Thunderstorm Wind, Avoyelles
- When
- August 13, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Avoyelles County, Marksville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 31.133, -92.067
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 13, 2005
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 Aug 13, 2:05 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 2:05 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 305 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005 .DISCUSSION... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO EXTEND WEST OVER THE AREA WITH A PERSISTENT LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW. EXPECT MOISTURE TO INCREASE TOMORROW BASED ON LIGHTENING OF WATER VAPOR IMAGERY IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE LAKE CHARLES UPPER AIR SOUNDING HAS BEEN SHOWING AN INCREASING TREND IN PRECIPITABLE WATER LATELY. MODELS DONT SEEM TO BE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB UNDER THIS SITUATION...LACKING ALL BUT SATELLITE DERIVED UPPER AIR SOUNDINGS OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. ADDITIONALLY THIS MORNING GFS MODEL WAS INITIALIZED ABOUT 0.15 INCH PRECIPITABLE WATER TOO LOW AT LAKE CHARLES. THE GFS IS SHOWING AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND HIGHER POPS FOR TOMORROW WHICH LOOKS ABOUT RIGHT. BEYOND THAT MODELS DON/T SEEM TO BE MUCH HELP SO AM CALLING FOR SCATTERED SUMMERTIME SHOWERS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...NOT MUCH CHANGE WITH A CHANCE OF DAYTIME SUMMERTIME THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. && .AVIATION... OUTSIDE OF SCATTERED DAYTIME THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY VFR WITH LIGHT FOG LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. && .MARINE... A CONTINUATION OF RALATIVELY LIGHT WINDS AND LOW SEAS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 77 91 75 91 / 20 50 20 40 KBPT 75 91 77 91 / 20 50 20 40 KAEX 74 91 74 93 / 20 50 10 40 KLFT 76 91 76 91 / 20 50 20 40 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 3:42 AM CST, 12 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 442 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005 GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215- 216-140945- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE- ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE- UPPER ST. MARTIN-CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY- LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- 442 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...GM AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW MAINLY AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE MONDAY WHEN SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST. OTHERWISE LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. JS
The 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
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 13, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, August 13, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, August 13, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Texas, August 13 to 20, 2005
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 13, 2005
- Lightning Strikes in South Carolina, August 13 to 14, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 13, 2005
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, August 13, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New Mexico, August 13, 2005
- Flooding in Georgia, August 13, 2005
- Tornado in Missouri, August 13, 2005
- Lightning Strike in New York, August 13, 2005
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, August 2005
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: 5469780.