Thunderstorm Wind, Tangipahoa
- When
- May 31, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tangipahoa County
- Coordinates
- 30.500, -90.470
Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 31, 1977
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Washington
- When
- May 31, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 30.720, -89.800
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 31, 1977
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, May 31, 1977
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 31, 1977
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 31, 1977
- Hail in Ohio, May 31, 1977
- Hail in Alabama, May 31, 1977
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 31, 1977
- Hail in Arkansas, May 31, 1977
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1977Every state in 1977This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Louisiana, 1977
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: 10033404, 10033405.