Tornado, Acadia
- When
- May 18, 10:20 AM CST
- Where
- Acadia County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.230, -92.220
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 18, 1989
14 thunderstorm wind, 6 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $550,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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, 6 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lafayette
- When
- May 18, 10:27 AM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.4 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.230, -92.050
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Landry
- When
- May 18, 10:34 AM CST
- Where
- St. Landry County
- Coordinates
- 30.530, -92.080
Tornado, Lafayette
- When
- May 18, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.4 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.150, -92.080
Tornado, Calcasieu
- When
- May 18, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Calcasieu County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.4 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.180, -93.580
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Landry
- When
- May 18, 11:34 AM CST
- Where
- St. Landry County
- Coordinates
- 30.420, -92.070
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Landry
- When
- May 18, 11:52 AM CST
- Where
- St. Landry County
- Coordinates
- 30.370, -92.130
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Martin
- When
- May 18, 11:55 AM CST
- Where
- St. Martin County
- Coordinates
- 30.250, -91.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Iberville
- When
- May 18, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Iberville County
- Coordinates
- 30.480, -91.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Pointe Coupee
- When
- May 18, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Pointe Coupee County
- Coordinates
- 30.680, -91.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette
- When
- May 18, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Coordinates
- 30.180, -92.050
Thunderstorm Wind, East Baton Rouge
- When
- May 18, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- East Baton Rouge County
- Coordinates
- 30.550, -91.070
Thunderstorm Wind, West Baton Rouge
- When
- May 18, 1:23 PM CST
- Where
- West Baton Rouge County
- Coordinates
- 30.450, -91.220
Thunderstorm Wind, East Baton Rouge
- When
- May 18, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- East Baton Rouge County
- Coordinates
- 30.650, -91.150
Tornado, Iberia
- When
- May 18, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Iberia County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 29.930, -91.820
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Martin
- When
- May 18, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- St. Martin County
- Coordinates
- 30.270, -91.900
Tornado, East Feliciana
- When
- May 18, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- East Feliciana County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.870, -91.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Livingston
- When
- May 18, 4:37 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston County
- Coordinates
- 30.470, -90.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Tangipahoa
- When
- May 18, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tangipahoa County
- Coordinates
- 30.870, -90.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- May 18, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 30.720, -90.080
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 18, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 18, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 18, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 18, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 18, 1989
- Hail in Texas, May 18, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 18, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 18, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 18, 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: 10043397, 10043398, 10043399, 10043400, 10043401, 10043402, 10043403, 10043404, 10043405, 10043406, 10043407, 10043408, 10043409, 10043410, 10043411, 10043412, 10043413, 10043414, 10043415, 10044259.