Tornado, Vermilion
- When
- July 26, 4:55 AM CST
- Where
- Vermilion County, 2 mi NW of Gueydan
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.050, -92.533
Tornado in Louisiana, July 26, 2006
A small tornado briefly touched down in a rural agricultural region near Gueydan.
Where it happened
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- 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
- None recorded
- 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.
A small tornado briefly touched down in a rural agricultural region near Gueydan.
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 Jul 26, 3:52 AM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 3:52 AM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
452 AM CDT WED JUL 26 2006
...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY AS DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE
PUSHES INTO THE REGION...
.DISCUSSION...
A 1009 MB SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED THIS EARLY MORNING INLAND ALONG
THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST...NORTH OF CORPUS CHRISTI MOVING SLOWLY TO
THE NORTH. DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WAS SEEN ON THE WATER VAPOR FROM
THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA COAST TO OFF OF THE NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF
OLD MEXICO. LATEST MOISTURE ANALYSIS SHOWED PRECIPITABLE WATER
VALUES OVER 2.2 INCHES FROM KLCH TO KCRP AND MEAN RH VALUES OVER
85 PERCENT. RADAR SHOWS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FILLING OVER THE
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA.
TROPICAL DISTURBANCE ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE NORTH TODAY TO WEST OF HOUSTON THEN FURTHER NORTH INTO
NORTHEAST TEXAS BY THURSDAY. THIS WILL KEEP THE FORECAST AREA
UNDER A DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW (30 TO 40 KNOTS AT 85H) BRINGING IN
TROPICAL MOISTURE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
WESTERN PORTIONS. PWAT VALUES OVER SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND
SOUTHEAST TEXAS ARE PROGGED TO RANGE FROM 2.2 TO 2.5 INCHES WHICH
IS FROM 135 TO 150 PERCENT OF NORM. ALSO MEAN RH VALUES ARE
PROGGED TO BE OVER 85 TO 90 PERCENT...MEANING THE ACTIVITY THAT
DEVELOPS WILL BE HIGHLY EFFICIENT PRECIP PRODUCERS. GOOD LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE AND UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE IS ALSO NOTED OVER THE
AREA.
ALL THIS POINTS TO THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAINS. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF
RAINFALL OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS WITH LOCALLY 5+ INCHES SEEMS POSSIBLE.
WITH FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 1 1/2 INCHES FOR
1 TO 3 HOURS AND A LITTLE LESS THAN 2 1/2 INCHES FOR 6 HOURS WILL
KEEP FLOOD WATCH GOING FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA MAY SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
AS SYSTEM MOVES TO THE NORTH ON THURSDAY...MOISTURE VALUES WILL
DECREASE ESPECIALLY TO THE EAST. THEREFORE RAIN CHANCES WILL ALSO
DECREASE TO THE SCATTERED RANGE.
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST LOOKS LIKE MORE TYPICAL WEATHER. RIDGE
WILL BUILD IN FROM THE EAST WITH DAILY CHANCES OF MAINLY AFTERNOON
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. IFR
VISIBILITIES WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS DUE
TO HEAVY RAINFALL. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS.
&&
.MARINE...
SURFACE LOW INLAND ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST WILL MOVE NORTH
AND FURTHER INLAND TO NORTHEAST TEXAS BY THURSDAY. DECENT SOUTHERLY
FLOW AROUND THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS WEST OF
INTRACOASTAL CITY WITH WINDS AROUND 20 WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND SEAS
UP TO 7 FEET. THE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO PUMP UP PLENTY OF
TROPICAL MOISTURE FOR NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
TIDE GAUGES AT SABINE PASS AND CALCASIEU PASS ARE RUNNING BETWEEN
1/4 AND 1/2 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL. GFS GUIDANCE SHOWS TIDES WILL BE
ABOUT 1/2 TO 3/4 OF A FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED TIDES AT HIGH TIDE TIME
THIS EARLY AFTERNOON. WITH PREDICTED TIDE LEVELS OF 1.4 TO 1.7
FEET WOULD NOT EXPECT ANY PROBLEMS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH 83 76 91 75 / 90 50 30 20
KBPT 83 76 91 76 / 90 50 30 20
KAEX 88 75 92 74 / 70 30 40 20
KLFT 87 76 92 75 / 70 30 30 20
&&
.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
TX...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
HARDIN...JEFFERSON...AND ORANGE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX
OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO
CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM...WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH
ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM...AND WATERS FROM
INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO 60 NM.
&&
RUAHazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 4:15 AM CST, 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 515 AM CDT WED JUL 26 2006 GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182- 201-215-216-271100- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM 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- 515 AM CDT WED JUL 26 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GM...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST WILL MOVE NORTH INTO EASTERN TEXAS. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY 5 OR MORE INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A MORE TYPICAL SUMMER TIME WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED WITH THE DAILY CHANCE OF SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE ACTIVATED. RUA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:45 AM CST, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 545 AM CDT WED JUL 26 2006 LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-261800- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE... DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES... JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON... ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...WOODVILLE...JASPER... NEWTON 545 AM CDT WED JUL 26 2006 ...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST WILL MOVE NORTH TODAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PUSH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE INTO THE REGION...AND HELP KICK-OFF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 4 OR MORE INCHES. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER AND SOME MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS...UNDER-PASSES...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ALSO...THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE ON THURSDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEAKENS AS IT MOVES THROUGH NORTHEAST TEXAS. RUA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:55 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 26, 2006
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, July 26, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 26, 2006
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in Utah, July 26, 2006
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 26, 2006
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Connecticut, July 26, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 26, 2006
- Flash Flooding in Arizona, July 26, 2006
- Tornado in Florida, July 26, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 26, 2006
- Flash Flood and Flood in Indiana, July 26 to 27, 2006
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Louisiana, 2006Warnings in Louisiana, July 2006
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: 5520131.