Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper
- When
- May 13, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County, Buna
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 30.433, -93.967
Damaging Wind in Texas, May 13, 2004
Numerous large oak trees were blown down in the Buna area, some landing on homes and businesses.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $150,000
- 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.
Numerous large oak trees were blown down in the Buna area, some landing on homes and businesses.
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 May 13, 1:28 PM CST, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 1:28 PM CST, 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 228 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004 .DISCUSSION... THE MAIN FORECAST ISSUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND IS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL MOVE INTO LOUISIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED POCKETS OF HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH THIS SYSTEM UNTIL IT EXITS/DISSIPATES TOWARDS MIDNIGHT. FRIDAY WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN/THUNDERSTORMS/HEAVY RAIN... MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. FRONTAL SYSTEM STALLS ALONG NORTHERN PORTION OF CWA FRIDAY NIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH SATURDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. AT THIS POINT...WILL CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH DUE TO LOW FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES. 15 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LCH 71 83 67 81 / 80 70 40 50 BPT 71 83 67 81 / 60 70 40 50 AEX 68 81 64 79 / 80 70 60 50 LFT 69 82 67 81 / 80 70 50 50 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY...TORNADO WATCH FOR VERNON... BEAUREGARD...ALLEN...CALCASIEU...JEFF DAVIS...AND CAMERON PARISHES UNTIL 6 PM. TX...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY...TORNADO WATCH FOR TYLER...JASPER... NEWTON...HARDIN...JEFFERSON...AND ORANGE COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM. && ERICKSON
Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 4:29 AM CST, 9 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 529 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2004 GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216- 141000- 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- 529 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2004 .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME LIKELY BY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS FROM THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS TO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. SINCE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA SINCE LATE TUESDAY...THIS COULD BE A WIDESPREAD FLOODING EVENT. MANY RIVERS ARE IN FLOOD FROM THE PREVIOUS RAINFALL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING IN THE COLLEGE STATION AREA UPSTREAM FROM OUR AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN LIKELY ON FRIDAY WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE AREA. THE FLOOD WATCH COULD BE EXTENDED OUT TO SATURDAY WHEN A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE COASTAL AREA...PRODUCING 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN. SOMEWHAT DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE EAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS, HAM RADIO OPERATORS, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS... MAY BE NEEDED ON TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY TO PASS ALONG POSSIBLE FLOODING INFORMATION. SWEENEY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 13, 10:18 AM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1118 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2004 GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216- 140200- 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- 1118 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2004 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND... A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES MOVES SLOWLY EAST. THE DEEP MOIST AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ENHANCED BY SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS. IN ADDITION...A SURFACE FRONT WILL SAG TO THE SOUTH AND STALL ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA BY SATURDAY. THESE FEATURES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. DUE TO THE DEEP MOISTURE...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD INTO THIS AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK... BRINGING AN END TO THE ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. DURING HEAVY RAINS...STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...BAYOUS AND CREEKS. THEY ARE PRONE TO RAPID RISES AND MAY FLOOD THE AREA QUICKLY. 24
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:30 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
- Rip Current in Florida, May 13, 2004
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- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 13, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 13, 2004
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 13, 2004
- Damaging Wind in New York, May 13, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 13, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 13 to 14, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 13 to 14, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 13, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Texas, May 13, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, May 13, 2004
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5396411.