Thunderstorm Wind, Calcasieu
- When
- September 21, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Calcasieu County, Vinton
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 30.183, -93.583
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 21, 2003
Several homes received structural damage as high winds battered the region.
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
- $15,000
- 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.
Several homes received structural damage as high winds battered the region.
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 Sep 21, 9:08 AM CST, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 9:08 AM CST, 4 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 955 AM CDT SUN 21 SEP 2003 ...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY... .OVERVIEW...LARGE RAIN SHIELD EXTENDS OVER SE TX...SRN LA AND ADJACENT CSTL WATERS. RAINFALL ESTIMATES ALONG THE COAST NEAR SABINE PASS...FOUR TO SIX INCHES. OTHER TOTALS...ONE TO THREE INCHES EXTEND FROM JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES IN SE TX EAST INTO CAMERON... CALCASIEU AND VERMILION PARISHES WITH LESSER AMOUNTS FOR INLD COUNTIES AND PARISHES. RAIN THIS MRNG DEVELOPED FROM AN AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER IN THE EXTREME WESTERN GULF. THIS AREA HAS A SFC LOW LOCATED OFF THE BRO COAST...W/ A CSTL TROF SWEEPING NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTH-CNTRL LA CSTL WATERS. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS BEING PROVIDED BY A TROF TO OUR WEST AND IS EXPECTED TO BE ENHANCED BY THE RIGHT REAR QUAD OF THE 250 JET. PRECIP TDY WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE NORTH. LCH MRNG SOUNDING IS COMPLETE SATURATED THRU THE ENTIRE COLUMN. WHAT DO WE EXPECT FOR TDY...MORE OF THE SAME WITH CLOUDY SKIES AND RAIN... HEAVY AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO HOVER IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S AT BEST. TONIGHT EXPECT A FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO MOVE CLOSER TO THE LAKE CHARLES COUNTY WARNING AREA PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL RAINS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. WE EXPECT THIS FRONT TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY WITH RAIN ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN RAPIDLY MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. SUNNY SKIES AND MILD CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL SHORTLY THEREAFTER. .EXTENDED...ANOTHER REINFORCING SURGE OF NORTHERLY AIR WILL KEEP CONDITIONS MILD THROUGH FRIDAY. SEE NO REASON TO VEER FROM STABLE CONDITIONS AND MILD TEMPERATURES. CSTL WTRS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR TODAY. .FORECAST CONFIDENCE...HIGH. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 77 71 87 68 / 99 80 30 00 KBPT 77 71 87 68 / 99 80 30 00 KAEX 77 71 87 66 / 99 70 30 00 KLFT 77 72 86 68 / 99 80 40 00 .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...FLOOD WATCH SOUTHWEST/CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA. TX...FLOOD WATCH SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 21, 5:00 AM CST, 8 hours 30 minutes before
LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-221100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 600 AM CDT SUN SEP 21 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...CENTRAL... SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A DEEP TROPICAL AIRMASS AND A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT WITH HEAVY RAIN LIKELY. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS, LARGE DIFFERENCES IN PRESSURE WILL GENERATE MODERATE EASTERLY BREEZES, ESPECIALLY FROM HIGH ISLAND TO CAMERON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT AS SEAS WILL BE IN THE 4 TO 6 FOOT RANGE. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR DAY ONE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA ON MONDAY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ALLOWING FOR DRIER CONDITIONS AND MILD TEMPERATURES. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN. INFORMATION STATEMENT...THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL, IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS, IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. 06
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 21, 12:15 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
115 PM CDT SUN SEP 21 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0106 PM 7 SW JOHNSON BAYOU XX 38 MPH MARINE TSTM WIND
09/21/03 XXX
0106 PM 12 SW JOHNSON BAYOU XX 40 MPH MARINE TSTM WIND
09/21/03 XXX
THMThe 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
- Lightning Strike in U.S. Virgin Islands, September 21, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, September 21, 2003
- High Surf in Florida, September 21 to 22, 2003
- Wildfire in Oregon, September 21 to 23, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 21, 2003
- Wildfire in California, September 21 to 23, 2003
- Wildfire in Idaho, September 21 to 23, 2003
- Waterspout in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, September 21, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, September 21, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, September 21, 2003
- Flash Flood in Texas, September 21, 2003
- Hail in Missouri, September 21, 2003
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5375102.