Louisiana, 2006

Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 30, 2006

September 30, 2006 · NWS LIX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$1,000
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 Sep 30, 2:13 AM CST, 12 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 2:13 AM CST, 12 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 30, 10:17 AM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 30, 11:54 AM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 30, 11:54 AM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO ARRIVAL TIMES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1254 PM CDT SAT SEP 30 2006

LAZ034>036-046>048-301845-
EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-IBERVILLE-POINTE COUPEE-
WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-
1254 PM CDT SAT SEP 30 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING BATON ROUGE AREA...

AT 148 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRENGTHENING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW STRONG...ACROSS PORTIONS
OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...EXTENDING FROM JUST
WEST OF NEW ROADS...TO JUST WEST OF GROSSE TETE...TO JUST EAST OF
BUTTE LA ROSE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH NEAR A LINE FROM JACKSON TO PORT
ALLEN...BRUSLY AND LSU...TO PLAQUEMINE...TO BAYOU SORREL BETWEEN
1220 AND 1235 PM...AND NEAR A ZACHARY...BAKER...RYAN AIRPORT...JUST
EAST OF DOWNTOWN...TO GARDERE LINE AROUND 140 PM.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THUNDERSTORMS ARE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45
MPH...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.
MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS
PASS.

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Local storm report, Sep 30, 12:49 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
149 PM CDT SAT SEP 30 2006

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

0125 PM     HAIL             7 E ERWINVILLE          30.53N 91.29W
09/30/2006  E0.75 INCH       WEST BATON ROUGE   LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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Special weather statement, Sep 30, 1:06 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Tangipahoa

When
September 30, 2:15 PM CST
Where
Tangipahoa County, 2 mi N of Independence
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates
30.667, -90.500

Trees were blown down on Interstate 55 between Amite and Independence.

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

More

Every storm in Louisiana in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5535027.