# Presentation: 376920

## Top Weather Events of 2007

- By Sam Shamburger
- NWS Lake Charles Forecaster

## #10

**UNUSUAL DECEMBER HEAT**
***December 8-12, 2007***
**5 days of record high temperatures in 80s,**
**record warm minimum temperatures in 60s & 70s**
**Alexandria**** tied all-time December record high**** ****of 83° on four different days**

## #9

**EASTER WEEKEND WINTER STORM**
***April 7, 2007***
**Light sleet observed across nearly entire area**
**Mixture of sleet and snow with light accumulations across         Lakes Region of Southeast Texas & Central Louisiana**
**Temperatures generally remained above freezing**
**First April winter weather observed**
**across**** the region in 70 years**

## #8

**AUGUST 2007 HEATWAVE**
***August 10-14, 2007***
**Five days of record high temperatures in 100s,**
**record warm minimum temperatures in 70s & 80s**
**Warmest temperatures across area since   September 2000**

## #7

**EFFECTS OF TROPICAL STORM ERIN & HURRICANE**** DEAN**
***August 16 & August 22, 2007***
**Moderate to high waves along coastal areas**
**High tides caused ****overwash**** of coastal roadways**
**School and road closures along coast**

## #6

**LATE SPRING SEVERE SQUALL LINE**
***June 3, 2007***
**Line of severe thunderstorms caused**
**widespread wind gusts of 40 to 70 mph**
**Numerous trees & power lines down across entire area**
**Isolated areas of hail up to quarter size**
**Power out for several days across interior Southeast Texas**

## #5

**NORTHERN**** VERMILION PARISH FLOODING**
***June 4, 2007***
**Training thunderstorms produced narrow area of    10 to 15 inches of rainfall near Maurice**
**At least 50 homes flooded, with numerous area roadways underwater**

## #4

**LAKE**** CHARLES HAILSTORM**
***June 4, 2007***
**Severe thunderstorm began south of Lufkin & traveled southeast for 150 miles**
**Numerous reports of hail & wind damage along its path **
**At least $500,000 in damage from ****golfball****-size hail &**
**winds up to 80 mph across Calcasieu Parish**
**Worst known hailstorm in history of Lake Charles**

## #3

**ACADIANA ****TORNADOES**
***February 13, 2007***
**4 Tornadoes affected South-Central Louisiana from 12am - 2am**
**Among first tornadoes rated using new Enhanced Fujita Scale**
**Two Tornadoes rated EF0, with one EF1 & one EF2**
**Over 100 homes damaged or destroyed by all four tornadoes**
**Damage totals around $1.5 million dollars**
**Breaux**** Bridge Tornado strongest in our region since 11/23/04**

## #2

**NEW IBERIA TORNADO**
***January 4, 2007***
**Tornado rated strong F1 on Fujita Scale, with 15 mile path**
**Moved northeast at 50 mph across eastern New Iberia**
**2 people were killed, 15 people injured**
**Around**** $1.5 million in damage**

## #1

**HURRICANE**** HUMBERTO**
***September 13, 2007***
**First hurricane to affect area since Hurricane Rita**
**Landfall east of High Island, TX with biggest impacts to Jefferson & Orange counties**
**Wind gusts measured up to 85 mph in several locations across Jefferson County**
**Storm surge of up to 5 feet along coast**
**Considerable inland flooding with rainfall totals up to 11 inches**
**Damage totals around $60 million**

## Contact Information

- Sam Shamburger, Forecaster
- NWS Lake Charles
- Email:  [Sam.Shamburger@noaa.gov](mailto:Sam.Shamburger@noaa.gov)
- Phone:  337-477-5285