Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 19, 2007

Name: Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 19, 2007
Start: 2007-06-19T15:30
End: 2007-06-19T19:35
Location: Louisiana

June 19, 2007 · NWS LCH · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

A large thunderstorm complex moved southwest across southwest Louisiana, producing damaging winds.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $9,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 large thunderstorm complex moved southwest across southwest Louisiana, producing damaging winds.

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 Jun 19, 2:44 PM CST, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:44 PM CST, 46 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
344 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007

.UPDATE...ADDED MENTION OF SEVERE TSTMS FOR THE EXTREME EASTERN
PORTION OF THE AREA PER LATES SPC SEVERE TSTM WATCH #422 TIL 9 PM.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 237 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007/

SYNOPSIS...CONVECTIVE COMPLEX INBOUND INTO CEN LA FROM
MISSISSIPPI. OTHERWISE A COL AREA AT THE MID LEVELS IS
TRANSITIONING INTO A RIDGE TONIGHT WITH THE THERMAL PATTERN AT H85
SUGGESTING INCREASING CAPPING AS SUBSIDENCE BEGINS TO TAKE HOLD.

MID LEVEL AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTH SHOULD
EFFECTIVELY SUPPRESS SHOWER ACTIVITY OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE
WEEK WHILE WE SEE WARMER THAN SEASONAL NORM TEMPS DUE TO
COMPRESSIONAL HEATING.

SHORT TERM...ADDED CHANCE POPS FROM ORIGINAL ISOLATED FOR THE
EASTERN PORTION OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA IN RESPONSE TO THE CONVECTIVE
CLUSTER HEADED TOWARDS THAT AREA. OTHERWISE CAPPING AND MID LEVEL
RIDGING SHOULD INHIBIT SHOWER ACTIVITY. SHADED TEMPS TO THE WARM
SIDE TONIGHT PER RECENT TRENDS AND DUE TO THE INCREASING
SUBSIDENCE YET CONTINUED TRAPPED MOISTURE.

THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK LOOKING WARM AND DRY DUE TO RIDGING.

LONG TERM...A WEAKNESS IN THE RIDGE BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK
SHOULD ALLOW FOR A RESUMPTION OF SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY AT THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.

AVIATION...VFR WITH VCSH/CB. EXPECT UPDATE SHORTLY FOR AEX AS
SCATTERED TSTMS MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. VIS COULD GO IFR IN
TEMPO +TSRA. LFT COULD EXPECT AN UPDATE WITHIN AN HOUR OR SO AS
MORE WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWER/TSTM ACTIVITY MOVES INTO THAT AREA
WITH MVFR VIS.

MARINE...RELAXING GRADIENT WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS BECOMING VARIABLE
LESS THAN 10 KNOT WINDS AND THEN LIGHT OFFSHROE AS A SURFACE HIGH
BECOMES ESTABLISHED OVER EAST TEXAS ON WEDNESDAY. SEAS SHOULD SUBSIDE.
WILL EXPIRE THE SCEC FOR OUTER WATERS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  76  94  73  93 /  10  20  10  10
KBPT  76  90  73  92 /  10  30  10  10
KAEX  74  92  73  92 /  30  10  10  10
KLFT  75  96  73  92 /  10  10  10  10

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: AVOYELLES...IBERIA...LOWER ST. MARTIN...ST. LANDRY...
     ST. MARY...AND UPPER ST. MARTIN.

TX...NONE.
GM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: AND COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO
     INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM.

&&

JS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 3:23 AM CST, 12 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
423 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007

GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-
201-215-216-201030-
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-
423 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A VERY MOIST AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND DAYTIME
HEATING WILL PROVIDE THE LIKELIHOOD OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
WITH THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE ATMOSPHERE...SOME STORMS MAY
PRODUCE INTENSE RAINFALL RATES...CAUSING SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
HIGH PRESSURE AND DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION. THIS WILL
REDUCE RAIN CHANCES. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

RUA

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Event by event

5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rapides

When: June 19, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Rapides County, 0.59 mi E of Deville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 31.350, -92.160

A tree was blown down on a shed.

Thunderstorm Wind, St. Landry

When: June 19, 5:00 PM CST
Where: St. Landry County, 1.19 mi W of Krotz Spgs
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 30.530, -91.770

A tree was blown down across Route 3174.

Thunderstorm Wind, Allen

When: June 19, 5:25 PM CST
Where: Allen County, 0.59 mi E of Oakdale
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: Utility Company
Coordinates: 30.820, -92.660

Trees were blown down on power lines in Oakdale.

Thunderstorm Wind, Allen

When: June 19, 6:13 PM CST
Where: Allen County, 0.69 mi N of Kinder
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: Utility Company
Coordinates: 30.490, -92.850

Trees were blown down on power lines in Kinder.

Thunderstorm Wind, Calcasieu

When: June 19, 7:35 PM CST
Where: Calcasieu County, 1.38 mi S of Gillis
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 30.350, -93.200

Two trees were blown down.

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

Every storm in Louisiana in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Louisiana, June 2007

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 41062, 41065, 41066, 41067, 41068.