Thunderstorm Wind, St. James
- When
- July 2, 5:53 PM CST
- Where
- St. James County, Convent
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.017, -90.833
Trees were knocked down.
Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 2, 2005
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 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 2, 2:40 PM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:40 PM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 340 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005 .DISCUSSION...AFTER CAREFULLY LOOKING NORTHWEST...IT IS OBVIOUS THE MCS WILL MAKE IT ACROSS THE NORTH PARISH/COUNTY WARNING AREA. WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF SURFACE HEATING LEFT...CONVECTION SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. SHORT WAVE TROUGH AXIS FROM SOUTHEAST MISSOURI TO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO DRIVE SOUTH. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE BOWING CONVECTION WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. SOME DYNAMICS ALOFT MAY MAINTAIN STORMS TIL SUNSET. WILL UP POPS FOR NEW ORLEANS... BATON ROUGE AND SURROUNDING AREAS FOR TONIGHT. TROUGH AXIS WEAKENS TOWARD MORNING. SOME DRYING ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE TROUGH LOWER POPS FOR THE NORTH HALF ZONES SUNDAY. OTHERWISE...COASTAL AREAS CAN EXPECT NEAR NORMAL POP SUNDAY. TROUGH COMPLETELY BREAKS DOWN FOR MONDAY. ALL EYES TURN SOUTHEAST AS ETA WANTS TO BRING A LOW TOWARD THE SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST TUESDAY. GFS DOES NOT INDICATE ANY SURFACE FEATURE. HOWEVER...MOISTURE WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST FOR TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY AND WILL MAINTAIN RAIN CHANCES AS IS. NEAR NORMAL POPS THURSDAY THROUGH SAT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 73 93 73 93 / 60 30 20 30 BTR 75 93 75 93 / 60 30 20 30 MSY 75 91 78 92 / 60 40 20 30 GPT 76 90 75 91 / 30 40 20 30 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...SVR WATCH 579 LAZ034>040-046>050-057-058-060 TIL 02Z MS...SVR WATCH 579 MSZ068>071-077 TIL 02Z. SE LA AND MS COASTAL WATERS...SVR WATCH 579 GMZ530. && 18
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 3:00 PM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 400 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-031130- AMITE-ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-HANCOCK- HARRISON-IBERVILLE-JACKSON-LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON- LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE- ORLEANS-PEARL RIVER-PIKE-POINTE COUPEE-ST CHARLES-ST HELENA-ST JAMES- ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA-UPPER JEFFERSON- UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE- WALTHALL-WASHINGTON-WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON- 400 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ...THUNDERSTORMS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...EXCLUDING THE MISSISSIPPI COAST EAST OF GULFPORT...THROUGH THIS EVENING. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS...OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA...IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH SUNSET. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS EXTREME SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND PARISHES JUST SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE ISOLATED IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. WHILE ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED DURING THE PERIOD...A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG AND PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME.
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
- Heat in Arizona, July 2 to 5, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 2, 2005
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, July 2 to 11, 2005
- Rip Current in Florida, July 2, 2005
- Flash Flood in New York, July 2 to 3, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 2, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 2, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 2, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 2, 2005
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 2, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 2 to 3, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 2, 2005
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, July 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: 5463170.