Scattered strong thunderstorms across southeast Texas produced one report of damaging winds and a lightning strike that injured a man.
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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 thunderstorms across southeast Texas produced one report of damaging winds and a lightning strike that injured a man.
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 Aug 10, 12:17 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 117 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010 .DISCUSSION... 18Z TAF PACKAGE. && .AVIATION... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED WITHIN THE LAST HOUR OR SO WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA TO LAKE CHARLES LINE. INSERTED VCTS THROUGH MID EVENING FOR THE TERMINALS ALONG AND WEST OF THIS LINE...WITH DRIER AIR FARTHER EAST EXPECTED TO RESTRICT CONVECTION NEAR THE ACADIANA TERMINALS. VFR EXPECTED TO PREVAIL AWAY FROM CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AND AT ALL SITES THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 13 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1051 AM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010/ UPDATE... NO CHANGES TO CURRENT FORECAST. LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A NORTH TO SOUTH STRIP OF DEEP MOISTURE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING...WHICH IS CONFIRMED BY THE 12 KLCH SOUNDING THAT HAD A PWAT OF 2.51 INCHES. HOWEVER...MUCH DRIER AIR IS NOTED TO OUR EAST IN THE LIX CWA WHICH IS QUICKLY ADVECTING WESTWARD INTO EASTERN ZONES...AND THIS WOULD SUGGEST LOWER PRECIP CHANCES ARE WARRANTED FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA. NEVERTHELESS...LATEST 4.0 KM WRF SHOWS ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND WILL LEAVE INHERITED LOW CHANCE POPS FOR ALL ZONES IN PLACE. HIGHS ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TO REACH THE MID TO UPPER 90S...BUT THE DRIER AIR ALOFT SHOULD CAUSE SURFACE DEWPOINTS TO MIX OUT INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S DURING PEAK HEATING. THUS HEAT INDEX READINGS ARE STILL ANTICIPATED TO BE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA TODAY. SHAMBURGER PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 706 AM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010/ DISCUSSION... FOR 12Z TAF ISSUANCE. AVIATION... SATELLITE IMAGERY/SFC OBS INDICATE SOME PASSING STRATOCU MOVING WWD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. MEANWHILE DIRTY WINDOW IMAGERY SHOWS A STRATUS BANK SPREADING WWD FROM SERN LA WHICH COULD AFFECT KARA/KLFT OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO WHICH WILL REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT SHOULD IT BRING IN LOWER CEILINGS TO THOSE SITES. OTHERWISE DRY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALL SITES FOR THE PERIOD AS SUBSIDENCE ROUNDING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE ERN GULF BUILDS OVER THE REGION. 25 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 328 AM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010/ DISCUSSION... CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A LARGE...MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. PRECIP WATERS ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES. HOWEVER...A RATHER LARGE DRY AIR MASS IS ALSO SEEN ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...ACROSS FL PANHANDLE AND AL/MS COASTLINE...AND THIS IS MOVING WEST. THE TIMING OF THIS DRY AIR MASS COMING INTO OUR REGION LATER TODAY WILL BE KEY TO OUR RAIN CHANCES. CURRENT THINKING IS THIS DRY AIR WILL HOLD OUT UNTIL THIS EVENING..SO WE SHOULD SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. HOWEVER...IF THIS DRY AIR MASS COMES IN SOONER...COULD SEE A RAPID REDUCTION OF SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. DEWPOINTS ARE RUNNING A COUPLE OF DEGREES LOWER THAN YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME...AND TRANSLATING THAT TO THIS AFTERNOON...EXPECTING SLIGHTLY LOWER HEAT INDICES...IN THE 103-106 RANGE MOST AREAS. SINCE THIS IS BELOW OUR HEAT ADVISORY THRESHOLD OF 108 DEGREES... WILL HOLD OFF ON ISSUING A HEAT ADVISORY. ALL EYES ARE ON A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE AREA IN THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. LATEST NHC TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK INDICATES A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THIS SYSTEM DEVELOPING INTO A TROPICAL OR SUBTROPICAL CYCLONE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AS WIND SHEAR BEGINS TO WEAKEN. NHC/HPC COORDINATION SHOWS THIS SYSTEM HEADING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COASTLINE BY THURSDAY. THE MAIN LOCAL WEATHER IMPACT FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL BE INCREASED RAIN CHANCES ON THURSDAY. SINCE THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO STAY TO OUR EAST...WINDS WILL BE MAINLY OFFSHORE...SO TIDES SHOULD NOT BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY THIS SYSTEM. IF THIS SYSTEM ENDS UP STALLING OUT IN LOUISIANA ON FRIDAY...RAIN CHANCES COULD STAY UP UNTIL THE WEEKEND...WHEN CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO A MORE TYPICAL SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM PATTERN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 77 97 78 94 / 10 30 20 50 KBPT 77 97 78 94 / 10 30 20 50 KAEX 75 99 76 96 / 10 30 20 40 KLFT 76 96 77 94 / 10 30 30 50 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 403 AM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055- TXZ180>182-201-215-216-111200- 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- 403 AM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010 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 WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S...HEAT INDICES WILL RUN BETWEEN 103 AND 107 DEGREES. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE AREA IN THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL HEAD TOWARDS THE LOUISIANA COAST BY THURSDAY. THE MAIN IMPACT FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL BE AN ENHANCED CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. ERICKSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 157 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010 TXZ180-181-101945- JASPER TX-TYLER TX- 157 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JASPER AND TYLER COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT... AT 156 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES WEST OF MT. UNION...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SPURGER AND FRED BY 230 PM... TOWN BLUFF BY 235 PM... THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING. LAT...LON 3054 9441 3091 9440 3078 9395 3060 9396 13
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
KJAS Radio reported an old but large tree feel onto a house on Powell Street in Jasper, damaging the roof and knocking off the front porch awning.
KJAS Radio and KFDM-TV reported an unidentified man was injured by a lightning strike at the Flying J Truck Stop on Interstate 10 at Highway 62 west of Orange.
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: 257882, 257884.