Louisiana, 2006

Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 13, 2006

January 13, 2006 · NWS LIX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$15,000
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 Jan 13, 9:01 AM CST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 9:01 AM CST, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 6:43 AM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
643 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-140600-
POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA-
WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE-
EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-
ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-
PEARL RIVER-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
643 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
MISSISSIPPI COAST. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.

A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AND
FUEL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL GULF COAST
THROUGH MIDDAY. A LINE OF STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS MORNING. THE PRIMARY
THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND STRONG WINDS. IN ADDITION...A FEW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OR A TORNADO...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS COASTAL MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING.

AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH AREA BY NOON FOLLOWED
BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...ESPECIALLY ON AND SOUTHEAST OF TIDAL
LAKES AND COASTAL WATERS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE
LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE GULF COASTAL WATERS
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER
COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...HAM RADIO
OPERATORS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED
EARLY FRIDAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 13, 3:44 AM CST, 5 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
344 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

LAZ034>036-MSZ068-069-131100-
AMITE-EAST FELICIANA-POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON-
344 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR SIMMESPORT.  THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE
EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF POINTE
COUPEE...WEST FELICIANA...AND EAST FELICIANA PARISHES IN LOUISIANA...
AND PORTIONS OF WILKINSON AND AMITE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF BATCHELOR...FORT ADAMS...
WOODVILLE...SPILLMAN...NORWOOD...AND GLOSTER THROUGH 5 AM CST.  THIS
THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH...AND PEA SIZE
HAIL.

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Special weather statement, Jan 13, 5:00 AM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
500 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

LAZ036-037-048-050-MSZ069-131200-
AMITE-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-LIVINGSTON-ST HELENA-
500 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE GREATER BATON
   ROUGE AREA...

A SQUALL LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LIBERTY TO
ZACHARY TO NEAR HENDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AT 5 AM. SOME SMALL
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE STRONGEST
STORMS AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO AMITE...DENHAM SPRINGS AND GONZALES
BETWEEN 530 AND 6 AM.

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Special weather statement, Jan 13, 6:10 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
610 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

LAZ038>040-050-MSZ071-131300-
LIVINGSTON-ST TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA-WALTHALL-WASHINGTON-
610 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING FROM TYLERTOWN TO AMITE...

AT 6 AM CST...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM TYLERTOWN TO
AMITE AND WESTWARD TO SLAUGTHER AND WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25
MPH. THE STORMS HAVE BEEN WEAKENING IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST
HOUR BUT FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WIND GUSTS OF
25 TO 30 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME PEA SIZED HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
THESE STORMS. THROUGH 7 AM. THESE STORMS SHOULD REACH BOGALUSA...
COVINGTON AND PONCHATOULA BETWEEN 7 AND 730 AM.

MSZ077-080>082-131300-
HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-PEARL RIVER-
610 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING...

AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WITH A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL
MOVE INTO COASTAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AFTER 8 AM. WHILE THE
INTENSITY OF THE STORMS HAVE BEEN WEAKENING IN THE PAST HOUR OR SO
IN LOUISIANA...INDICATIONS ARE FOR A RE-INTENSIFICATION OF THE
STORMS...PERHAPS TO SEVERE LEVELS AFTER 8 AM.

PERSONS IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV AND
RADIO THROUGHOUT THE MORNING FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PEARL RIVER AND HANCOCK
COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 10 AM CST.

LAZ058>070-131300-
LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST BERNARD-
LOWER TERREBONNE-ORLEANS-ST CHARLES-ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-
UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD-
UPPER TERREBONNE-
610 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS LOWER SOUTHEAST
   LOUISIANA AFTER 7 AM CST...

AN COLD FRONT IN WESTERN LOUISIANA WILL BE APPROACHING SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA DURING THE MORNING. A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRECEDES THE FRONT. WHILE THE INTENSITY OF THE STORMS HAVE BEEN
WEAKENING IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS TO RE-INTENSIFY DURING THE MORNING HOURS ACROSS THE
SOUTH-SHORE AND COASTAL PARISHES OF LOUISIANA. THE STORMS WILL BE
MOVING TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND MAY BECOME SEVERE AT
TIMES MAINLY AFTER 8 AM.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR THE LATEST
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.

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Local storm report, Jan 13, 6:53 AM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
653 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

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

0649 AM     HAIL             3 W BOGALUSA            30.78N 89.91W
01/13/2006  0.25 INCH        WASHINGTON         LA   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            SHORT PERIOD OF PEA HAIL AND EOC BUILDING STRUCK BY
            LIGHTNING.

&&

RICKS
Special weather statement, Jan 13, 7:15 AM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
715 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

LAZ040-MSZ077-080>082-131415-
HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-PEARL RIVER-ST TAMMANY-
715 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT FROM MCCOMB TO THE ATCHAFALAYA BAY IS
BEING PRECEDED BY EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS PEARL RIVER COUNTY WITH
SOME HAIL POSSIBLY FALLING FROM THESE STORMS. OTHER STORMS IN ST
TAMMANY PARISH WILL BE ENTERING HANCOCK COUNTY AFTER 8 AM.
INDICATIONS ARE FOR INTENSIFICATION OF THESE STORMS ACROSS THE
COASTAL COUNTIES BETWEEN 8 AND 10 AM. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE
WITH A THREAT OF TORNADOES DEVELOPING FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS.

PERSONS IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV AND
RADIO THROUGHOUT THE MORNING FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PEARL RIVER AND HANCOCK
COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 10 AM CST.

LAZ058>070-131415-
LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST BERNARD-
LOWER TERREBONNE-ORLEANS-ST CHARLES-ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-
UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD-
UPPER TERREBONNE-
715 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS LOWER SOUTHEAST
   LOUISIANA THIS MORNING...

A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA IS PRECEDED
BY A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTEND FROM LAKE MAUREPAS TO MORGAN
CITY. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY TO SEVERE LEVELS AFTER
730 AM AS IT APPROACHES THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA. DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY ALSO FORM.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR THE LATEST
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.

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Special weather statement, Jan 13, 8:05 AM CST, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
805 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

MSZ080>082-131500-
HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
805 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SAUCIER TO NICHOLSON WILL MOVE
EAST AT 50 MPH ACROSS HARRISON AND JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 9 AM.
SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH A THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES
DEVELOPING FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS.

PERSONS IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV AND
RADIO THROUGHOUT THE MORNING FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HANCOCK...HARRISON AND
JACKSON COUNTIES OF MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 2 PM CST.

LAZ059>070-131500-
LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST BERNARD-
LOWER TERREBONNE-ORLEANS-ST CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE-
UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
805 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE METRO NEW ORLEANS AREA...

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO KENNER AND THIBODAUX AT 8 AM...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FOR ABOUT 15 TO 20 MINUTES. WIND GUSTS TO 40
MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED FROM THE STRONGER STORMS
THROUGH 9 AM. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS AS THEY
MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA SHOULD STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR THE LATEST
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.

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1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lafourche

When
January 13, 9:05 AM CST
Where
Lafourche County, 5 mi NW of Lockport
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$15,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
29.700, -90.617

In a recreational area, one camp was destroyed and several others were damaged by thunderstorm winds. Power lines and several trees were also knocked down.

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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.

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5486195.