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Thunderstorm Wind in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana

Thunderstorm Wind March 12, 2001 · Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana

87
Wind speed (unit not recorded)
6
Injuries
$500K
Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A squall line with a bow echo moved across the north side of Natchitoches. Several mobile homes had siding damage in the Hidden Hills mobile home park of north Natchitoches, and two were overturned by straight line winds. They were not tied down. A church and several frame homes were damaged by falling trees. In extreme NE Natchitoches in the 2000 block of Williams Rd., a mobile home was destroyed by wind, estimated by eye witness and NWS Doppler radar at 90 to 100 mph. Six people were injured in this mobile home. Numerous trees snapped and uprooted along the 4.5 mile path of the microburst and several power lines were knocked down by falling trees. All debris was blown from west to east in a fan pattern.

Began near Natchitoches (31.8000, -93.1167).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5234913. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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