The first day in a three-day series of severe weather across southeast Texas began when a squall line of severe thunderstorms developed across central Texas during the evening hours on 3/25/09, and moved rapidly eastward across Southeast Texas. A few reports of wind damage 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.
The first day in a three-day series of severe weather across southeast Texas began when a squall line of severe thunderstorms developed across central Texas during the evening hours on 3/25/09, and moved rapidly eastward across Southeast Texas. A few reports of wind damage 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 Mar 25, 2:43 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 343 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 .DISCUSSION... A COOL FRONT MOVED TO THE COAST THIS MORNING WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE FRONT. THIS LATEST FRONT THOUGH IS BEGINNING TO RETREAT TO THE NORTH AND WILL BRING AN INCREASE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THERE IS A CHANCE TONIGHT THAT A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TAP WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING ONLY INTO THE MID 60S MOST LOCATIONS ALTHOUGH AEX WILL BE BIT COOLER WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS. THE REGION TOMORROW WILL SEE WARM GULF MOISTURE STREAMING NORTHWARD AND THE COMBINATION OF DAYTIME HEATING...MID LVL SHORTWAVE WILL SUPPORT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE GREATEST THREAT FROM WINDS AND HAIL ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. TOMORROW NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY WILL SEE PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND WILL USHER IN COOLER AND DRIER AIR FOR THE WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 65 78 66 79 52 / 50 60 40 50 40 KBPT 66 77 66 79 50 / 50 60 40 50 30 KAEX 63 78 62 79 50 / 70 60 60 50 60 KLFT 65 78 66 79 52 / 50 60 50 50 60 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && K. KUYPER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 519 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055- TXZ180>182-201-215-216-261030- 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- 519 AM CDT WED MAR 25 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 A COLD FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY. THIS BOUNDARY WILL ACT AS A FOCUS FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS UPPER LEVEL ENERGY OVERRIDES THE AREA. A VERY MOIST AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ALONG WITH STRONG VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FEW SUPERCELLULAR STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE LIMITING FACTOR IS THE WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER WHICH COULD INHIBIT LOW LEVEL WARMING AND INSTABILITY. BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS TYLER...NORTHERN JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES AS WELL AS VERNON...RAPIDES...AVOYELLES AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BEAUREGARD...ALLEN AND EVANGELINE PARISHES. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAINS FROM TRAINING STORMS. WITH DEEP MOISTURE OVER THE AREA...STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS WITH RATES OF UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR. IF SEVERAL STORMS TRAIN ACROSS ANY AREA...THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND URBAN AREAS. THE BEST POTENTIAL WILL BE MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WOODVILLE TO OAKDALE TO MARKSVILLE. .DAYS TWO AND THREE...THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM LIFTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL PUSH A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE AREA WILL BE UNDER A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH FAVORABLE JET DYNAMICS ALOFT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. CONVECTION WILL EVOLVE TOWARD A SQUALL LINE AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...WITH STRAIGHT LINE DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY COOLER DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE...THE POSSIBILITY OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND AT TIMES FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. 24
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:29 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tyler County Sheriff Office reported trees blown down with power outages in Ivanhoe.
Jasper County Sheriff Office reported trees blown down in Buna.
An industrial plant along the Neches River ESE of Beaumont reported penny size hail.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, March 2009
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: 160528, 160529, 160527.