Tornado in Louisiana, November 1, 2004

Name: Tornado in Louisiana, November 1, 2004
Start: 2004-11-01T17:30
End: 2004-11-01T17:32
Location: Louisiana

November 1, 2004 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A small tornado briefly touched down, damaging a mobile home's roof and destroying a storage shed. This tornado and several funnel clouds were witnessed by several people.

Where it happened

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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: $25,000
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.

A small tornado briefly touched down, damaging a mobile home's roof and destroying a storage shed. This tornado and several funnel clouds were witnessed by several people.

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 1, 2:39 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 1, 2:39 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 1, 4:57 AM CST, 12 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
457 AM CST MON NOV 1 2004

GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-
011800-
ACADIA-ALLEN-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-CAMERON-
CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM-EVANGELINE-HARDIN-IBERIA-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-
LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO CAMERON, LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM-LOWER ST MARTIN-
NEWTON-ORANGE-RAPIDES-ST LANDRY-ST MARY-TYLER-UPPER ST MARTIN-
VERMILION-VERNON-
457 AM CST MON NOV 1 2004

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR
SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH
ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE TO PRODUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL
TODAY OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE
WEATHER WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING STRONG WINDS. HEAVY RAIN WILL
SPREAD EASTWARD TONIGHT INTO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
HEAVY RAIN AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON
TUESDAY UNTIL THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH LATE TUESDAY INTO EARLY
WEDNESDAY. COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY
AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS, HAM RADIO OPERATORS, AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY
BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY.

WILEY

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:28 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Jefferson Davis

When: November 1, 5:30 PM CST to 5:32 PM CST
Where: Jefferson Davis County, Welsh
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 30.233, -92.817

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Louisiana in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Louisiana, 2004 Warnings in Louisiana, November 2004

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: 5426329.