Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed across southwest Louisiana during the afternoon and early evening hours. A few reports of damaging winds and large hail were received.
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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.
The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed across southwest Louisiana during the afternoon and early evening hours. A few reports of damaging winds and large hail were received.
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 3, 2:42 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 342 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 .DISCUSSION... OLD MCS BOUNDARY IS KICKING OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS WITH STORMS SLOWLY MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AT THIS TIME. A FEW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO THE LATE EVENING BEFORE FALLING APART. RAIN COOLED AIR WILL MAKE MORNING LOWS INTO THE UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70 UNDER CLOUDY SKIES. TOMORROW...A WEAK COOL FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SE TX AND SW LA DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND THROUGH S-CNTRL LA BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SHOWERS WILL BE ENDING BEHIND THE FRONT. THIS WEEKEND...COOL MORNINGS STARTING OFF AND WARM DRY FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 70 86 66 89 67 / 40 30 10 0 0 KBPT 69 87 66 89 69 / 30 30 10 0 0 KAEX 69 84 63 89 66 / 40 20 10 0 0 KLFT 70 86 67 88 67 / 40 30 10 0 0 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && K. KUYPER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 502 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055- TXZ180>182-201-215-216-041015- SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY- 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- 502 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 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 AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...ALONG WITH AMPLE MOISTURE OVER THE AREA AND RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM CONVECTION WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT A FEW ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH HAIL AND/OR STRONG WINDS THE LIKELIEST THREATS. EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING THIS EVENING...THEN INCREASE AGAIN OVERNIGHT AS THE FRONT CROSSES THE AREA AND STALLS BRIEFLY NEAR THE COAST. STORMS TONIGHT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG TO SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THURSDAY AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 24
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
De Ridder CO-OP Observer reported numerous trees and power lines down three miles east of De Ridder. One house was severely damaged by fallen trees. Widespread power outages were also reported in De Ridder. Estimated wind gusts were around 60 mph.
The public reported nickel size hail two miles northeast of Lawtell.
Chatmans Grocery Store in Big Cane reported a tree blown down in a nearby pasture.
The public reported three houses with roof damage and trees blown down in Morrow. Pea size hail and localized flooding were also reported in the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 183698, 183695, 183699, 183700.