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Thunderstorm Wind December 28, 2015 · Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

69 mph
Estimated gust (60 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Two power poles were blown down by thunderstorm winds near Louisiana Highway 23 and Adam Drive in the Jesuit Bend area.

The wider storm

Low pressure moving from Texas to the middle Mississippi River Valley was instrumental in developing a squall line of thunderstorms that moved across southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi in the early morning hours of the 28th. Several tornadoes were reported as well as wind damage.

Began near Jesuit Bend (29.7500, -90.0200).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 607513. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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