Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 16, 2005

Name: Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 16, 2005
Start: 2005-06-16T16:29
End: 2005-06-16T16:29
Location: Louisiana

June 16, 2005 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Trees were blown down.

Where it happened

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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 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 Jun 16, 2:00 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 2:00 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
300 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005

.SYNOPSIS...SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWING HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE
WESTERN GULF RIDGING NORTH TO EAST/WEST ORIENTED FRONTAL BOUNDARY
EXTENDING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. RAPID CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THIS AREA ALONG INSTABILITY AXIS
COMBINED WITH INCOMING OUTFLOW LAID DOWN FROM MORNING CONVECTION
ACROSS EAST OKLAHOMA. EXPECTING A RATHER ACTIVE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THE FCST AREA AS DEVELOPING SEABREEZE ADVANCES
NORTH...OUTFLOW ADVANCES SOUTH...ALONG WITH NUMEROUS SMALLER
BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FROM WEDNESDAYS CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA.
WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME PULSE SEVERE. OTHERWISE...OMEGA
TYPE PATTERN IN THE UPPER LEVELS WITH HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGING
EXTENDING THROUGH THE PLAINS BETWEEN BOOK-END LOWS OVER THE
NORTHEAST CONUS AND JUST OFF THE NORTHWEST COAST. MORNING LCH
SOUNDING SHOWING PRECIPITABLE WATER AT 1.61 INCHES...SLIGHTLY BELOW
YESTERDAY BUT STILL WELL ABOVE THE NORM.

&&

.DISCUSSION...WILL CARRY RESPECTABLE POPS OVERNIGHT EXPECTING
ONGOING CONVECTION TO CONTINUE WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS. RAIN CHANCES
CONTINUING AFTER MIDNIGHT AS VORT ENERGY IN NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT
MOVES ACROSS THE REGION AND SURFACE BOUNDARY AND ASSOCIATED LOW
LEVEL CONVERGENCE SINKS SOUTH WITH MCS TYPE CONVECTION POSSIBLE.
CLIMO POPS CONTINUE FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH LOW LEVELS
REMAINING PRIMED. REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST NOT TOO OPTIMISTIC FOR
RAIN CHANCES WITH A STRONG SUBSIDING REGIME ALOFT DEVELOPING AS
PLAINS HIGH EXPANDS EAST...AND LOW LEVEL FLOW BECOMES NORTHERLY.

&&

.MARINE...GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS WITH MINIMAL RAIN CHANCES EXPECTED
INTO THE COMING WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY EXCEPT WITH
SCATTERED CONVECTION.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  74  92  76  92  /  30  30  20  20
KBPT  74  94  75  93  /  20  20  20  20
KAEX  73  93  73  94  /  40  40  20  20
KLFT  74  92  74  92 /   40  40  20  20

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.

&&

MARCOTTE

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 5:00 AM CST, 11 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED SEVERE POTENTIAL TODAY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
600 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2005

GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-
171100-
ACADIA-ALLEN-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-CAMERON-EVANGELINE-
HARDIN-IBERIA-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-
LOWER ST. MARTIN-NEWTON-ORANGE-RAPIDES-ST. LANDRY-ST. MARY-TYLER-
UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODVILLE...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...
NEWTON...KOUNTZE...JASPER...BEAUMONT...OBERLIN...ABBEVILLE...
VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...MARKSVILLE...
LEESVILLE...LAKE CHARLES...LAFAYETTE...JENNINGS...DERIDDER...
CROWLEY...CAMERON AND ALEXANDRIA

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
WEAK BOUNDARIES WILL INTERACT WITH A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO
PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO COULD REACH SEVERE CRITERIA...WITH
DAMAGING WINDS APPROACHING 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL EXCEEDING
THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY BEFORE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT MOVES CLOSER TO THE
REGION AND SHUTS OFF MOST OF THE PRECIP. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS, HAM RADIO OPERATORS, AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...
WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TODAY.

LGE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 3:12 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
412 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0320 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LEESVILLE               31.14N 93.27W
06/16/2005                   VERNON             LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            VERNON PARISH SHERIFF OFFICE ESTIMATED 60 MPH WINDS
            KNOCKED DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES IN THE CENTRAL PART OF
            LEESVILLE.

0335 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OAKDALE                 30.82N 92.66W
06/16/2005                   ALLEN              LA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            TREES DOWN IN OAKDALE.

0340 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MARKSVILLE              31.13N 92.06W
06/16/2005                   AVOYELLES          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            AVOYELLES PARISH SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTS TREES DOWN IN
            MARKSVILLE AND EFFIE.

&&

RUA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:27 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Beauregard

When: June 16, 4:29 PM CST
Where: Beauregard County, Singer
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 30.650, -93.417

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

Every storm in Louisiana in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Louisiana, June 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: 5460611.