Thunderstorm Wind — East Feliciana, Louisiana

2024-04-10 · near Clinton, East Feliciana, Louisiana

Event narrative

The East Feliciana Parish emergency manager reported widespread tree damage and minor structural damage across the entire parish. This is due to straight line wind damage associated with a bow echo and a line of severe storms that moved west to east across the parish. Wind speeds were estimated to be 70-80 miles per hour.

Wider weather episode

A strong upper level disturbance, surface low, and cold front produced a line of severe thunderstorms that pushed across Southeast Louisiana and Southern Mississippi in the morning and early afternoon hours of Wednesday, April 10, 2024. The line of severe thunderstorms produced strong straight line winds, extensive flash flooding in the New Orleans metro area and several tornadoes. The strongest tornado was an EF-2 tornado that impacted the city of Slidell in St. Tammany Parish, LA on the morning of the 10th. 7 tornadoes have been confirmed from this event. 4 of those 7 touched down and tracked across just the city of Slidell. At one point, as many as 3 of those 7 were on the ground at the same time. These tornadoes have been determined to range in strength from EFU to EF2 after NWS storm surveys and high resolution satellite analysis were conducted.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1177986. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.