Thunderstorm Wind, Calcasieu
- When
- February 15, 6:20 AM CST
- Where
- Calcasieu County
- Measured
- 90 kt (104 mph)
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 30.220, -93.370
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, February 15, 1987
14 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
- 7
- Property damage
- $550,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Calcasieu
- When
- February 15, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Calcasieu County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.230, -93.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Cameron
- When
- February 15, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Cameron County
- Coordinates
- 29.920, -92.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson Davis
- When
- February 15, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson Davis County
- Coordinates
- 30.080, -92.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Rapides
- When
- February 15, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Rapides County
- Measured
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.300, -92.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Acadia
- When
- February 15, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Acadia County
- Coordinates
- 30.220, -92.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Rapides
- When
- February 15, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rapides County
- Measured
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.320, -92.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Catahoula
- When
- February 15, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Catahoula County
- Coordinates
- 31.850, -91.670
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Landry
- When
- February 15, 9:25 AM CST
- Where
- St. Landry County
- Coordinates
- 30.530, -92.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Concordia
- When
- February 15, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Concordia County
- Coordinates
- 32.570, -91.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Tensas
- When
- February 15, 10:51 AM CST
- Where
- Tensas County
- Coordinates
- 31.930, -91.520
Thunderstorm Wind, East Baton Rouge
- When
- February 15, 11:10 AM CST
- Where
- East Baton Rouge County
- Coordinates
- 30.470, -91.170
Tornado, Assumption
- When
- February 15, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Assumption County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 173 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 29.970, -91.200
Tornado, St. John the Baptist
- When
- February 15, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- St. John the Baptist County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.030, -90.620
Tornado, Tangipahoa
- When
- February 15, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tangipahoa County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.5 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.870, -90.500
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Tammany
- When
- February 15, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- St. Tammany County
- Coordinates
- 30.400, -90.200
Tornado, St. Bernard
- When
- February 15, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- St. Bernard County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 29.870, -89.850
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Tammany
- When
- February 15, 1:32 PM CST
- Where
- St. Tammany County
- Coordinates
- 30.470, -89.920
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Calcasieu | 1987-02-15 | 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
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1987Every state in 1987This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Louisiana, 1987Warnings in Louisiana, February 1987
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: 10044287, 10044288, 10044289, 10044290, 10044291, 10044292, 10044293, 10044294, 10044295, 10044296, 10044297, 10044298, 10044299, 10044300, 10044301, 10044302, 10044303, 10044304.