Thunderstorm Wind, Hardin
- When
- June 2, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Hardin County, 5 mi NE of Thicket
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.467, -94.533
Damaging Wind in Texas, June 2, 2004
Trees and power lines 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 and power lines 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 1, 10:22 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 10:22 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1122 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004 .DISCUSSION... WILL UPDATE ZONES FOR SEVERE WEATHER WATCH BEING ISSUED OVER LOUISIANA. .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... WILL UPDATE ZONE FORECASTS TO TO MODIFY PROBABILITY OF RAIN FORECASTS. STORMS OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHERN TEXAS AT THIS TIME WILL LIKELY MOVE SOUTHEAST TO JUST NORTHWEST OF THE FORECAST AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THEREAFTER OVER AT LEAST THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA TONIGHT. CHANCES OF RAIN TOMORROW MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE CONFINED TO AFTERNOON PERIODS. MODELS INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP IN THE MORNING. && .PREVIOUS PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GETTING A KICK FROM STORMS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THESE LATEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE DURING THE EVE HOURS. WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO OUR NORTH...SOUTHERLY WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WILL GO WITH PERSISTENCE... AND MAINLY AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WEEK. WITH ALL THE CLOUDS AROUND DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ALONG WITH THE WINDS WILL HOLD TEMPS IN THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LCH 76 89 73 88 / 20 40 20 40 BPT 77 90 74 88 / 20 40 20 40 AEX 73 90 70 85 / 30 40 20 40 LFT 75 88 73 86 / 20 40 20 40 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. && 20
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 4:20 AM CST, 21 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 520 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004 GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216- 021100- 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- 520 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004 .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY. WITH A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE AND FAVORABLE UPPER AIR SUPPORT...A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THERE WILL BE A DAILY CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. AT THIS TIME HOWEVER...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY. MARCOTTE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 9:15 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1015 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004 LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-020559- ACADIA-ALLEN-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-CAMERON-EVANGELINE- HARDIN-IBERIA-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE- LOWER ST MARTIN-NEWTON-ORANGE-RAPIDES-ST LANDRY-ST MARY-TYLER- UPPER ST MARTIN-VERMILION-VERNON- 1015 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 374 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TYLER... JASPER...AND NEWTON COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT 1015 AM TUESDAY EVENING...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS WERE NOT SHOWING ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...NOR IN CENTRAL... SOUTHWEST OR SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA. HOWEVER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS TUESDAY EVENING WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS. STRONG STORMS WHICH COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL COULD MOVE INTO INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, COMMERCIAL TELEVISION, OR RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS...WATCHES OR WARNINGS. 20
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 10:50 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1150 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004 LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-020700- ACADIA-ALLEN-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-CAMERON-EVANGELINE- HARDIN-IBERIA-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE- LOWER ST MARTIN-NEWTON-ORANGE-RAPIDES-ST LANDRY-ST MARY-TYLER- UPPER ST MARTIN-VERMILION-VERNON- 1150 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 375 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR RAPIDES... AVOYELLES...EVANGELINE...SAINT LANDRY...AND VERNON PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA THROUGH 4 AM CDT. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALLEN...BEAUREGARD AND ACADIA PARISHES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND FOR LAFAYETTE AND UPPER SAINT MARTIN PARISHES IN SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 374 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR TYLER... JASPER...AND NEWTON COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT 1150 PM TUESDAY EVENING...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS WERE NOT SHOWING ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...NOR IN CENTRAL... SOUTHWEST OR SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA. HOWEVER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS IN NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY EVENING WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS. STRONG STORMS WHICH COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS BY 2 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING AND PROGRESS FARTHER SOUTHEAST THROUGH 4 AM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, COMMERCIAL TELEVISION, OR RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS...WATCHES OR WARNINGS. 20
Local storm report, Jun 2, 1:16 AM CST, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
216 AM CDT WED JUN 02 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0141 AM TSTM WND DMG 15 NW JASPER 31.07N 94.17W
06/02/2004 JASPER TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 63 AND 255.
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JSThe radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:27 UTC.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 2, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 2, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 2, 2004
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 2, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 2, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 2, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 2, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 2, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 2 to 3, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 2, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 2, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 2, 2004
More
Every storm in Texas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5407623.