Thunderstorm Wind — St. Bernard, Louisiana

2021-05-18 · near Violet, St. Bernard, Louisiana

50 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

Report of wind damage in Violet on South Lake Boulevard. Damage consists of some metal awnings and a patio cover along with a wooden gazebo lifted and moved. Several large oak tree branches also down.

Wider weather episode

In the overnight hours on May 17th into the early morning on May 18th, a cluster of slow moving severe thunderstorms associated with a weak mid-level disturbance drifted east across southeastern Louisiana. Ample overnight instability and weak steering flow resulted in damaging wind gusts, flash flooding and a few isolated weak tornadoes.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 960556. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.