Thunderstorm Wind — West Feliciana, Louisiana

2014-08-30 · near St Francisville, West Feliciana, Louisiana

Direct deaths

45 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

A St. Francisville man was killed after a pecan tree fell on his truck as he was pulling out of his driveway. The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff indicated the incident occurred about 11:30 a.m. during a storm. The 64-year-old driver was driving his pick-up truck away from his barn in St. Francisville when the pecan tree fell and a limb crushed him inside his truck. The parish Emergency Manager reported that this was an isolated incident and no other wind damage noted in area so that winds likely did not reach 50 knots.

Wider weather episode

An upper level disturbance over southwest Louisiana produced numerous thunderstorms over southeast Louisiana during the morning and afternoon hours of August 30th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 533128. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.