Thunderstorm Wind, Caddo
- When
- January 10, 3:10 AM CST
- Where
- Caddo County
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -93.750
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, January 10, 1975
14 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 14
- Property damage
- $103,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
14 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Bossier
- When
- January 10, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Bossier County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -93.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Natchitoches
- When
- January 10, 3:45 AM CST
- Where
- Natchitoches County
- Coordinates
- 31.770, -93.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- January 10, 4:15 AM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -92.400
Tornado, Calcasieu
- When
- January 10, 5:25 AM CST
- Where
- Calcasieu County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.180, -93.580
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- January 10, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 30.230, -93.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- January 10, 6:20 AM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -92.480
Tornado, Grant
- When
- January 10, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 31.480, -92.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- January 10, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Coordinates
- 32.300, -91.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- January 10, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 32.130, -91.850
Tornado, Jefferson Davis
- When
- January 10, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson Davis County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.220, -92.650
Tornado, West Carroll
- When
- January 10, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- West Carroll County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.870, -91.380
Tornado, Acadia
- When
- January 10, 7:20 AM CST
- Where
- Acadia County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.230, -92.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- January 10, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -91.500
Tornado, Acadia
- When
- January 10, 7:35 AM CST
- Where
- Acadia County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 13.5 mi
- Path width
- 37 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.170, -92.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Vermilion
- When
- January 10, 7:40 AM CST
- Where
- Vermilion County
- Coordinates
- 30.050, -92.600
Thunderstorm Wind, East Baton Rouge
- When
- January 10, 7:50 AM CST
- Where
- East Baton Rouge County
- Coordinates
- 30.530, -91.180
Tornado, St. Landry
- When
- January 10, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- St. Landry County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.520, -92.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Lafourche
- When
- January 10, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lafourche County
- Coordinates
- 29.770, -90.770
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Charles
- When
- January 10, 12:11 PM CST
- Where
- St. Charles County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.000, -90.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Orleans
- When
- January 10, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Orleans County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.030, -90.030
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Acadia | 1975-01-10 | Direct |
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornadoes in Florida, January 10, 1975
- Tornado in North Carolina, January 10, 1975
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, January 10, 1975
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, January 10, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, January 10, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 10, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, January 10, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, January 10, 1975
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10032958, 10032959, 10032960, 10032961, 10032962, 10032963, 10032964, 10032965, 10029594, 10029595, 10032966, 10032967, 10029596, 10029597, 10029598, 10029599, 10029600, 10029601, 10029602, 10029603, 10029604.