Tornado in Louisiana, September 21, 2006

Name: Tornado in Louisiana, September 21, 2006
Start: 2006-09-21T13:30
End: 2006-09-21T13:32
Location: Louisiana

September 21, 2006 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A small tornado touched down near Little Prairie, blowing down several utility poles. Some people could see the tornado touching down in the marsh.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5,000
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.

A small tornado touched down near Little Prairie, blowing down several utility poles. Some people could see the tornado touching down in the marsh.

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 Sep 21, 8:41 AM CST, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 8:41 AM CST, 4 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 21, 3:52 AM CST, 9 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
452 AM CDT THU SEP 21 2006

GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-
201-215-216-221100-
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-
452 AM CDT THU SEP 21 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

SLIM RAIN CHANCES RETURN TO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS GULF
MOISTURE INCREASES. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND
BEFORE A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION ON SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 21, 7:38 AM CST, 5 hours 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 21, 9:35 AM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1035 AM CDT THU SEP 21 2006

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

1000 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 10 ESE SABINE PASS      29.68N 93.74W
09/21/2006  M41 MPH          GMZ450             LA   PUBLIC

            REPORTED BY PLATFORM WC17

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JTRARES

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:29 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Vermilion

When: September 21, 1:30 PM CST to 1:32 PM CST
Where: Vermilion County, 5 mi SSW of Forked Is
Rating: F0
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 29.767, -92.333

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

Every storm in Louisiana in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Louisiana, 2006 Warnings in Louisiana, September 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5533333.