An approaching cold front resulted in showers and thunderstroms across southwest Louisiana, some of which became severe. Several tornadoes touched down across Acadiana.
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The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
An approaching cold front resulted in showers and thunderstroms across southwest Louisiana, some of which became severe. Several tornadoes touched down across Acadiana.
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 Feb 12, 11:25 PM CST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1125 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007
.UPDATE...
UPDATED THE ZONES TO REFLECT THE NEW TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 18.
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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 402 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007/
DISCUSSION...AREA OF TSTMS HAS MADE SLOW EASTWARD PROGRESS THIS
AFTERNOON...AND THUS FAR ARE BEHAVING. HOWEVER...POTENTIAL STILL
EXISTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...AS CONFLUENT ZONE
STILL WEST OF HOUSTON...AND ASSOCIATED DEEPER MOIST AXIS...SHIFTS
EASTWARD...IN ADDITION TO LFE REGION OF H3 JET NOSING INTO THE
AREA. INSTABILITY REMAINS SOMEWHAT MEAGER...THOUGH THIS IS PROGGED
TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE...AS ARE KINEMATIC FIELDS.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MOSTLY OVER BY DAYBREAK
TUESDAY...THOUGH WILL CARRY A SMALL POP OVER EASTERN AREAS INTO
TUESDAY MORNING.
CDFNT WILL PROGRESS THROUGH THE AREA TOMORROW...WITH MUCH COOLER
AND DRIER AIR FILTERING INTO THE REGION. ATTM...HAVE REMOVED
MENTIONABLE PRECIP CHANCES FROM THE FORECAST BEYOND EARLY
TUESDAY...WITH MEAN TROF DOMINATING THE CONUS AND NO SIGNIFICANT
MOISTURE RETURN ANTICIPATED. NEVERTHELESS...ACTIVE JET WILL REMAIN
IN PLACE ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS...RUNNING THE TRAIN OF SHORTWAVES
RIGHT OVERHEAD. THINKING THAT MEAGER MOISTURE WILL PRECLUDE
ANYTHING MEASURABLE...THOUGH SOME LIGHT PCPN NOT OUT OF THE
QUESTION.
FOR TEMPERATURES...MAV/MET GUIDANCE WERE REASONABLY CLOSE IN THE
NEAR TERM TO GENERATE A COMPROMISE...AND IN THE EXTENDED...HPC
NUMBERS LOOKED OK.
AVIATION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROGRESS ACROSS THE
REGION FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. ACTIVITY
IS ALREADY ON KBPTS DOORSTEP...AND WILL BE SPREADING INTO KLCH
AND KAEX BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PM...AND KLFT BETWEEN 9 AND 11 PM. RAIN
WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST...STARTING AT KBPT BY MIDNIGHT...AND
ENDING AT KLFT BY DAYBREAK. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE ON THE
STRONG TO SEVERE SIDE.
MARINE...MODEST ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AS A SURFACE
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE
MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY OUT TO 20 NM. SCEC IN
PLACE FOR TONIGHT COULD BE UPGRADED TO SCA FOR TOMORROW AS SFC
FRONT PROGRESSES THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS...RESULTING IN MODEST
TO STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW.
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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH 55 68 38 50 / 100 10 10 10
KBPT 54 66 37 49 / 80 10 10 10
KAEX 54 63 35 47 / 100 10 10 10
KLFT 57 69 39 49 / 100 20 10 10
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.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES...CALCASIEU...CAMERON...
EVANGELINE...IBERIA...JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...LOWER
ST. MARTIN...RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...ST. MARY...UPPER ST.
MARTIN...AND VERMILION.
TX...NONE.
GM...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20
NM...AND COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO
INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 408 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182- 201-215-216-131015- 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- 408 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007 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 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INCREASING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BECOMING NUMEROUS AROUND MIDNIGHT. A FEW STORMS TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BECOMING SEVERE WITH THE THREAT FROM LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOS POSSIBLE. STORMS WILL END TOMORROW MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL PUSH THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AROUND THE NOON HOUR. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY COLDER AIR WILL FILTER DOWN INTO THE REGION WITH SKIES GRADUALLY CLEARING AND TEMPERATURES DROPPING. MORNING LOWS ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND THE LAKES REGION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS TO THE LOWER 30S ALONG THE COAST. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED. K. KUYPER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
746 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 PM HAIL SOUR LAKE 30.14N 94.40W
02/12/2007 E0.75 INCH HARDIN TX PUBLIC
OCCURRED AT THE HARDIN JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
0530 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 E SOUR LAKE 30.14N 94.37W
02/12/2007 HARDIN TX PUBLIC
TREE DOWNED IN PINEWOOD.
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BARRYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
822 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0821 PM FLASH FLOOD VIDOR 30.13N 94.00W
02/12/2007 ORANGE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY 105 IN FRONT OF WAL-MART IS COMPLETELY FLOODED.
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BARRYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
842 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM HAIL VIDOR 30.13N 94.00W
02/12/2007 E0.75 INCH ORANGE TX BROADCAST MEDIA
HAIL CONTINUED ON-AND-OFF FOR 35 MINUTES.
&&
BARRYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
848 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0841 PM HAIL VIDOR 30.13N 94.00W
02/12/2007 E1.00 INCH ORANGE TX PUBLIC
&&
BARRYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1044 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 E SOUR LAKE 30.14N 94.34W
02/12/2007 HARDIN TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY 105 BETWEEN SOUR LAKE AND BEVIL OAKS HAD WATER
COVERING THE ROADWAY.
&&
ERICKSONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1047 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM FLASH FLOOD BEVIL OAKS 30.16N 94.27W
02/12/2007 JEFFERSON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY 105 BETWEEN BEVIL OAKS AND SOUR LAKE UNDER WATER.
&&
ERICKSONThe Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:59 UTC.
6 hail, 4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
After three to four inches of rain, water came over several roads in the Starks area.
This tornado began just northeast of the intersection of Verot School Road and Highway 92 and traveled northeast, ending near Bonin Road. Two brick homes received signficant roof damage on Rue Paon in the Hunters Ridge subdivision. One home had its garage destroyed which caused part of the roof to be ripped off. The neighbors roof weas damaged by flying debris. Other homes received minor to moderate damage on Fortune Road, Ellie Road, Rue Canard, and Vivian Driver. A total of 33 homes were damaged. A few trees were knocked down, with other debris blown across fields and into trees along the path.
Wind speeds were estimated between 110 and 120 mph, or on the low end of EF2. This tornado was spawned by the same storm that produced the Youngsville tornado. The tornado began southwest of the intersection of Poydras Highway and Eunice Road and moved northeast, ending past Nursery Highway. Several brick homes had roofs removed near the highs school, with one home losing most of its second floor. A total of 44 homes were damaged or destroyed, with 80 homes impacted by the tornado. Three injuries occurred in a small brick home where the roof blew off, causing a brick wall and other debris to land on them. Several trees were damaged or uprooted. This was the strongest tornado in southwest Louisiana since the November 23 2004 tornado outbreak.
Minor exterior damage was noted at two mobile homes on Segura Road.
A small tornado briefly touched down on Cotton Street. One mobile home was pushed into a neighbor's car and house.
A house under construction was destroyed by a small tornado. No other damage was reported in the vicinity.
Very minor wind damage to outbuildings and carports was noticed in the Loreauville area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Louisiana, 2007Warnings in Louisiana, February 2007
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: 17946, 17968, 17972, 17975, 17973, 17947, 17974, 17976, 17948, 17949, 17950, 17952, 17954.