Thunderstorm Wind, Iberville
- When
- June 8, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Iberville County
- Coordinates
- 30.300, -91.250
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 8, 1989
12 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 2
- Injuries
- 92
- Property damage
- $11 million
- 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
12 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, East Baton Rouge
- When
- June 8, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- East Baton Rouge County
- Coordinates
- 30.430, -91.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Livingston
- When
- June 8, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Livingston County
- Coordinates
- 30.480, -90.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Ascension
- When
- June 8, 12:25 AM CST
- Where
- Ascension County
- Coordinates
- 30.230, -90.920
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Tammany
- When
- June 8, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- St. Tammany County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.270, -90.080
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Tammany
- When
- June 8, 1:15 AM CST
- Where
- St. Tammany County
- Coordinates
- 30.270, -89.780
Tornado, Iberville
- When
- June 8, 5:04 AM CST
- Where
- Iberville County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 30 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 30.350, -91.480
Tornado, West Baton Rouge
- When
- June 8, 5:10 AM CST
- Where
- West Baton Rouge County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 30.380, -91.400
Tornado, West Baton Rouge
- When
- June 8, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- West Baton Rouge County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.5 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 30.520, -91.250
Tornado, East Baton Rouge
- When
- June 8, 5:35 AM CST
- Where
- East Baton Rouge County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Injuries
- 58 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 30.520, -91.180
Tornado, Iberville
- When
- June 8, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Iberville County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.280, -91.270
Tornado, Livingston
- When
- June 8, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Livingston County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.630, -90.900
Tornado, St. Helena
- When
- June 8, 6:06 AM CST
- Where
- St. Helena County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.670, -90.850
Tornado, East Baton Rouge
- When
- June 8, 6:25 AM CST
- Where
- East Baton Rouge County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 7.5 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.480, -91.080
Tornado, Livingston
- When
- June 8, 6:43 AM CST
- Where
- Livingston County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.450, -90.930
Tornado, St. Helena
- When
- June 8, 6:50 AM CST
- Where
- St. Helena County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.700, -90.550
Tornado, Livingston
- When
- June 8, 6:57 AM CST
- Where
- Livingston County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.450, -90.870
Tornado, Tangipahoa
- When
- June 8, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Tangipahoa County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.720, -90.480
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 and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 8, 1989
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 8, 1989
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, June 8, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 8, 1989
- Tornado in Wyoming, June 8, 1989
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 8, 1989
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: 10044498, 10044499, 10044500, 10044501, 10044502, 10044503, 10044504, 10044505, 10044506, 10044507, 10044508, 10044509, 10044510, 10044511, 10044512, 10044513, 10044514, 10044515.