Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson Davis
- When
- January 13, 3:35 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson Davis County, 11 mi W of Lake Arthur
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.083, -92.867
Large tree was blown across the road.
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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.
The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
Large tree was blown across the road.
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 Jan 13, 3:11 AM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 130 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216- 131200- 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- 130 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A COLD SHOULD MOVE SOUTHEAST TO CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SABINE LAKE BY SUNRISE THURSDAY. A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT. STORMS IN THE LINE COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE LOUISIANA PART OF THE FORECAST AREA AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THURSDAY MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL PRODUCE QUIET WEATHER LATER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... IT MAY BECOME NECESSARY TO CALL UPON STORM SPOTTERS, HAM RADIO OPERATORS, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL TO SUPPORT SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS TONIGHT. 20
130530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1125 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #7 HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FOLLOWING AREAS... VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #7...WHICH INCLUDES NORTHERN LOUISIANA... INADVERTENTLY INCLUDED VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THESE PARISHES WERE NOT MEANT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AND THIS PRODUCT IS BEING ISSUED TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE WATCH. REPEATING...VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA ARE NOT IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND A WATCH MAY BE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT FOR THESE AREAS. LGE
LAZ027-028-131000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RETRANSMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1125 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #7 HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FOLLOWING AREAS... VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #7...WHICH INCLUDES NORTHERN LOUISIANA... INADVERTENTLY INCLUDED VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THESE PARISHES WERE NOT MEANT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AND THIS PRODUCT IS BEING ISSUED TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE WATCH. REPEATING...VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA ARE NOT IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND A WATCH MAY BE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT FOR THESE AREAS. LGE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1140 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 LAZ027-028-131000- RAPIDES-VERNON- 1140 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #7 HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FOLLOWING AREAS...VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #7...WHICH INCLUDES NORTHERN LOUISIANA... INADVERTENTLY INCLUDED VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THESE PARISHES WERE NOT MEANT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AND THIS PRODUCT IS BEING ISSUED TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE WATCH. REPEATING...VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA ARE NOT IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND A WATCH MAY BE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT FOR THESE AREAS. LGE
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</html>The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:35 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, January 2005
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: 5432968.