Damaging Wind in Texas, June 12, 2003

Name: Damaging Wind in Texas, June 12, 2003
Start: 2003-06-12T12:18
End: 2003-06-12T12:18
Location: Texas

June 12, 2003 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Toledo Bend Dam recorded a 50 knot wind gust.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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.

Toledo Bend Dam recorded a 50 knot wind gust.

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 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 8:34 AM CST, 3 hours 44 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.

SWEENEY

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 3:21 AM CST, 8 hours 57 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, 8:53 AM CST, 3 hours 25 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.

MJW

Local storm report, Jun 12, 9:10 AM CST, 3 hours 8 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.

MJW

Local storm report, Jun 12, 9:16 AM CST, 3 hours 2 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.

MJW

Local storm report, Jun 12, 10:17 AM CST, 2 hours 1 minute 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

JT

Local storm report, Jun 12, 10:21 AM CST, 1 hour 57 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

JT

Local storm report, Jun 12, 11:58 AM CST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1258 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2003

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

1238 PM    JASPER                    TX   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/03   JASPER                         POWER OUTAGES AND TREE
                                          DOWN ACROSS 1408 FARM ROAD.

FN

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Newton

When: June 12, 12:18 PM CST
Where: Newton County, 10 mi NE of Newton
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by: OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Coordinates: 30.933, -93.617

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5367257.