A strong cold front pushed through South Louisiana with strong showers and storms along the boundary. Wind gusts in these storms were commonly in the 45 to 55 MPH range as they moved from northwest to southeast. Damage was reported in South Central Louisiana as isolated wind gusts of 55 to 60 MPH occurred. The strong persistent north winds behind the front also caused low tides along the coast.

Astronomical Low Tide in WEST CAMERON, LOUISIANA
From 20-DEC-12 11:00:00 to 21-DEC-12 06:30:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

A strong cold front moved across the coastal zones during the 20th with strong north winds remaining over the area for more than a day. These winds produced lower than normal tides all along the coast. The NOS tide gauge at Cameron recorded 3 separate times where the tide level fell more than one foot below mean lower low water. The times at the lowest tide levels were 17Z on the 20th, and at 220Z and 1230Z on the 21st. The lowest tide level recorded was 1.7 feet below mean lower low water at both 17Z and 220Z with the biggest difference occurring at 220Z with the water level 3.2 feet below the predicted level.

Astronomical Low Tide in EAST CAMERON, LOUISIANA
From 20-DEC-12 11:00:00 to 21-DEC-12 06:30:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

A strong cold front moved across the coastal zones during the 20th with strong north winds remaining over the area for more than a day. These winds produced lower than normal tides all along the coast. The NOS tide gauge at Cameron recorded 3 separate times where the tide level fell more than one foot below mean lower low water. The times at the lowest tide levels were 17Z on the 20th, and at 220Z and 1230Z on the 21st. The lowest tide level recorded was 1.7 feet below mean lower low water at both 17Z and 220Z with the biggest difference occurring at 220Z with the water level 3.2 feet below the predicted level.

Astronomical Low Tide in VERMILION, LOUISIANA
From 20-DEC-12 10:10:00 to 21-DEC-12 05:30:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

A strong cold front moved across the coastal zones during the 20th with strong north winds remaining over the area for more than a day. These winds produced lower than normal tides all along the coast. The NOS tide gauge at Freshwater City lock recorded 3 separate times where the tide level fell more than one foot below mean lower low water. The times at the lowest tide levels were 1620Z on the 20th, and at 120Z and 1130Z on the 21st. The lowest tide level recorded was 3 feet below mean lower low water at both 1620Z with a difference of 4.46 feet from the predicted level.

Astronomical Low Tide in IBERIA, LOUISIANA
From 20-DEC-12 10:00:00 to 21-DEC-12 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

A strong cold front moved across the coastal zones during the 20th with strong north winds remaining over the area for more than a day. These winds produced lower than normal tides all along the coast. The NOS tide gauges east and west of the Iberia Parish coast recorded multiple times where the tide fell more than one foot below mean lower low water. The lowest tide levels were around 2 to 3 feet below mllw with a difference of 3 to 4 feet below predicted values.

Astronomical Low Tide in ST. MARY, LOUISIANA
From 20-DEC-12 10:00:00 to 21-DEC-12 12:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

A strong cold front moved across the coastal zones during the 20th with strong north winds remaining over the area for more than a day. These winds produced lower than normal tides all along the coast. The NOS tide gauges at Luke���s Landing recorded a water level of 2.3 feet below mean lower low water. Water slowly drained from the area canals and the low tide eventually moved up to the Tesoro Marine Terminal where a tide of 2.5 feet below mean lower low water was recorded with a difference of 2.7 below the predicted level at 1637Z on the 21st.

Thunderstorm Wind in EVANGELINE, LOUISIANA
From 20-DEC-12 04:22:00 to 20-DEC-12 04:22:00 (CST-6)
Location: VIDRINE
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Evangeline OEP reported damage to a house in Vidrine. A carport was blown away and a sun room and bedroom was damaged at the house as a line of thunderstorms along a cold front moved through. A few bricks from the house and carport fell onto a new car.  Another home in Ville Platte had some shingles removed from the high winds.