Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson Davis
- When
- May 8, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson Davis County
- Coordinates
- 30.230, -92.920
Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, May 8, 1975
12 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 5
- Property damage
- $530
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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
12 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Jefferson Davis
- When
- May 8, 12:05 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson Davis County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 30.230, -92.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- May 8, 12:13 AM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Coordinates
- 30.820, -92.670
Tornado, De Soto
- When
- May 8, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- De Soto County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.7 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 32.030, -93.720
Tornado, Acadia
- When
- May 8, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Acadia County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.170, -92.480
Hail, Iberia
- When
- May 8, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Iberia County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.000, -91.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Iberia
- When
- May 8, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Iberia County
- Coordinates
- 30.000, -91.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Acadia
- When
- May 8, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Acadia County
- Coordinates
- 30.270, -92.570
Tornado, Lafayette
- When
- May 8, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 30.230, -92.180
Tornado, East Baton Rouge
- When
- May 8, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- East Baton Rouge County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.420, -91.180
Thunderstorm Wind, East Baton Rouge
- When
- May 8, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- East Baton Rouge County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.530, -91.150
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Martin
- When
- May 8, 1:35 AM CST
- Where
- St. Martin County
- Coordinates
- 30.320, -91.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Livingston
- When
- May 8, 1:40 AM CST
- Where
- Livingston County
- Coordinates
- 30.480, -90.870
Tornado, St. Helena
- When
- May 8, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- St. Helena County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.750, -90.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Tangipahoa
- When
- May 8, 2:15 AM CST
- Where
- Tangipahoa County
- Coordinates
- 30.870, -90.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Tangipahoa
- When
- May 8, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Tangipahoa County
- Coordinates
- 30.430, -90.430
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Tammany
- When
- May 8, 2:40 AM CST
- Where
- St. Tammany County
- Coordinates
- 30.630, -90.200
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Tammany
- When
- May 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- St. Tammany County
- Coordinates
- 30.400, -89.900
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Charles
- When
- May 8, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- St. Charles County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.000, -90.250
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail in Arkansas, May 8, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 8, 1975
- Hail in Illinois, May 8, 1975
- Hail in Georgia, May 8, 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: 10031853, 10031854, 10031855, 10031856, 10031857, 10031858, 10031859, 10031860, 10031861, 10031862, 10031863, 10031864, 10031865, 10031866, 10031867, 10031868, 10031869, 10031870, 10031871.