Louisiana, 2005Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 1, 2005
July 1, 2005 · NWS LIX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- 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 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 New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 1, 2:26 PM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 2:26 PM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
326 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005
.DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED DRYING FROM NORTH
GEORGIA TO EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA TO EXTREME NORTHWEST GULF IN THE
SAME PLACE OF AN ELONGATED VORT MAX. IN ADDITION...VORT MAX WAS
NOTED OVER WEST TENNESSEE AND MOISTURE ALONG...JUST OF SOUTH OF IT
FROM EAST TENNESSEE TO WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TO NORTHEAST TEXAS.
ALSO...ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST CONUS. A
SURFACE BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED FROM OHIO TO NORTH ARKANSAS TO TEXAS
PANHANDLE. CONVECTION ACTUALLY FIRING ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM
A COMPLEX EARLY THIS MORNING OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
CONVECTION MAY OUTRUN DYNAMICS ALOFT AND SURFACE FOCUS.
HOWEVER...WILL INCREASE RAIN CHANCES UP FROM TOKEN 20 TONIGHT.
SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL PARK JUST NORTH OF FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER...THE
ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
NIGHT. FORECAST JET ANALYSIS PLACE OUR AREA UNDER THE RIGHT REAR
QUADRANT OF 50 TO 60 JET MAX WITH THE JET POSITIONED FROM CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI TO NORTHERN GEORGIA BY 18Z SATURDAY. ERGO...SLIGHTLY
MORE THAN A FEW STRONG STORMS AND A FEW SEVERE STORMS. THE TROUGH IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA BUT IN A WEAKEN STATE FROM NORTHERN
GEORGIA TO SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA SUNDAY. ERGO...RAIN CHANCES ABOVE
NORMAL FOR THE WEEKEND. AS ADVERTISED...GFS BRINGS A INVERTED
TROUGH/TROPICAL WAVE INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF MONDAY NIGHT. OLD
TROUGH LIFTS OUT FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY AS RAIN CHANCE RETURN TO
NORMAL BEFORE ASSOCIATED MOISTURE MOVES IN ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF
COAST TUESDAY. HENCE...RAIN CHANCE TO NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE
NORMAL FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. UPSTREAM...ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH WILL DROP SOUTH OVER LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND MAINTAIN
RAIN CHANCE SLIGHT ABOVE NORMAL LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB 72 89 73 93 / 40 60 40 50
BTR 76 92 75 94 / 40 60 40 50
MSY 77 90 75 92 / 40 60 30 50
GPT 75 89 76 91 / 40 50 30 50
&&
.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.
SE LA AND MS COASTAL WATERS...NONE.
&&
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 1, 12:24 PM CST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
124 PM CDT FRI JUL 01 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1225 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 4 SW BELLE CHASSE 29.81N 90.05W
07/01/2005 PLAQUEMINES LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
JEFFERSON PARISH SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED A LARGE FUNNEL
CLOUD BETWEEN BELLE CHASSE AND LEFITTE MOVING SOUTHEAST.
&&Thunderstorm Wind, West Feliciana
- When
- July 1, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- West Feliciana County, Countywide
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.900, -91.400
Numerous trees and power lines were reported down across the northern half of the parish.
- 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.
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 1 to 31, 2005$60 million · 56 kt wind · 53 events
- Drought in Iowa, July 1 to 31, 2005$155 million · 20 events
- Drought in Illinois, July 1 to 31, 2005$180 million · 13 events
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 1, 20051 death · 3 injured · $10,000 · 1 event
- Flooding in South Dakota, July 1 to 10, 2005$23 million · 3 events
- Drought in Missouri, July 1 to 31, 2005$8.5 million · 2 events
- Hail in Nebraska, July 1, 2005$6.8 million · 1.75 in hail · 3 events
- Flood in Florida, July 1 to 31, 2005$1.6 million · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 1, 2005$100,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, July 1, 2005$100,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 1, 2005$80,000 · 55 kt wind · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 1, 2005$80,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events
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: 5463157.