Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson Davis
- When
- October 29, 2:08 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson Davis County, Elton
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 30.483, -92.700
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, October 29, 2002
Seven power poles were blown down in Elton.
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
- $10,000
- 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.
Seven power poles were blown down in Elton.
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 Oct 28, 8:40 PM CST, 5 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 28, 8:40 PM CST, 5 hours 28 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
840 PM CST MON OCT 28 2002
...HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL...
STRONG SUPPORT FOR TSTMS TONIGHT AS INDC IN WATER VAPOR AND IR SAT.
BEST SUPPORT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA OVR THE NEXT SVRL
HOURS. CAPES AREA LOOKING A BIT BETTER AND HELICITY IS RUNNING ABOUT
82 (M/S)2... BUT THIS IS EXPECTED TO INCR. SHV SOUNDING HAD HEL ABT
183 (M/S)2. TOR WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SE TX AND PORTIONS
OF SW AND CNTRL LA THIS EVE.
HAVE UPDATED ZONES.
.LCH...
TORNADO WATCH TIL 2 AM...LAZ027>033-041>043-051-052-
TXZ180>182-201-215-216-
FLOOD WATCH...LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-
TXZ180>182-201-215-216.
.PRELIM NUMBERS...
TN TUE WED THU TN TU WE TH
AEX 65 77/60 76/55 70/49 8 52 11 00
BPT 70 79/66 80/60 73/52 + 62 11 00
LCH 70 79/65 80/60 73/52 + 62 11 00
LFT 71 78/66 79/62 73/52 8 63 11 00
K. KUYPERHazardous weather outlook, Oct 28, 5:17 AM CST, 20 hours 51 minutes before
LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-291200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 517 AM CST MON OCT 28 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...CENTRAL... SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. ...FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... .TODAY AND TONIGHT... SYNOPSIS... FOR TODAY...A WARM FRONT WILL EXTEND SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE LAKES REGION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THROUGH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. FRESHENING GULF BREEZES WILL UPGLIDE OVER THIS FRONTAL SURFACE. BY THE AFTERNOON...DISTURBANCES ALOFT WILL PASS OVER THE UPGLIDING GULF AIR. FURTHER LIFTING OF THIS GULF AIR WILL CAUSE OVERRUNNING RAINS. ANY RAIN WILL QUICKLY RUN OFF IN THE ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. FOR TONIGHT...THE WARM FRONT WILL EXIT TO THE NORTH. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL SET UP A WARM SECTOR WEDGE ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THIS WARM SECTOR WEDGE. THUNDERSTORMS ORGANIZING IN LINES ARE POSSIBLE. FLOODING... BASIN AVERAGED RAIN WATER AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE. SEE FLASH FLOOD WATCH ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. RIVER FLOODING... MODERATE FLOODING WILL PERSIST OVER THE RIVER BASINS OF THE LOWER NECHES AND LOWER SABINE...AND OVER THE RIVER BASINS OF THE CALCASIEU AND MERMENTAU. SEE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. SPECIAL ATTENTION WILL BE NEEDED FOR FLASHY RIVERS SUCH AS BAYOU ANACOCO AND THE VERMILION RIVER IN LAFAYETTE. CONVECTIVE WEATHER... THUNDERSTORMS ORGANIZING IN LINES ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING. ................................................................ .TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... POST FRONTAL SHOWERS WILL BE ENDING TUESDAY MORNING. A CANADIAN HIGH WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE EXITING FRONT. A MORE SEASONABLE AIR MASS WILL PREVAIL. ON SUNDAY...A MUCH STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE ACROSS THE AREA...USHERING IN AN UNSEASONABLY COOL AIR MASS. OVERNIGHT MINIMUMS IN THE MID 30S WILL BE FELT ACROSS THE LAKES REGION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. Trares
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 28, 11:04 PM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
1104 PM CST MON OCT 28 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1030 PM BATSON TX 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
10/28/02 HARDIN TREES REPORTED DOWN
KGKLocal storm report, Oct 29, 12:03 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
1203 AM CST TUE OCT 29 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1155 PM VIDOR TX FLOOD
10/29/02 ORANGE MAJOR FLOODING OF STREETS
IN VIDOR. WATER COMING INTO
HOMES ON ST. CHARLES ST. IN
VIDORLocal storm report, Oct 29, 12:16 AM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
1216 AM CST TUE OCT 29 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1130 PM LUMBERTON TX TORNADO
10/28/02 HARDIN *** SEVERAL INJ ***
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED -
TX DPS. BLDG DAMAGED, GAS
LEAKThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Tornado in Louisiana, October 29, 2002
- Flash Flood in Texas, October 29, 2002
- Tornado in Louisiana, October 29, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, October 29, 2002
- Flash Flood in Texas, October 29, 2002
- Tornado in Louisiana, October 29, 2002
- Tornado in Louisiana, October 29, 2002
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, October 29 to 30, 2002
- Tornado in Louisiana, October 29, 2002
- Ice Storm in Maryland, October 29 to 30, 2002
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, October 29 to 30, 2002
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, October 29, 2002
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, October 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: 5319540.