F1 Tornado — St. John the Baptist, Louisiana
2003-06-30 · near Reserve, St. John the Baptist, Louisiana
4
Injuries
$2.0M
Property damage
0.2 mi
Path length
40 yds
Path width
Event narrative
A tornado touched down briefly near Reserve striking a private high school and a mobile home park. Several buildings at the private school were damaged including on classroom building where one half of the building was completely demolished. Around 20 trailers were heavy damaged or destroyed. One mobile home was lifted into the air and deposited 30 yards away. One woman and three children inside the mobile home were injured, but fortunately not seriously. There were several eyewitnesses to the short lived tornado episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5367948. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.