMEROUS OUTSIDE ITEMS
THROWN AROUND. NO INJURIES.
FNLocal storm report, May 17, 9:11 AM CST, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES,LA
1011 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1008 AM NEDERLAND TX WIND DAMAGE
05/17/02 JEFFERSON BARN BLOWN DOWN
FNLocal storm report, May 17, 9:11 AM CST, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES,LA
1011 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0918 AM NEDERLAND TX WIND DAMAGE
05/17/02 JEFFERSON BARN BLOWN DOWN
FNLocal storm report, May 17, 9:30 AM CST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
1030 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0910 AM SEA RIM STATE PARK TX 45 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
05/17/02 JEFFERSON REPORTED BY C-MAN STATION
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FNThe radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 10 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:43 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
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 17, 2002
- Flood and Hail in Mississippi, May 17, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 17, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 17, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 17, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, May 17, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 17, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 17, 2002
- Extreme Cold in New York, May 17 to 18, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 17, 2002
- Tornado in Arkansas, May 17, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 17, 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: 5299405.