Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- August 7, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, China
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 30.033, -94.333
Damaging Wind in Texas, August 7, 2005
Trees 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 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 7, 4:55 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 4:55 PM CST, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 555 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2005 .UPDATE...WILL UPDATE ZONES FOR MORE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND INCLUDE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WORDING. NOT LOOKING FOR TOO MUCH SEVERE WX...BUT STORMS ARE PRODUCING UP TO ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 225 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2005) DISCUSSION... CONVECTIVE TEMP WAS REACHED LAST HOUR AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED ACROSS CENTRAL LA AND LAKES AREA OF EAST TEXAS. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN UNTIL SUNSET HOURS...AND DISSIPATE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THURSDAY BEFORE THINGS DRY OUT AGAIN. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL AFTER THE LAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS OF SLIGHTLY COOLER WEATHER. DO NOT EXPECT ANY WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER...BUT IF YOU FIND YOURSELF UNDER ONE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...YOU CAN EXPECT LOTS OF LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. && WILEY
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 2:54 AM CST, 14 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 354 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 2005 GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215- 216-081100- 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- 354 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 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 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN FOR THE START OF THE WORK WEEK. YOU CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL, WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:16 UTC.
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
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- High Surf in Alaska, August 7, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 7, 2005
More
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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: 5469777.