Louisiana, 2003

Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 18, 2003

November 18, 2003 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Trees were blown down around Moreauville.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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.

Trees were blown down around Moreauville.

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 Nov 18, 3:45 AM CST, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 3:45 AM CST, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
345 AM CST TUE 18 NOV 2003

SQUALL LINE CONTINUES TO PUSH ACROSS SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA. TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE OUR LOUISIANA PARISHES
OTHER THAN VERNON UNTIL 8 A.M. NO WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED OVER THE
LAST COUPLE OF HOURS WITH THE STORMS BUT GOOD SHEAR PROFILE STILL
EXISTS SO ISOLATED TORNADOES STILL NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION...

MAIN THREAT APPEARS TO BE HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE SQUALL LINE WITH
RAINFALL RATES NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR MOVING INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL
LOUISIANA. HEAVIEST RAIN APPEARS TO BE MOVING INTO AREAS THAT HAVE
HAD LITTLE RAIN OVER THE LAST MONTH OR SO WIDESPREAD FLOODING NOT
EXPECTED...BUT WILL KEEP FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON OVER LA ZONES.

SHOWERS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON
AS SURFACE WINDS BECOME SOUTHWEST AND THEN WESTERLY THIS AFTERNOON.
SURFACE WINDS WILL BE RATHER GUSTY ESPECIALLY OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS SO WILL PUT IN A SCA OVER ALL THE COASTAL WATERS FOR TODAY.
MUCH DRIER AIR WILL BE USHERED INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE SURFACE COLD
FRONT AND DRY SEASONAL WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THE REMAINDER OF THE
WEEK.

UPPER TROF WILL DEEPEN OVER THE WESTERN U.S. OVER THE WEEKEND AND
PUSH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS WILL PUSH A RATHER STRONG
COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA LATE ON SUNDAY AND INTO EARLY MONDAY
WITH CHANCE OF RAIN WITH THE FRONT. BELOW NORMAL TEMPS EXPECTED
BEHIND THE FRONT.

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...

KLCH 79 50 71 46 / 60 00 00 00
KBPT 78 49 71 47 / 60 00 00 00
KAEX 76 47 67 42 / 80 00 00 00
KLFT 78 51 70 45 /100 00 00 00

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON ALL PARISHES.
TORNADO WATCH 957 UNTIL 8AM LA ZONES 028>033-041>45-051>055.
TX...NONE.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY OVER COASTAL WATERS.

WILEY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 18, 12:35 AM CST, 4 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1235 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1230 AM    JASPER                    TX   TORNADO
11/18/03   JASPER                         TORNADO SIGHTED BY PUBLIC
                                          NEAR HWY 96

JYM
Local storm report, Nov 18, 3:34 AM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Avoyelles

When
November 18, 4:35 AM CST
Where
Avoyelles County, Moreauville
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.033, -91.983

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

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5329048.