Name: Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 18, 2003
Start: 2003-11-18T03:10
End: 2003-11-18T03:10
Location: Louisiana

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
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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.

The roof of a home was damaged and trees 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 Nov 17, 11:58 PM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 17, 11:58 PM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 17, 5:05 AM CST, 22 hours 5 minutes before

LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-172300-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
505 AM CST MON NOV 17 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...CENTRAL...
SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH ABUNDANT TROPICAL
MOISTURE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WITH A
SQUALL LINE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER
IS POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND AREAWIDE
TONIGHT WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
THE SQUALL LINE WILL PROGRESS ACROSS SOUTH LOUISIANA THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING WITH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN
CONTINUING. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP IN BEHIND THE FRONT BRINGING MUCH
MORE STABLE CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY.

.INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS, HAM RADIO OPERATORS, AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...
MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

WILEY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 17, 9:24 PM CST, 5 hours 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 18, 12:35 AM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes 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

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rapides

When: November 18, 3:10 AM CST
Where: Rapides County, Pineville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.317, -92.433

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

Every storm in Louisiana in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Louisiana, November 2003

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: 5329049.