Residents along the central Gulf Coast from Lake Charles, La. through Valdosta, Ga. were in prime location for damaging wind gusts and even a few tornadoes.
A phenomena known as a bow echo developed early Saturday morning across extreme southeast Texas before moving into the southern half of Louisiana during the late morning hours.
This feature is notorious for the bowing shape that appears with the thunderstorms that develop. Often, this type of feature is responsible for widespread wind damage.
Not only do these bows produce wind damage, but embedded within the main line of thunderstorms are often isolated supercells. These quick spinning thunderstorm cells can drop brief tornadoes as the main complex slides eastward. Often you can also get one or two supercells out ahead of an organized complex of storms, which can also drop a tornado or two.
As was the case yesterday, the bow echo produced a swath of wind damage from Cameron County, Louisiana to the Mississippi border. Two tornadoes were reported in Louisiana, one near Rayne and one near Klondike. Luckily, these tornadoes were generally weak and produced minor damage.
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