Name: Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 26, 2002
Start: 2002-05-26T20:00
End: 2002-05-26T20:00
Location: Louisiana

Where it happened

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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: $2,000
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 few 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 May 26, 1:30 PM CST, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 1:30 PM CST, 6 hours 30 minutes before

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
230 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002

QUIET AFTN SO FAR ACROSS THE FCST AREA W/ JUST A FEW RW/TRW ALONG
THE SEABREEZE & A STRAY RW OR TWO ACROSS FAR NERN ZONES. S/WV WHICH
WAS EXPECTED TO SPARK SCT ACTIVITY MOVING INTO NWRN LA ATTM W/ BEST
PVA AHEAD IN WRN MS. RW SHOULD AGAIN DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER DARK W/
A FEW OUTFLOW-DRIVEN TRW POSSIBLE INTO LATE EVE SO WILL CARRY SMALL
POPS TO COVER. WILL INCLUDE A MENTION OF LATE PATCHY FOG FOR THE SRN
ZONES W/ PRECIP JUST A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THIS AREA ATTM
WHILE LEAVING IT TO THE NEXT SHIFT TO DECIDE ON NRN ZONES BASED ON
LATER POSSIBLE ACTIVITY.

RAIN CHANCES NOT LOOKING GREAT THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WEAK VORTS TO PASS
IN WRLY FLOW ALOFT MON & TUE AFTNS BUT LIFT LOOKS MINIMAL. NO SFC
CONTRIBUTION EXPECTED EXCEPT FOR ANY SEABREEZE DEVELOPMENT. MOISTURE
FIELDS LOOK A BIT DRY AS WELL W/ MEAN RH 30-50 PCNT THRU EARLY TUE
THEN ONLY SLIGHTLY HIGHER TUE-WED. PRECIP H2O VALUES ALSO DROP
SLIGHTLY THRU TUE BEFORE HOLDING STEADY INTO WED. HATE TO YO-YO W/
GOING POPS FOR NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS SO WILL STICK W/ 20 POPS ALL
ZONES EACH DAY TIL TUE. BY WED A SIG SRN STREAM S/WV CUTS OFF OVER
THE SRN PLAINS & SINKS SWD. ALTHO OMEGA FIELDS REMAIN NIL ACROSS THE
AREA & SFC FEATURES ARE STILL NON-EXISTENT...WILL GO CHC FOR AT
LEAST THE NWRN ZONES W/ PROXIMITY TO BEST LIFT & INCREASING
MOISTURE. FOR THE EXTENDED THE LO DROPS FURTHER S WHILE OPENING UP
INTO FRI. WILL KEEP A MENTION OF POPS THU/FRI ALTHO SLIM ACROSS THE
W AND WORSE FOR THE E. W/ RIDGING TAKING HOLD ALOFT FOR THE WEEKEND
ONLY A SLGT CHC EXPECTED & WILL NOT MENTION FOR NOW.

TEMPS LOOK RATHER PERSISTENT W/ NO GREAT CHANGE IN THICKNESS OR H8
TEMPS FCST.

LGE

.LCH...NONE.

.UPDATED NUMBERS...
AEX 66/89/66/89/67/88/66 2212122
BPT 69/87/68/87/69/86/69 2222232
LCH 68/87/68/87/68/87/69 2222222
LFT 68/87/67/88/68/87/68 2222121

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Evangeline

When: May 26, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Evangeline County, St Landry
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 30.833, -92.267

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

More

Every storm in Louisiana in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Louisiana, May 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: 5300251.