A pair of severe storms produced damage in Central and Southwest Louisiana.
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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.
A pair of severe storms produced damage in Central and Southwest Louisiana.
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 25, 12:00 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 100 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014 .DISCUSSION... 25/18Z TAF ISSUANCE. && .AVIATION... PREVAILING VFR CONDITIONS NOTED ACRS THE AREA THIS AFTN...WITH SCT CU AROUND 3-4 KFT AND SCT TO BKN CI SPREADING WEST FM CONVECTION OVER THE NRN GULF. THE AREA OF STORMS OVER THE GULF IS ASSOCIATED WITH A SHORTWAVE TRAVELING UNDER THE BASE OF THE UPPER RIDGE...WITH SCT SHRA/TSRA EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE SRN TAF SITES THROUGH THE AFTN/EARLY EVE. INCLUDED TEMPO GROUPS AT LFT/ARA/AEX AFTER 19Z AS DAYTIME HEATING INTERACTS WITH THE UPPER LVL ENERGY...WITH VC AT LCH AFTER 21Z AND BPT AFTER 23Z. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING...WITH MAINLY HIGH CLOUDS AND LT VRBL WINDS LEFTOVER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1057 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2014/ DISCUSSION... REGIONAL 88DS SHOW WIDESPREAD RAIN/EMBEDDED THUNDER BEGINNING TO CROSS SERN LA THIS MORNING...ASSOCIATED WITH THE ERLY WAVE NOTED OVER THE NERN GULF. THIS PRECIP SHOULD CONTINUE PUSHING WWD THROUGH THE DAY WHICH INHERITED GRIDS/ZONES ARE HANDLING WELL. ELSEWHERE JUST VERY MINOR TWEAKS WERE MADE TO THE GRIDS WHICH SHOULD NOT REQUIRE A MORNING UPDATE. 25 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 656 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2014/ AVIATION... HIGH PRESSURE RIDGES FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK THROUGH NORTHERN GEORGIA .ITS OUTER SOUTHERN PERIPHERY MARKED BY A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WHICH DRAPES THROUGH CENTRAL FLORIDA AND INTO SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. EASTERLY IMPULSES (OR SURGES) ARE PROPAGATING ALONG THE FRONTAL SURFACE...SETTING OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL WORK ITS WAY INTO SOUTHWEST LOU SIANA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 21 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 426 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2014/ DISCUSSION...A VERY TYPICAL WARM AND MUGGY NIGHT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. RADAR CURRENTLY ABSENT OF ANY PRECIP IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA...BUT AN ISOLATED AND FORMIDABLE CELL NOW ADVANCING WEST ACROSS SLIDELLS COASTAL WATERS WITH A MARINE WARNING IN PLACE. OTHERWISE...SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING SOME CIRRUS STREAMING OVERHEAD ASSOCIATED WITH ONGOING AND PREVIOUS CONVECTION TO OUR EAST. TODAY AND TUESDAY...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE ON THE INCREASE WITH THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF AN EASTERLY WAVE NOW POSITIONED OVER THE EASTERN GULF. AT THIS TIME TRENDING POPS HIGHER OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE REGION WHERE BETTER LIFT AND MOISTURE WILL BE CONCENTRATED. EXPECTING RAINS TO DIMINISH EAST TO WEST GOING THROUGH TUESDAY AS FEATURE ADVANCES THROUGH. REMAINDER OF FORECAST...WITH CURRENT RIDGING UNABLE TO BECOME REESTABLISHED WITH PASSAGE OF WAVE...WILL BE MAINTAINING LOW END RAIN CHANCES OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY...AND AREA-WIDE THURSDAY. THEN START AN UPWARD TREND FOR POPS LATE IN THE WEEK AS A DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPS BETWEEN SUBTROPICAL HIGH AND APPROACHING MID-CONUS TROF. MARINE...A LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...TRENDING MORE EASTERLY FOR MID-WEEK AND ONSHORE FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE LATER TODAY AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY WITH THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF AN EASTERLY WAVE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 94 75 92 74 / 40 40 50 10 KBPT 96 77 92 77 / 20 50 50 20 KAEX 95 74 92 72 / 40 40 30 10 KLFT 93 76 92 75 / 50 50 40 10 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && PUBLIC/MARINE...04 AVIATION...04
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 525 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2014 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055- 073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-261030- 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 FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE- ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE- UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- 525 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2014 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 TROF OF LOW PRESSURE ADVANCING WEST ACROSS THE AREA WILL BRING AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON THE DECREASE MOVING THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH ONLY LOW END RAINS CHANCES EXPECTED FOR MID-WEEK. A DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPING LATE IN THE WEEK WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER INCREASE IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY NOT BE REQUIRED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
250 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014
LAZ028-029-252030-
RAPIDES LA-AVOYELLES LA-
250 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RAPIDES AND AVOYELLES PARISHES
UNTIL 330 PM CDT...
AT 248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLLOWAY...MOVING SOUTHWEST
AT 20 MPH.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...DEVILLE...
HOLLOWAY...ESLER REGIONAL AIRPORT...BALL...LIBUSE AND EFFIE.
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS 35 TO 45 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 3147 9216 3141 9215 3136 9207 3134 9207
3135 9203 3131 9200 3109 9233 3138 9264
3142 9255 3148 9223 3148 9219
24The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:06 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds during a thunderstorm caused damage to the structure of a porch along Litteral Road in Hathaway.
A thunderstorm downed a tree onto a home along England Drive in Alexandria.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, August 2014
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: 539634, 539635.