Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper
- When
- June 12, 11:38 AM CST
- Where
- Jasper County, Jasper
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.917, -94.000
Damaging Wind in Texas, June 12, 2003
Trees were blown down.
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
- $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.
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 Jun 12, 8:34 AM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 8:34 AM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
934 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2003
LINE OF TSTMS BOWED OUT IN A COUPLE OF PLACES...MAKING WARNINGS
NECESSARY FOR STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. BOW MOVING THRU LAFAYETTE AT 35
KNOTS AT THIS TIME. SO FAR...WIND DAMAGE REPORTED IN AVOYELLES
PARISH.
WILL UPDATE ZONES TO TAILOR POPS BACK BEHIND THE LINE EXCEPT
NORTHERN ZONES. WILL HAVE TO TRIM BACK TEMPS DUE TO RAIN COOLED AIR.
WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON UPSTREAM OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...
EXTRAPOLATES INTO THE TOLEDO BEND AREA AROUND MID-DAY. THIS WILL
ENTAIL AN INCREASE IN POPS FOR THE NORTHERN ZONES.
.UPDATED POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KBPT 84 78 90 76 / 50 20 20 20
KLCH 80 77 89 76 / 50 30 30 20
KLFT 83 76 89 76 / 50 30 30 20
KAEX 79 75 90 75 / 70 20 30 20
.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...LAC055-097-099-SEVERE TSTM WARNING UNTIL 945 AM FOR ST LANDRY...
LAFAYETTE AND ST MARTIN PARISHES.
LAC055-URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM FOR
LAFAYETTE PARISH.
LAC079-URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM FOR RAPIDES
PARISH.
TX...NONE.
SWEENEYHazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 3:21 AM CST, 8 hours 17 minutes before
LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-131030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 421 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...CENTRAL... SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING AND ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE DAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ASSISTANCE OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. MCNATT
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 12, 8:49 AM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
0949 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0940 AM BREAUX BRIDGE LA WIND DAMAGE
06/12/03 ST. MARTIN POLICE DEPT REPORTED TREES
DOWN IN BREAUX BRIDGE.
MJWLocal storm report, Jun 12, 8:53 AM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
0953 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0834 AM LAWTELL LA WIND DAMAGE
06/12/03 ST. LANDRY PUBLIC REPORTS TIN ROOF
BUILDING DESTROYED AND
FENCE KNOCKED DOWN.
MJWLocal storm report, Jun 12, 9:10 AM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1010 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0845 AM OPELOUSAS LA WIND DAMAGE
06/12/03 ST. LANDRY PUBLIC REPORTS OVERTURNED
MOTOR HOME.
MJWLocal storm report, Jun 12, 9:16 AM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1016 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0908 AM CARENCRO LA WIND DAMAGE
06/12/03 LAFAYETTE POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN.
POWER OUT IN CARENCRO.
MJWLocal storm report, Jun 12, 10:17 AM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1117 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0845 AM 1 N OPELOUSAS LA WIND DAMAGE
06/12/03 ST. LANDRY TREE ON HOUSE REPORTED BY
TV METEOROLOGIST
JTLocal storm report, Jun 12, 10:21 AM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT : CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1121 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0840 AM CENTERPOINT LA WIND DAMAGE
06/12/03 AVOYELLES SHERRIFS OFFICE REPORTED A
TREE DOWN IN CENTERPOINT.
0940 AM BREAUX BRIDGE LA WIND DAMAGE
06/12/03 ST. MARTIN POLICE DEPT REPORTED TREES
DOWN IN BREAUX BRIDGE.
0834 AM LAWTELL LA WIND DAMAGE
06/12/03 ST. LANDRY PUBLIC REPORTS TIN ROOF
BUILDING DESTROYED AND
FENCE KNOCKED DOWN.
0845 AM OPELOUSAS LA WIND DAMAGE
06/12/03 ST. LANDRY PUBLIC REPORTS OVERTURNED
MOTOR HOME.
0908 AM CARENCRO LA WIND DAMAGE
06/12/03 LAFAYETTE POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN.
POWER OUT IN CARENCRO.
0845 AM 1 N OPELOUSAS LA WIND DAMAGE
06/12/03 ST. LANDRY TREE ON HOUSE REPORTED BY
TV METEOROLOGIST
JTThe 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
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, June 12, 2003
- Flooding and Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 12 to 13, 2003
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 12 to 13, 2003
- Flood in Pennsylvania, June 12 to 13, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 12, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 12, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 12, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 12, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 12, 2003
- Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 2003
More
Every storm in Texas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5367177.